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===Sales=== Within a day of its release in Japan, ''Final Fantasy V'' sold about 900,000 cartridges for {{JPY|{{#expr:(0.9*9800)/1000 round 1}} billion}} ({{US$|{{To USD|8800|JPN|year=1992|round=yes}} million|long=no}} at the time, or {{US$|{{Inflation|US|69|1992}} million|long=no}} adjusted for inflation), selling about {{nowrap|4.5 times}} as many copies as what ''Final Fantasy IV'' (1991) sold on its first day and close to the {{nowrap|1.3 million}} sold by ''[[Dragon Quest V]]'' (1992) on its first day.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Oki |first1=Masaki |last2=Haynes |first2=Rik |title=Big in Japan |magazine=Nintendo Game Zone |date=20 January 1993 |issue=4 (February 1993) |pages=7–8 |publisher=[[Dennis Publishing]] |url=https://archive.org/details/nintendo-game-zone-04/page/n6}}</ref> ''Final Fantasy V'' topped the Japanese sales charts in December 1992<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Chart Throb: Top Tens? We've Got 'Em |magazine=[[Super Play]] |date=7 January 1993 |issue=4 (February 1993) |page=27 |url=https://archive.org/details/Superplay_Issue_04_1993-02_Future_Publishing_GB/page/n26/mode/1up}}</ref> and January 1993,<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Weekly Top 30 (1月18日〜1月24日) |magazine=[[Famicom Tsūshin]] |date=19 February 1993 |issue=218 |pages=[https://i.imgur.com/C4oDxPH.jpg 14] to [https://i.imgur.com/ZkywhnN.jpg 15] |lang=ja}}</ref> selling 2 million copies during its first two months of release.<ref name="GamePro"/> It was Japan's fourth multi-million seller released in 1992 (following ''[[Street Fighter II]]'', ''[[Super Mario Kart]]'', and ''Dragon Quest V''),<ref name="N-Force">{{cite magazine |title=Super Savings! |magazine=N-Force |date=March 1993 |issue=10 (April 1993) |publisher=[[Europress]] |page=12 |url=https://archive.org/details/NForce07Jan93/NForce10-Apr93/page/n11}}</ref> and ended the year as the second best-selling [[1992 in video games|game of 1992]] in Japan (below ''Dragon Quest V'').<ref name=":5">{{cite magazine |title=Famicom Journal Weekly Top 30 and Others: Count Down Hot 100 |magazine=[[Famicom Tsūshin]] |date=16 April 1993 |issue=226 |pages=77–92 |lang=ja |url=https://archive.org/details/famitsu-issue-226-apr-1993/page/77}}</ref> ''Final Fantasy V'' went on to sell a total of 2.45 million units for the Super Famicom in Japan.<ref name="magicbox1"/> It was also a commercial success overseas [[Video games in South Korea|in South Korea]], where it was the second best-selling game of 1992 (below ''Street Fighter II'').<ref name="Famitsu89">{{cite magazine |title=Count Down Hot 100: Worldwide! |magazine=[[Famicom Tsūshin]] |date=16 April 1993 |issue=226 |page=89 |lang=ja |url=https://archive.org/details/famitsu-issue-226-apr-1993/page/89}}</ref> The Japanese Game Boy Advance version has also sold nearly 260,000 copies as of December 2007.<ref name="GBASales"/> ''Final Fantasy Collection'' sold over 400,000 copies in 1999, making it the 31st best selling release of that year in Japan.<ref name="magicbox"/> The North American release of ''Final Fantasy Anthology'' sold 364,000 copies as of 2004.<ref name="Famitsu100" /><ref name="magicbox2"/>
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