Board Game Sales Stats (Now with sources)
Juan José Fernández Quiroga
Chile
Santiago
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How many games do you think have been ever sold? Here is a list of how happy we make board game publishers...
Feel free to add or update items!
Source: Spielboy.com and others
EDIT: I'm working in the sources, be patient. If you think the source is not honorable, well, discuss it!
BTW, sorry for my english 
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Taj Mahal, anyone? (I didn't drive all the way down here to play Keltis. I mean, really.)
Switzerland
Basel
Läckerli State
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Over 125,000 copies sold.
Source: Kosmos Catalogue 2012.
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Rob Bartel
Canada
Edmonton
Alberta
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NOTE: This entry is for the Rubik's Cube itself, not the card game depicted. I thought it provided a useful point of comparison to the rest of the games in this geeklist.
According to Wikipedia, 350 million Rubik's Cubes were sold as of January 2009.
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eric hanuise
Belgium
Unspecified
Unspecified
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Rumble in the house was initially printed in 3000 copies, which sold out over three months.
A reprint is in the making.
Source : Me! I sold them 
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Rob Bartel
Canada
Edmonton
Alberta
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Over 24,000 according to a January 2012 report on Purple Pawn.
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Rob Bartel
Canada
Edmonton
Alberta
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350,000 according to an informative Feb 2011 blog post by designer Frederic Moyersoen:
"The total sales for Saboteur has now reached 350,000 copies.
France has beaten Germany with 90,000 against 83,000 sold copies.
The third place goes for the Netherlands with 38,000 sold copies, which is not bad for such a small country."
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Juan José Fernández Quiroga
Chile
Santiago
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As of May 2010, the game sold 1 million copies in China, according this interview with the author:
Spoiler (mouseover to reveal): It's like Bang! but with a few changes.
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Laszlo Molnar
Hungary
Budapest
Hungary
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25 to 30,000 copies sold
source: the author
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Rob Bartel
Canada
Edmonton
Alberta
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11,500 units in 2008 and 23,800 in 2009, for a total of 35,300 over its first 2 years. (source = a June 2010 Geeklist by the designer/publisher.)
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Laszlo Molnar
Hungary
Budapest
Hungary
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"Scene It?" has become the most popular trivia board game since the '80s, with more than 10 million copies sold of the 2002 original and its 20-plus editions and expansion packs.
From here.
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Rob Bartel
Canada
Edmonton
Alberta
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200,000 copies sold in 2010, making it Ravensburger's top-selling game for that year. Knizia's Whoowasit? was their second-highest seller - no specific figure was given but it had been their top seller in 2008 and 2009.
(Source = a May 2011 BGG News article quoting a recent German-language article in spielbox)
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Juan José Fernández Quiroga
Chile
Santiago
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4.000.000 copies.
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Rob Bartel
Canada
Edmonton
Alberta
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1 million copies sold, according to an April 2010 news blurb on industry site Playthings.com.
Quote: Slamwich was released in 1995, and because of the game’s popularity, a collector’s edition was released in 2005...
Gage Brownell, owner of Belmont Toys, said Slamwich is consistently one of the store’s best selling games. Many customers come in asking specifically for Slamwich. Parents like the compact packaging, and that it teachers teaches reading readiness skills, like visual discrimination and sequencing. Kids like Slamwich because of the fast-paced flipping, stacking and slapping action.
Slamwich is a multiple award-winner, earning such honors as the highest rating from the Canadian Toy Testing Council, Dr. Toy’s Best Classic Toys and Oppenheim Toy Portfolio’s Gold Award.
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Rob Bartel
Canada
Edmonton
Alberta
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57,000 physical copies in under a year, according to an April 2010 BGN article about the release of the iPad app. The various expansions had sold a total of 32,000 copies by that point. No mention was made of how much the game sold in its previous form as Vinci.
It'll be interesting to see how the iPad app sells.
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