Take-Two stock jumps $1 billion after GTA leak as investors learn Rockstar really is making that much money off GTA Online

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Subscribe to our newsletter After asking Rockstar to cough up $200,000, a hacker group has made excellent on its threats to release what it had dug up of the company's internal data.

But the release of that information seems like it might actually have been a good thing for the Grand Theft Auto studio, as its parent company, Take-Two, just saw a massive boost to its stock price alongside the news.Take-Two shares closed on April 13 at $201.36, representing a total market value of $37.28 billion.

But that was before the leak had started to disseminate.

Among other things, it revealed financial data suggesting that GTA Online makes somewhere in the neighborhood of $8 million per week.

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As it turns out, investors might like seeing those kinds of numbers.When markets opened on April 14, Take-Two's shares jumped massively, as noted by Insider Gaming.

Within an hour of the start of trading, the shares had gone up to $207.78, taking Take-Two's value to $38.48 billion – over a billion dollars worth of value instantly gained ## Editor's Note What do you think about this news? Share your thoughts below! Source: [GamesRadar+](https://www.gamesradar.com/games/grand-theft-auto/take-two-stock-jumps-usd1-billion-after-gta-leak-as-investors-learn-rockstar-really-is-making-that-much-money-off-gta-online/)