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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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Rob Bartel
Canada
Edmonton
Alberta
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"Over a million copies" according to a March 2010 BGG post by Keith Meyers, an instructor to the two designers.
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Laszlo Molnar
Hungary
Budapest
Hungary
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In September 2007: over 200,000 copies sold.
http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/ingenious/
But according to wikipedia,
Quote: According to Knizia, his best selling game is Lord of the Rings, published in 17 languages with over one million copies sold. However, it is anticipated that his hit game Ingenious, already published in over 20 languages, will soon take top spot.
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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 75,000 copies sold.
Source: Kosmos Catalogue 2012.
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Andrea Angiolino
Italy
Rome
European Union
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70.000 copies in Italy alone in the first year, 700.000 copies in West Germany alone in the fist year. The first release was all over Europe. Source: Leo Colovini.
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Rob Bartel
Canada
Edmonton
Alberta
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45,000 dice (aka 5,000 units) sold in 2010 according to a September 2010 interview with the designer on BoardGameNews.
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Rob Bartel
Canada
Edmonton
Alberta
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50 million according to the Wall Street Journal in their 0ctober 2009 review of inventor Leslie Scott's book "About Jenga". The same article claims that Hasbro now sells 2 million copies a year. (source)
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Danny Holte
United States
Fullerton
California
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Over 600
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Rob Bartel
Canada
Edmonton
Alberta
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Annual sales of 200,000 units, according to an French-language Air Le Mag article (March, 2009). Interestingly, the article draws a direct comparison to Trivial Pursuit which it says has annual sales of 250,000 units - an estimate that seems quite low (although it could be referring solely to the base edition). Reported on BoardGameNews.com.
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Laszlo Molnar
Hungary
Budapest
Hungary
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Over 100.000 copies
Source: Kosmos catalogue 2012
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Rob Bartel
Canada
Edmonton
Alberta
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30,000 copies sold as a promotional item within the Estonian Christmas market, according to a July 2009 BGG forum post by the designer.
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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 600,000 copies sold.
Source: Kosmos Catalogue 2012.
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Laszlo Molnar
Hungary
Budapest
Hungary
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Over 175.000 copies
Source: Kosmos catalogue 2012
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Laszlo Molnar
Hungary
Budapest
Hungary
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500.000 copies (It was a Kinderspiel des Jahres winner)
Source: Kosmos catalogue 2012
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Portland
OR - Oregon
Spokane Valley
Washington
No wonder so many BGG users are popping up with those ubiquitous designer badges... Mo Money baby.
Imagine getting half a dollar for one copy sold.
Imagine years of planning, testing and then all the production problems.
Look at the list again and make a list of those games which brought the designers so much money that they could design board games for a living (think of a popular board game that sells 100.000 copies - you get 50.000 USD for years of work).
Now compare the number of games in the database and the number of games that sold more than 300.000 copies.
And I was just celebrating because my last game sold it's Nº 1000 copy...
So what are you doing with your $1,000,000??? Is it nice not having to work anymore?!
Congrats, you should definitely celebrate!
Tom
Rome
European Union
1000 copies are a success that deserves celebration, at least on secondary boardgame markets such as the ones of my nation and your nation. Bravo!
Unspecified
Unspecified
Anchorage
Alaska