 "Grim Fandango" sold another 16,157 units in the region during 2001, and 8,032 in the first six months of 2002; its jewel case SKU reached 5,621 sales during 2003.According to Tim Schafer, the game achieved sales of approximately 500,000 units by 2012, around 50% fewer than "Full Throttle" had achieved.It is commonly considered a commercial failure, even though LucasArts stated that "Grim Fandango met domestic expectations and exceeded them worldwide".