Call of Duty: Modern Warfare reclaimed the top spot on the UK all formats chart during the week ended December 14.

Despite a 10% drop in sales week-on-week, it means the game is in pole position to secure the Christmas No1 spot, which was claimed by Red Dead Redemption 2 in 2018 and Call of Duty: WW2 in 2017.

However, it may face late competition from the current No.2 Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, which saw sales increase 30% week-on-week ahead of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker’s theatrical release on Thursday.

Respawn’s action adventure game was just 3,000 physical sales behind Modern Warfare last week (the UKIE/GfK UK chart only covers boxed sales), according to GamesIndustry.biz.

The previous week’s best-seller, FIFA 20, dropped two places to No.3, while Mario Kart 8: Deluxe and Luigi’s Mansion 3 rounded off the top five.

UK chart for week ended December 14 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (Activision) Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order (EA) FIFA 20 (EA) Mario Kart 8: Deluxe (Nintendo) Luigi’s Mansion 3 (Nintendo) Pokémon Sword (Nintendo) Just Dance 2020 (Ubisoft) Mario & Sonic at the Tokyo Olympic Games (Sega) Tekken 7 (Bandai Namco) Project Cars 2 (Bandai Namco)

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare claimed the top spot on the European and US PlayStation Store sales charts in both October and November.