Tuesday, June 23, 2026

Will Smith’s Book, “Will,” Didn’t Sell Close to 1 Million Copies Despite His Exuberant Claims All Year

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Fact check: Will Smith has been recently boasting that he sold 1 million copies of his book, “Will.” See his Insta post below.

Indeed even last February Will posted a video to Instagram jubilantly announcing 1 million copies. And that was a month before he snapped and slapped Chris Rock at the Oscars.

So here’s the real story: according to NPD Book Scan, “Will” has sold 379,700 copies in hardcover in the US. It’s also sold around 50,000 copies in e-books. Worldwide sales, even if excellent, are unlikely to have to 600,000 more copies.

It’s possible, of course, that someone who works for Will told him he sold a million copies. He may really believe it.

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Roger Friedman
Roger Friedman
Roger Friedman is the founder and editor-in-chief of Showbiz411. He wrote the FOX411 column on FoxNews.com from 1999 to 2009, where he covered Michael Jackson, and previously wrote the "Intelligencer" column at New York magazine in the mid-1990s, where he covered the O.J. Simpson trial. He also edited Fame magazine. His bylines have appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, the New York Daily News, the New York Post, Vogue, Details, and the Miami Herald. He is a voting member of the Critics Choice Awards (Film and Television branches), and his movie reviews are tracked by Rotten Tomatoes. With D.A. Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus, he co-produced the 2002 documentary "Only the Strong Survive," which screened at Directors' Fortnight at the Cannes Film Festival.

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