Which of Hollywood’s biggest hits were the most downloaded via peer to peer file sharing networks last year? If you said huge hits like The Dark Knight Rises and The Avengers, you were on the right path. But the film in the top spot may surprise you.
The most pirated film of the year, according to TorrentFreak, was Project X.
According to the site, there was no significant change in the total number of movies downloaded this year over last year.
Below is the complete list of pirated films.
| nk | movie | est. downloads | worldwide grosses |
|---|---|---|---|
| torrentfreak.com | |||
| 1 | Project X | 8,720,000 | $100,931,865 |
| 2 | Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol | 8,500,000 | $694,713,380 |
| 3 | The Dark Knight Rises | 8,230,000 | $1,081,041,287 |
| 4 | The Avengers | 8,110,000 | $1,511,757,910 |
| 5 | Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows | 7,850,000 | $543,848,418 |
| 6 | 21 Jump Street | 7,590,000 | $201,585,328 |
| 7 | The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo | 7,420,000 | $232,617,430 |
| 8 | The Dictator | 7,330,000 | $177,547,352 |
| 9 | Ice Age: Continental Drift | 6,960,000 | $875,093,094 |
| 10 | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1 | 6,740,000 | $712,171,856 |
Totals courtesy BoxOfficeMojo.com
