Torrent Freak has compiled a list of the top ten most pirated films in 2012, and unsurprisingly, it includes some of this year's biggest hits.
Project X and
Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol top the list, and coming in at third and fourth places, respectively, are Warner Bros.'
The Dark Knight Rises and Marvel Studios'
The Avengers. Despite both movies grossing over a billion dollars at the worldwide box office, the two comic book movies were illegally downloaded over eight million times each. Other titles listed include
Sherlock Holmes: A Game Of Shadows and
Ice Age: Continental Drift. Below is the full list:
1. Project X
8,720,000 Downloads
Worldwide Gross: $100,931,865
2. Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol
8,500,000 Downloads
Worldwide Gross: $694,713,380
3. The Dark Knight Rises
8,230,000 Downloads
Worldwide Gross: $1,081,041,287
4. The Avengers
8,110,000 Downloads
Worldwide Gross: $1,511,757,910
5. Sherlock Holmes: A Game Of Shadows
7,850,000 Downloads
Worldwide Gross: $543,848,418
6. 21 Jump Street
7,590,000 Downloads
Worldwide Gross: $201,585,328
7. The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
7,420,000 Downloads
Worldwide Gross: $232,617,430
8. The Dictator
7,330,000 Downloads
Worldwide Gross: $177,547,352
9. Ice Age: Continental Drift
6,960,000 Downloads
Worldwide Gross: $875,093,094
10. The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1
6,740,000 Downloads
Worldwide Gross: $712,171,856
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