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The Ten Most Pirated Films Of All Time. Only One Contains Actual Pirates.

By Joanna Robinson | Posted Under Seriously Random Lists | Comments (24)

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In response to Netflix’s recent list of 10 Most Popular Rentals Of All Time, the download/sharing/pirating/possibly illegal site Bit Torrent has released their list of the 10 Most Pirated Films Of All Time. I’m not sure if we can draw any conclusions or shocking revelations in comparing the two lists. I’d say the Netflix list is slightly “classier?” But that’s my Michael Bayjudice talking. It’s also worth noting that the illegal downloading/sharing/buccaneering/filmburglaring don’t seem to have had much impact on the amount of money the films made in the theater, though it potentially cut into the money they would have made in home rentals. Also? According to the comments on the original article, these folks don’t enjoy being called pirates, savvy? Here they are, title, number of downloads and worldwide gross.

1. Avatar (2009) 21 million $2,782,275,172
2. The Dark Knight (2008) 19 million $1,001,921,825
3. Transformers (2007) 19 million $709,709,780
4. Inception (2010) 18 million $825,408,570
5. The Hangover (2009) 17 million $467,483,912
6. Star Trek (2008) 16 million $385,680,446
7. Kick-Ass (2010) 15 million $96,188,903
8. The Departed (2006) 14 million 289,847,354
9. The Incredible Hulk (2008) 14 million $263,427,551
10. Pirates: At World’s End (2007) 14 million $963,420,425

(via Torrent Freak)










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Comments

The Departed? Really?

Posted by: Lucas at October 13, 2011 9:19 AM

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrr. How could ye leave this clip out? By thunder.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7I5dVBezF9k

The last line says it all.

Posted by: bleujayone at October 13, 2011 9:21 AM

BY THUNDER!

That my new favorite phrase. Sorry, "Nooo disintigrations," you've been topped.

Posted by: superasente at October 13, 2011 9:46 AM

1. Avatar (2009) 21 million $2,782,275,172

Viewed exactly as James Cameron and the hundreds of millions of dollars in production budget intended: earbuds in, hunched over a 15" laptop screen watching a handheld recorded version taken from inside a theater in Bulgaria.

Posted by: branded at October 13, 2011 9:46 AM

a few of them are actually good movies.

Posted by: nat at October 13, 2011 9:49 AM

The Departed? Really?

I'm more shocked by Kick-Ass. I didn't think that movie was very popular at all. At least The Departed (which I liked) was pretty popular.

Posted by: sars at October 13, 2011 9:50 AM

I can see how Kick-Ass ended up here. It had a cool marketing campaign, but terrible word of mouth. It probably peaked enough interests to make people interested in seeing it, but not enough to pay for it.

Posted by: Socrates_Johnson at October 13, 2011 9:56 AM

superasente-

It works even better if you roar it out like Brian Blessed.
It's also a known fact that if you're sporting a beard like his you'll also be able to cast bolts of lightning when you do.

Posted by: bleujayone at October 13, 2011 10:03 AM

Yeah, Kick-Ass is a nerd movie, and pirating is still nerd-heavy despite its growing accessibility. So that one doesn't surprise me.

Posted by: Lucas at October 13, 2011 11:19 AM

These are movies people want to see, but they know that it wouldn't be worth their money so they pirate it.

Posted by: Schadenfraulein at October 13, 2011 11:33 AM

Virtually everything works better if you roar it like Brian Blessed: I scared my toaster oven straight.

Posted by: Mrs. Julien at October 13, 2011 11:34 AM

Your toaster oven was gay? How did you know? And why didn't you accept it's lifestyle choice without judgement?

Questions abound.

Posted by: superasente at October 13, 2011 11:52 AM

Oh, I don't think her toaster was gay, rather I think it was being a bit naughty with a dabbling arson. After the senseless burning of yet another breakfast pastry, one only need fall back on a hearty

"WOOOOOOOHT IS THIS?!?!?!? CRY HAVOC AND LET SLIP THE DOGS OF WAAAAAAR!!!!!!"

to scare the miscreant appliance back onto the path of the straight and upright.

Posted by: bleujayone at October 13, 2011 12:11 PM

superasente was right. It's totally gay, and choosing the gay lifestyle, does not give the toaster oven the right to try and sway the bagels into ungodliness (and they are already halfway there as not even roaring like Brian Blessed can get them to convert). It was trying to recruit them and win a prize which was, ironically, a toaster oven. Heaven knows what two of them would get up to on the counter at night. Have you ever tried to cook a pop tart in a toaster oven wearing leather chaps? Honestly, roaring was my only choice. I can’t afford Pray the Gay Away sessions. I roared and now the toaster oven is straight and can have a happy (normal), healthy (normal), sanctioned-by-God relationship with that nice blender on the island.

Posted by: Mrs. Julien at October 13, 2011 12:44 PM

B-b-but won't someone PLEASE think of the poor coffee-maker?

If something isn't done about this now soon fruit juicer will think it can have its way with the can opener. And then the panini press will feel inadequacy next to the bean grinder. And don't get me started with the damned dishwasher, as I have no doubt it's here illegally.

Where does it all end, I ask you? Appliance Hell, that's where!

Posted by: bleujayone at October 13, 2011 1:02 PM

For obvious reasons, the fruit juicer isn't allowed around any of the other appliances.

Posted by: Mrs. Julien at October 13, 2011 1:09 PM

I have a counter-top dish-washer that brags about how many "utensils" it can fit into it's mouth at one time. Fucking hethan.

Posted by: superasente at October 13, 2011 1:38 PM

superasente - Is the dishwasher typing your comments for you? Your grammar and spelling has been all over the place lately.

Posted by: Mrs. Julien at October 13, 2011 1:41 PM

3 GroupThink demerits to me for calling out one of our own.

Posted by: Mrs. Julien at October 13, 2011 1:42 PM

To be fair, my spelling has always been wonkey.

Wonky?

Wonkie?

[brain explodes]

Posted by: superasente has no excuse for the poor grammar at October 13, 2011 2:34 PM

I wouldn't see any of the above more than one.

Posted by: googergieger at October 13, 2011 2:50 PM

I'm pretty sure any form of appliance intercourse, regardless of its sexual proclivity, is considered sodomy.

Now excuse me whilst i crucify my washer/dryer combo for living in sin. BURN HEATHENS!

Posted by: Smatt584 at October 13, 2011 2:51 PM

Somewhere, the microwave oven hatches an insidious plot while burning a frozen butter chicken for one and watching Flash Gordon. Naturally, the television is in on it.

Meanwhile the West Bend® Baptist Church plans to picket your kitchen at breakfast.

Posted by: bleujayone at October 13, 2011 2:54 PM

That's what you get for getting this juicer Mrs. Julien.

http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2002/02/11

Posted by: Socrates_Johnson at October 14, 2011 8:56 AM