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As 2016 nears its conclusion we take a look at the most pirated movies of the year on public torrent sites. Deadpool comes out on top in a list that’s heavily populated by superhero and comic movies, without any major surprises.
Source: TF, for the latest info on copyright, file-sharing, torrent sites and ANONYMOUS VPN services.
Every week millions of people flock to torrents sites, searching for pirated copies of the latest blockbusters.
At the end of the year we take a look at what movies were pirated most often and this year ‘Deadpool’ comes out as the clear winner.
Pirated copies of the American superhero film first appeared early February triggering millions of downloads during the months that followed. Even today, thousands of people are still actively sharing it.
Superheroes and comics are doing very well on torrent sites this year, as the top three is completed by ‘Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice’ and ‘Captain America Civil War.’ And further down the list we also find ‘X-Men Apocalypse’ and ‘Suicide Squad.’
While file-sharers may have a slight preference for geeky films, in general there’s a high correlation between piracy and box-office sales. That is, top grossing movies tend to do well on torrent sites too.
With this in mind, it’s no surprise that ‘Finding Dory’ makes an appearance as well. The Pixar movie sold most tickets at the box office in the US, and comes in second worldwide.
‘Independence Day: Resurgence’ is somewhat of an exception in this regard, as it secured a spot in the top 10 while being a relative flop in movie theaters, at least in the U.S. On the other side, ‘Zootopia’ is missing despite being the third-best grossing movie worldwide this year.
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Below we have compiled a list of the most-torrented films in 2016 (irregardless of their release date). The data is estimated by TorrentFreak based on several sources, including download statistics reported by public BitTorrent trackers.
Note: we have decided to stop reporting download estimates in our yearly top lists. Due to various changes in the torrent index/tracker landscape it’s become more challenging to monitor downloads, so a ranked overview makes most sense.
| rank | movie | worldwide grosses |
|---|---|---|
| torrentfreak.com | ||
| 1 | Deadpool | $783,770,709 |
| 2 | Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice |
$868,160,194 |
| 3 | Captain America Civil War |
$783,770,709 |
| 4 | Star Wars The Force Awakens |
$783,770,709 |
| 5 | X-Men Apocalypse |
$783,770,709 |
| 6 | Warcraft |
$433,125,655 |
| 7 | Independence Day: Resurgence |
$$387,644,286 |
| 8 | Suicide Squad |
$746,100,054 |
| 9 | Finding Dory |
$1,022,701,881 |
| 10 | The Revenant |
$532,950,503 |
Source: TF, for the latest info on copyright, file-sharing, torrent sites and ANONYMOUS VPN services.
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Hey girl, it’ll be one small step for [a] man, but one giant leap for my heart.
Enlarge / Ryan Gosling is handsomer than you. (credit: Elen Nivrae / Flickr)
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Ryan Gosling will star in a film adaptation of James Hansen's First Man: A Life of Neil A. Armstrong. The film will be the second collaboration between Gosling and director Damien Chazelle, who directed Gosling in the recent musical film La La Land. Gosling and Chazelle were both nominated for Golden Globes for La La Land and are favorites for Oscar nominations in the new year.
Although Chazelle may seem like an unlikely pick to helm a science-y Armstrong biography, both La La Land and his previous film, Whiplash, have explored the devastating personal cost of enormous ambitions. And no ambition is larger than being the first human on the Moon. Famously, the drive to meet Kennedy's end-of-decade lunar landing deadline destroyed families and marriages all throughout the burgeoning space industry—though, interestingly, not Armstrong's (he remained married to his first wife Janet until 1993). The test pilot and moonwalker passed away in August 2012.
In addition to La La Land, Gosling has starred in films such as Drive, The Nice Guys, the forthcoming Blade Runner 2049, and roughly 10 billion “Hey girl” Internet memes. He was nominated for an Oscar for his role in Half-Nelson, in which he proved it was possible to do drugs and still be absurdly good-looking.
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