'The Wolf of Wall Street' tops 2014 illegal downloads

[Terpe]

'Frozen,' 'RoboCop,' and 'Gravity' are also among the most downloaded, according to piracy tracker Excipio

Martin Scorsese's The Wolf of Wall Street and Disney's animated fantasy hit Frozen were the two most pirated films of 2014, according to a firm tracking illegal downloads.

Numerous US media, including Variety and The Hollywood Reporter, on Monday December 29 published a list of this year's 20 most illegally downloaded movies, compiled by piracy tracker Excipio.

The firm tallied "torrent" downloads, where computer users illegally share movies and other media over the Internet, for the period from January 1 to December 23, according to Variety.

Excipio said The Wolf of Wall Street was illegally downloaded more than 30 million times, while Frozen was pirated more than 29.9 million times.

In third place was RoboCop, with a little less than 29.9 million illegal downloads, though this included both 2014's re-booted version and the 1987 original.

Space drama Gravity, directed by Mexico's Alfonso Cuaron, was downloaded just under 29.4 million times.

Popular among the pirated films were several superhero adventures, including Thor: The Dark World, Captain America: The Winter Soldier and X-Men: Days of Future Past. Each of these racked up more than 20 million illegal downloads.

This year's best-film Oscar winner 12 Years a Slave was illegally downloaded 23.7 million times, while American Hustle and Captain Phillips were pirated 23.1 million and 19.8 million times respectively.

Excipio's list in full, as published by Variety and the Hollywood reporter:

The Wolf of Wall Street: 30.035 million
Frozen: 29.919 million
RoboCop (including original 1987 movie): 29.879 million
Gravity: 29.357 million
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug: 27.627 million
Thor: The Dark World: 25.749 million
Captain America: The Winter Soldier: 25.628 million
The Legend of Hercules: 25.137 million
X-Men: Days of Future Past: 24.380 million
12 Years a Slave: 23.653 million
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire: 23.543 million
American Hustle: 23.143 million
300: Rise of an Empire: 23.096 million
Transformers: Age of Extinction: 21.65 million
Godzilla: 20.956 million
Noah: 20.334 million
Divergent: 20.312 million
Edge of Tomorrow: 20.299 million
Captain Phillips: 19.817 million
Lone Survivor: 19.130 million

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[Terpe]

I enjoyed it too.

Watched most of the others.
Haven't yet seen Divergent but got it ready to go.

[tone]

I can't believe how many people utilise torrents to download illegal movies considering the tracking capabilities of the industry, ISP's and the film studios!

[joebloggs]

I can't believe how many people utilise torrents to download illegal movies considering the tracking capabilities of the industry, ISP's and the film studios!

I never use torrents. While you're downloading you're sharing. I only use file hosts and, as far as I'm aware, no one has been prosecuted for that, as you're not distributing the wares.

[tone]

I never use torrents. While you're downloading you're sharing. I only use file hosts and, as far as I'm aware, no one has been prosecuted for that, as you're not distributing the wares.

I think we are on the same page Joe..