TorrentFreak recently released their list of the top-ten most downloaded movies of all time:
The list below is based on statistics is gathered from public BitTorrent trackers, dating back to early 2006. As BitTorrent’s usage was only a fraction of what it is today in the years before, we expect the list below to cover all the most downloaded movies on BitTorrent.
| rank | movie | downloads | worldwide grosses |
|---|---|---|---|
| torrentfreak.com | |||
| 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 of the Caribbean: At World’s End (2007) | 14 million | $963,420,425 |
Interesting, but not the most surprising list. All of them big-budget blockbusters that did well in theaters, except for poor Kick-Ass, which suffers the indignity of being the seventh most-pirated movie of all time despite getting beat out by Date Night in its second week in theaters. Also, probably my favorite movie on this list (I like pre-pubescent girls in wigs, sue me).
All in all, you can tell this list skews towards the tastes of the tech-savvy, 18-40 year old dudes computer-literate enough to know how to torrent. It’s an interesting comparison with Netflix’s all-time most rented, which, as of last year, were led by Crash (the crappy, white-guilt one, not the awesome Cronenberg movie where James Spader screws a chick’s leg scar). Crash has since been dropped down to number two, by… wait for it… The Blind Side. Oh, Sandra Bullock, is there anything you can’t teach black people to do? White folks sure are generous. You can see that list after the jump.
10. No Country for Old Men
9. Iron Man
8. Inception
7. Sherlock Holmes
6. The Departed
5. The Hurt Locker
4. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
3. The Bucket List
2. Crash
1. The Blind Side [THR]
Ha, The Bucket List.
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Christopher Nolan: Beloved by 18-40 dorks and white people with Netflix.
Full Disclaimer: I am both of these things
Oh, Sandra Bullock, is there anything you can’t teach black people to do?
Swim.
Ski.
What about Balls Deep Space 9 and Just Press Ass Play? I download the hell out of those.
Racial stereotypes aside, I’ve often wondered whether or not Seal is a good swimmer.
The Netflix once seems more like an embarrassment list than anything.
It may be late onset dyslexia, but I’m pretty sure there’s no such movies as “The Incredible Departed” or “No Country for Iron Man”…
HULK LEAVE WHOLE TOWN IN REAHVIEW!
Judging by those Netflix trends, The Help will become the new #1 when it hits DVD.
Hooray, we solved racism!
Interesting, I’ve pirated tons
of movies but Kick-Ass is one that I payed for. 20 bucks for an HD copy on PSN.
The Avatar Knight Transformed and Incepted the Hangover Trek upon the Ass-Departed Incredible Pirate.
No Country for Old Iron Men when Incepting Sherlock or Departing the Hurt Case of Benjamin Bucket Crashing the Blindside.
Odd that Pirates of the Caribbean ranked so low on the piracy list.
/I’ll show myself out.
Brett Ratner is only concerned with the most downloaded movies on Limewire.
Somewhere in a Seattle public library, Phoenix Jones sits at a computer, looking at the banner pic with his head slung down low saying, “Some day, I’ll be that little white girl.”
*Gets up, pepper sprays Librarian. ‘Fuck Yeah Guy’ face.
Brett Ratner is only concerned with the most downloaded movies on Limewire.
Brett Ratner is only concerned with Mini Babybels™ and Chicken Dunk Lunchables™. Plus, he has no time for Limewire™ now that he has the electronic drum kit for Rock Band 2™.
“Round and round! What comes around goes around! I’ll tell you why(?)…”
Man, a LOT of pedophile shut-ins really liked KICK-ASS.
And I feel sorry for anyone who wasted bandwidth downloading BENJAMIN BUTTON.
kick ass was a good movie one of my favorites.
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