Most Pirated Movies Of 2014 - The Top 20 Illegally Downloaded Films Of The Last Year May Surprise You
Pirating movies might be a very illegal practice, but odds are you know someone that does it and have probably watched a pirated film. While it's definitely frowned upon, industry executives are well aware of this activity and pretty much except it as an undeniable truth of the business. Some companies take numbers on pirated projects as a success in terms of demand, even if they aren't making any money off of it. So which movies were the top-pirated films of 2014?
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According to Slash Film, this list comes from the research firm Excipio. Check out the top 20 most pirated films of 2014 right here:
20. Lone Survivor
19. Captain Phillips
18. Edge of Tomorrow
17. Divergent
16. Noah
15. Godzilla
14. Transformers: Age of Extinction
13. 300: Rise of an Empire
12. American Hustle
11. The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
10. 12 Years a Slave
9. X-Men: Days of Future Past
8. The Legend of Hercules (This film also made the worst rated films of the year list we wrote about last week. Check it out here!)
7. Captain America: The Winter Soldier
6. Thor: The Dark World
5. The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
4. Gravity
3. Robocop (Apparently, these numbers reflect on the 1987 original and the 2014 reboot because the company couldn't differentiate. )
2. Frozen
1. The Wolf of Wall Street (This critically acclaimed movie is now available on Netflix instant streaming, so stop downloading it illegally, you guys!)
As you can see, Frozen comes in second on this list, which is pretty surprising considering it's a Disney movie. We're guessing plenty of parents out there know how to pirate movies, even for their kids! What do you think of this pirated movies list? Do you think it makes sense? Let us know in the comments section below!