{"id":48895,"date":"2013-01-12T15:21:40","date_gmt":"2013-01-12T13:21:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=48895"},"modified":"2013-01-12T15:23:37","modified_gmt":"2013-01-12T13:23:37","slug":"10-most-pirated-movies-of-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/features\/48895-10-most-pirated-movies-of-2012","title":{"rendered":"10 most pirated movies of 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"BitTorrent\" href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/vb\/showthread.php\/359832-BitTorrent\">BitTorrent<\/a> and copyright news blog, <a title=\"TorrentFreak\" href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/vb\/showthread.php\/359830-TorrentFreak\">TorrentFreak<\/a> recently released its list of the most pirated movies of 2012, with \u201cProject X\u201d ranked first.<\/p>\n<p>TorrentFreak explained that the data for the list is collected from a number of sources, including reports from all major BitTorrent trackers.<\/p>\n<p>Downloads between 1 January 2012 and mid-December 2012 of all torrent release formats of a movie are counted, TorrentFreak said.<\/p>\n<p>This means that everything from DVD rips to camera recordings in a theatre are included in the ranking.<\/p>\n<p>The table below shows the ranking of the most pirated movies on BitTorrent according to TorrentFreak:<\/p>\n<div class=\"table-responsive\"><table class=\"table\" style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-color: #fff; width: 100%;\" border=\"1\" cellpadding=\"5\">\n<caption style=\"background-color: #004276; font-weight: bold; color: #fff;\">Most Downloaded Movies on BitTorrent, 2012<\/caption>\n<thead>\n<tr style=\"background-color: #21669d; font-weight: bold; color: #fff;\">\n<td>Rank<\/td>\n<td>Movie<\/td>\n<td>Estimated downloads<\/td>\n<td>Worldwide grosses<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>1.0<\/td>\n<td>Project X<\/td>\n<td>8,720,000<\/td>\n<td>$100,931,865<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2.0<\/td>\n<td>Mission: Impossible \u2013 Ghost Protocol<\/td>\n<td>8,500,000<\/td>\n<td>$694,713,380<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>3.0<\/td>\n<td>The Dark Knight Rises<\/td>\n<td>8,230,000<\/td>\n<td>$1,081,041,287<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>4.0<\/td>\n<td>The Avengers<\/td>\n<td>8,110,000<\/td>\n<td>$1,511,757,910<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>5.0<\/td>\n<td>Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows<\/td>\n<td>7,850,000<\/td>\n<td>$543,848,418<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>6.0<\/td>\n<td>21 Jump Street<\/td>\n<td>7,590,000<\/td>\n<td>$201,585,328<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>7.0<\/td>\n<td>The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo<\/td>\n<td>7,420,000<\/td>\n<td>$232,617,430<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>8.0<\/td>\n<td>The Dictator<\/td>\n<td>7,330,000<\/td>\n<td>$177,547,352<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>9.0<\/td>\n<td>Ice Age: Continental Drift<\/td>\n<td>6,960,000<\/td>\n<td>$875,093,094<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>10.0<\/td>\n<td>The Twilight Saga Breaking Dawn Part 1<\/td>\n<td>6,740,000<\/td>\n<td>$712,171,856<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<tfoot>\n<tr style=\"background-color: #002440; font-weight: bold; color: #fff;\">\n<td colspan=\"4\">Table originally from torrentfreak.com<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tfoot>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<p id=\"related\"><em>Article courtesy of MyBroadband &#8211; <a title=\"Top 10 most pirated movies of 2012\" href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/internet\/67702-top-10-most-pirated-movies-of-2012.html\" target=\"_blank\">Top 10 most pirated movies of 2012<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Related articles<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/security\/59173-using-torrents-you-are-being-watched.html\"><strong>Using torrents? 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