From worstpreviews, As everyone knows by now, "X-Men Origins: Wolverine" leaked online a whole three weeks before the theatrical premiere on May 1st. While 20th Century Fox is doing its best to get the stolen copies off the internet, TorrentFreak is reporting that the unfinished film has already been downloaded more than a million times by BitTorrent users.
"Wolverine" leads the site's weekly chart of the ten most downloaded movies on BitTorrent. It is also topping The Pirate Bay's Top 100 most popular torrents and is listed among the most popular search terms on other torrent sites.
In an attempt to keep the damage to a minimum, Fox has been sending out takedown notices to various torrent sites. Most site operators are kind enough to take down the links, but new ones are already uploaded before the requests are processed.
Interestingly, most people think that the leak will actually help the movie, as a poll among TorrentFreak readers indicates that 40% would be more excited to see it in the movie theater or on DVD, even if they had downloaded it. Only 6% of the respondents believe that the leak will be detrimental to the film's success.
3 comments:
My secretary, of all people, gave me a perfect copy on DVD. Despite what they're saying this is a complete film (minus some fx work in a few areas). Overall I thought it was a lot of fun, a lot better than I was expecting, and it will make tons of dough in the theater next month.
So JPX are you going to see it on the big screen now that you've already seen the bootleg?
Sure, I want to see what they change, add, etc. I'll save it for the Cinema Pub.
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