James Cameron’s Avatar was the most pirated film in 2010 with 16.6 million illegal downloads, up 33 per cent from last year’s Star Trek film which was downloaded 11 million times according to torrentfreak.com.
The Avatar director has mentioned several times that 3D probably represents the industry’s greatest hope in the fight against the illegal downloading of films.
Strangely, the second most pirated film earned about $96 million worldwide compared to Avatar’s 2.8 billion. The teenage super-hero flick Kick-Ass was downloaded more than 11 million times.
Top 10 most pirated movies in 2010 and number of illegal downloads for each:
1. Avatar, 16,580,000
2. Kick-Ass, 11,400,000
3. Inception, 9,720,000
4. Shutter Island, 9,490,000
5. Iron Man 2, 8,810,000
6. Clash of the Titans, 8,040,000
7. Green Zone, 7,730,000
8. Sherlock Holmes, 7,160,000
9. The Hurt Locker, 6,850,000
10. Salt, 6,700,000