This Is the Most Pirated Movie of 2014
The Interview's successful digital release serves as proof that people are willing to pay to legally stream movies online  the controversial flick was streamed 2 million times in its first four days online  but the industry still has to deal with rampant illegal piracy. So what did torrent users want to see  but not pay for  the most in 2014?, Excipio, a firm that tracks online copyright infringement, found that the year's most pirated movies between Jan. 1 and Dec. 23 range from serious Oscar contenders 12 Years a Slave to children's classics Frozen to  Michael Bay Transformers Age of Extinction. Here's the list on Variety of the top 20 pirated films of 2014, along with the number of times they've been downloaded, 1. The Wolf of Wall Street, 30.035 million 2. Frozen, 29.919 million 3. RoboCop, 29.879 million including 2014 and 1987 version 4. Gravity, 29.357 million 5. The Hobbit The Desolation of Smaug, 27.627 million 6. Thor The Dark World, 25.749 million 7. Captain America The Winter Soldier, 25.628 million 8. The Legend of Hercules, 25.137 million 9. X-Men Days of Future Past, 24.380 million 10. 12 Years a Slave, 23.653 million 11. The Hunger Games Catching Fire, 23.543 million 12. American Hustle, 23.143 million 13. 300 Rise of an Empire, 23.096 million 14. Transformers Age of Extinction, 21.65 million 15. Godzilla, 20.956 million 16. Noah, 20.334 million 17. Divergent, 20.312 million 18. Edge of Tomorrow, 20.299 million 19. Captain Phillips, 19.817 million 20. Lone Survivor, 19.130 million, Variety, Listen to the most important stories of the day.