“Project X” named most pirated movie of 2012 December 29, 2012 - 10:29 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The year saw several blockbusters hit the multiplexes, but the most downloaded film of 2012 was one that slipped under the radar: Project X, The Hollywood Reporter said. A found-footage comedy directed by Nima Nourizadeh and produced by Todd Phillips, Project X topped the likes of The Dark Knight Rises, The Avengers and Mission: Impossible -- Ghost Protocol for the title of most pirated, TorrentFreak reports. According to the website, Project X was downloaded 8.72 million times and made the least money among the top 10 movies on the list with its $101 million global take. How did Project X top the box-office heavyweights? One theory is that the film, reportedly inspired by a rager thrown by a Melbourne teen, might have appealed to Australia natives. Close behind at No. 2 is Tom Cruise's fourth Mission Impossible film, with 8.5 million downloads. The Dark Knight Rises (8.23 million), the year's top grosser The Avengers (8.11 million) and Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (7.85 million) round out the top five. Interestingly, as the report notes, such popular films as The Hunger Games and the newest James Bond pic Skyfall did not crack the top 10. On the TV side, HBO's Game of Thrones epic topped the list of most pirated television shows of the year, with nearly 4.3 million illegal downloads.   Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running”   Partner news |  Latest news Titus, Bilirakis lead legislation to sanction Azerbaijani war criminals  Representatives Dina Titus (D-NV) and Gus Bilirakis (R-FL) have introduced the bipartisan legislation.Azerbaijan must respect human rights, Scholz tells Aliyev German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has called for greater respect for human rights in Azerbaijan.Armenia: Defense Ministry warns against involving army in political processes The Ministry’s statement came after a video surfaced online, showing soldiers joining the protests in Tavush.Scholz hopes Armenia-Azerbaijan peace treaty will be signed this year German Chancellor Olaf Scholz hopes that a peace treaty between Armenia and Azerbaijan will be signed this year. |
