A quick post concerning the 10 most downloaded films of 2009 (according to TorrentFreak) and their Box Office gross. The list goes by most downloaded, box office placement in parenthesis.
1) Star Trek (No. 7 at the Box Office)
2) Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (No. 2 at the B.O.)
3) Rocknrolla (Not on the Top 100)
4) The Hangover (No. 6)
5) District 9 (No. 27)
6) Twilight: New Moon (No. 4)
7) Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (no. 3)
8) State of Play (no. 76)
9) X-Men Origins: Wolverine (No. 13)
10) Knowing (No. 38)
The real loser here seems to be Guy Ritchie's Rocknrolla. But this doesn't even begin to factor in things such as width of releas - I personally cen't even remember if the movie was realeased anywhere near me.
Otherwise this would seem to support the image of the typical downloader. "Star Trek", "Wolverine", "Transformers" and to a lesser degree "Knowing" fit in well with the computer-savvy teenager.
The odd man out here is Twilight, which climbs high in gross, despite high downloads. My guess is that this is because it tends to the need of a market (the tween-teenage girl) that is otherwise unattended. That is if one doesn't count Harry Potter, which I'll say is more gender neutral.
Completely absent from the top 10 is Avatar. Of course is was released as one of the last movies of the year, but the studios at least seem convinced that the 3-D technology is their weapon against piracy.
Sources: TorrentFreak, Box Office Mojo
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