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The top 10 most pirated movies 2012 has been released by TorrentFreak.
The year 2012 is ending and we are seeing a slew of information about data and statistics of the year 2012.
Guess what? Project X has topped the list as the most pirated movie in 2012 with an estimated 8.72 million downloads.
Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol (8.5 million) and The Dark Knight Rises (8.23 million) took second and third place, respectively.
The data for this list is collected by TorrentFreak from several sources, including reports from all major BitTorrent trackers. All release formats, including cammed versions, that are downloaded between January 1st and mid-December are counted.
Top 10 Most Pirated Movies 2012
| rank | movie | est. downloads | worldwide grosses |
|---|---|---|---|
| torrentfreak.com | |||
| 1 | Project X | 8,720,000 | $100,931,865 |
| 2 | Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol | 8,500,000 | $694,713,380 |
| 3 | The Dark Knight Rises | 8,230,000 | $1,081,041,287 |
| 4 | The Avengers | 8,110,000 | $1,511,757,910 |
| 5 | Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows | 7,850,000 | $543,848,418 |
| 6 | 21 Jump Street | 7,590,000 | $201,585,328 |
| 7 | The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo | 7,420,000 | $232,617,430 |
| 8 | The Dictator | 7,330,000 | $177,547,352 |
| 9 | Ice Age: Continental Drift | 6,960,000 | $875,093,094 |
| 10 | The Twilight Saga Breaking Dawn Part 1 | 6,740,000 | $712,171,856 |
