TorrentFreak publishes an annual list of the most pirated movies from the year just ending, and the 2013 report gives the first installment in Peter Jackson’s epic adaptation of The Hobbit the dubious honor of being in the number one spot. Despite seeing nearly eight and a half million downloads in 2013, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey still has raked in more than a billion dollars worldwide. TorrentFreak bases their rankings on various sources, public BitTorrent download statistics among them. Here’s their full top ten list:
10. World War Z
6,700,000 downloads
9. The Hangover Part 3
6,900,000 downloads
8. Now You See Me
7,000,000 downloads
7. Gangster Squad
7,200,000 downloads
6. Star Trek into Darkness
7,400,000 downloads
5. Silver Linings Playbook
7,500,000 downloads
4. Iron Man 3
7,600,000 downloads
3. Fast and Furious 6
7,900,000 downloads
2. Django Unchained
8,100,000 downloads
1. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
8,400,000 downloads
