10 Most Pirated Movies of All Time

4:52 PM PST 12/12/2011 by Rebecca Ford

Big blockbusters also mean big illegal downloads according to an October 2011 study released by TorrentFreak. The list of the top 10 most pirated movies includes "The Dark Knight," the first film in the "Transformers" series, "Inception" and "The Hangover." "Avatar" took the top spot with 21 million downloads since its release in 2009.

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