The most downloaded movies of 2013 (at least via public Bittorrent sites) have now been revealed and in a very unsurprising surprise it is dominated by movies that did big business over the last 12 months regardless.
Topping the list was The Hobbit, which raked in over (use Dr Evil voice for effect if you so desire) one billion dollars. Also in the billion dollar club is Iron Man 3, which came in at number 4.
The worst performing movie on the list was Gangster Squad (number 7) that managed to gross a whole $105,200,903... it is also, in my opinion, the worst movie on this list regardless, a factor that I think lead to it's comparatively poor performance when compared to the other nine.
Yet again this shows that downloads do not affect sales. How many of these downloaders went to see the movie first, liked it then grabbed a copy as soon as a decent copy was available while waiting for the DVD/Blu-ray release. How many downloaders didn't want to fork out the considerable cost of heading to the movies for a single view and still purchased the movie later for home consumption?
Despite the cries that downloads are killing cinema the stats show that box office takings are continuing to increase year after year. Maybe Hollywood could increase its profits even more by not wasting money combatting something that is making no difference to its bottom line. In fact the main reason people pirate is because of delays and limited viewing options in other countries (by the way this was determined back in 2012).
I'm already making the prediction that the new Hobbit movie will top the charts for 2014, both it ticket sales and downloads.
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