--- description: A list of the 20 most pirated movies of 2014 title: This Is the Most Pirated Movie of 2014 image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0548e7e62e5faf77/6987777506f2c14bf73331f3/computer-pirate.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [movies](/tag/movies/) ## movies Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # This Is the Most Pirated Movie of 2014 by [Laura Stampler](/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 29, 2014 9:33 PM CUT  Laptop, speed typing, screen glowing in the dark Laptop, speed typing, screen glowing in the darkDimitri Otis—Getty Images by [Laura Stampler](/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 29, 2014 9:33 PM CUT _The Interview’s_ successful digital release serves as proof that people are willing to pay to legally stream movies online — the controversial flick was[ streamed 2 million times in its first four days online](http://money.cnn.com/2014/12/28/media/the-interview-itunes/ "undefined") — but the industry still has to deal with rampant illegal piracy. So what did torrent users want to see — but not pay for — the most in 2014? [Excipio](http://excipio.de/en "undefined"), a firm that tracks online copyright infringement, found that the year’s most pirated movies (between Jan. 1 and Dec. 23) range from serious Oscar contenders (_12 Years a Slave_) to children’s classics (_Frozen_) to … Michael Bay (_Transformers: Age of Extinction_). Here’s the list on [_Variety_](http://variety.com/2014/digital/news/top-20-most-pirated-movies-of-2014-led-by-wolf-of-wall-street-frozen-gravity-1201388403/ "undefined")of the top 20 pirated films of 2014, along with the number of times they’ve been downloaded: **1\.** _The Wolf of Wall Street,_ 30.035 million **2\.** _Frozen,_ 29.919 million **3\.** _RoboCop,_ 29.879 million (including 2014 and 1987 version) **4\.** _Gravity,_ 29.357 million **5\.** _The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug,_ 27.627 million **6\.** _Thor: The Dark World,_ 25.749 million **7\.** _Captain America: The Winter Soldier,_ 25.628 million **8\.** _The Legend of Hercules,_ 25.137 million **9\.** _X-Men: Days of Future Past,_ 24.380 million **10.** _12 Years a Slave,_ 23.653 million **11\.** _The Hunger Games: Catching Fire,_ 23.543 million **12\.** _American Hustle,_ 23.143 million **13.** _300: Rise of an Empire,_ 23.096 million **14.** _Transformers: Age of Extinction,_ 21.65 million **15\.** _Godzilla,_ 20.956 million **16\.** _Noah,_ 20.334 million **17\.** _Divergent,_ 20.312 million **18\.** _Edge of Tomorrow,_ 20.299 million **19\.** _Captain Phillips,_ 19.817 million **20\.** _Lone Survivor,_ 19.130 million \[[_Variety_](http://variety.com/2014/digital/news/top-20-most-pirated-movies-of-2014-led-by-wolf-of-wall-street-frozen-gravity-1201388403/ "undefined")\] _Read next:_ [_The Top 10 Best Movies of 2014_](http://time.com/3616154/top-10-best-movies-2014/?xid=time%5Freadnext "undefined") [_Listen to the most important stories of the day._](http://time.com/newsletter/the-brief/?sl%5Fautoplay=true&xid=spl-fullbrief-article "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3648962/most-pirated-movie-2014/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3648962/most-pirated-movie-2014/"},"headline":"This Is the Most Pirated Movie of 2014","datePublished":"2014-12-29T21:33:01.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T03:10:22.442Z","description":"See what beat 'Frozen'","url":"https://time.com/3648962/most-pirated-movie-2014/","keywords":["movies","viral","entertainment","streaming"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0548e7e62e5faf77/6987777506f2c14bf73331f3/computer-pirate.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Laura Stampler","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0548e7e62e5faf77/6987777506f2c14bf73331f3/computer-pirate.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Laptop, speed typing, screen glowing in the dark","caption":"Laptop, speed typing, screen glowing in the dark","creditText":"Dimitri Otis—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/movies/","name":"movies"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3648962/most-pirated-movie-2014/","name":"This Is the Most Pirated Movie of 2014"}}]}] ```