Earlier this year one of the blockbusters that was supposed released was The Expendables 3. The series in question feautures a sta studded lineup headed by Sylvester Stallon and featuring the likes of Jason Statham, Antonio Banderas, Jet Li, Arnold Schwarzenegger and newcomer Mel Gibson. The unfortunate thing about it? It was leaked weeks before the worldwide preimere. Not just a crappy cam version or a low quality copy but a full HD copy. The copy was reportedly stolen and uploaded online to sites like ThePirateBay where it was downloaded over 3 million times. Going off the current price of movie tickets that's close to $32 million dollars in revenue that was lost from the studio. Lionsgate is looking to pursue several torrent sites for the early upload.
In my humble oppinion it is Lionsgate's fault. There has never been a big budget film like this that was leaked before. Is it getting easier for things to be uploaded or are companies getting sloppy?
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