Pirated Wolverine Already Viewed by 1M

Execs fear massive downloading will claw into box-office take
By Rob Quinn,  Newser Staff
Posted Apr 8, 2009 6:27 AM CDT

Canned Fox columnist Roger Friedman is in very good company—the unfinished copy of X-Men Origins: Wolverine has been downloaded more than a million downloads since it was leaked online, TorrentFreak reports. Execs are panicked by the leak—described by Gawker as the "biggest Hollywood crime of the decade"—although 40% of respondents in a TorrentFreak poll said it has made them more likely to see the movie in theaters.
(More Wolverine stories.)

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