‘The Expendables 3’ leaked online before release

July 28, 2014 12:36 pm | Updated 12:36 pm IST - Los Angeles

(From left), Jason Statham, Harrison Ford, Mel Gibson, Sylvester Stallone, Wesley Snipes and Ronda Rousey ride during a photo call for The Expendables 3 at the 67th international film festival, Cannes. File Photo

(From left), Jason Statham, Harrison Ford, Mel Gibson, Sylvester Stallone, Wesley Snipes and Ronda Rousey ride during a photo call for The Expendables 3 at the 67th international film festival, Cannes. File Photo

Sylvester Stallone starrer ‘The Expendables 3’ has leaked online three weeks ahead of its U.S. release.

The online copy of the film has been downloaded through piracy sites more than 189,000 times over a 24-hour period, reported Variety .

Lionsgate, which is distributing the movie, declined to comment. The original source of the pirated copy is unclear and user comments posted on piracy websites indicate the rip is genuine.

Pirated copies of the film cropped up on torrent-sharing sites on July 23 and downloads started to spike on Thursday, according to data provided by piracy-analytics firm Excipio.

‘The Expendables 3’ ensemble cast includes Jason Statham, Antonio Banderas, Jet Li, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Dolph Lundgren, Kelsey Grammar, Terry Crews, Mel Gibson, Wesley Snipes and Harrison Ford.

A similar leak happened in 2009, when a rough cut of 20th Century Fox’s ‘X-Men Origins: Wolverine’ was shared on Megaupload.com about a month before its premiere.

Fox estimated that at least 15 million people downloaded the movie, and represented tens of millions of dollars in lost revenue.

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