Pirates showed a passion for “Fifty Shades of Grey,” with copies of the erotic thriller downloaded almost 300,000 times worldwide within three days of the film’s U.S. theatrical debut. The low-quality copies recorded with handheld cameras in theaters were downloaded at the rate of nearly 100,000 per day.
The piracy-tracking firm Excipio reported that as of Sunday night the flick was downloaded in the:
- U.S. by 44,896 downloaders
- U.K. by 33,839 downloaders
- India by 19,298 downloaders; and
- Philippines by 16,952 downloaders.
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