Foulmouthed, pansexual, and highly meta, Deadpool might be the outlier in superhero terms, but he is also the star of the most pirated movie of 2016, according to figures compiled by filesharing news site TorrentFreak.
死侍这个嘴臭，烂性又多元的角色似乎是超级英雄中的异类，但文件共享新闻网站TorrentFreak提供的统计数据显示，死侍也是最受2016年盗版电影青睐的角色。
According to the site, precise figures are not available because, in the current reporting environment, it is more challenging to monitor downloads. But it says its estimates are based on several sources, including public BitTorrent trackers.
TorrentFreak says pirated versions of Deadpool emerged shortly before the films cinema release in February, and illegal downloads number in the millions. The film scored over $783m at the global box office.
Two more high-performing superhero films occupied second and third spots, with the popularity of Batman v Superman and Captain America: Civil War appearing to conform to the presumed comic-book sensibilities of
torrent users. The former was released in March 2016, the latter in April.
Two more comic-book adaptations X-Men Apocalypse and Suicide
Squad also feature on the list.
The appetite for pirated films also appeared to run along box-office lines, although videogame adaptation Warcraft and Independence Day:
Resurgence performed
relatively poorly at the box office (with, respectively, $386m and $389m globally), suggesting that
piracy could have taken a significant bite out of revenues for both films.
The Revenant, at No 10 on the list, was notoriously posted on the internet before its release by former film studio employee William Kyle Morarity, who was convicted and fined $1.12m in October.
相关单词：torrent
torrent解释：n.激流，洪流；爆发，(话语等的)连发
torrent例句：
The torrent scoured a channel down the hillside. 急流沿着山坡冲出了一条沟。
Her pent-up anger was released in a torrent of words.她压抑的愤怒以滔滔不绝的话爆发了出来。
相关单词：squad
squad解释：n.班，小队，小团体；vt.把…编成班或小组
squad例句：
The squad leader ordered the men to mark time.班长命令战士们原地踏步。
A squad is the smallest unit in an army.班是军队的最小构成单位。
相关单词：resurgence
resurgence解释：n.再起，复活，再现
resurgence例句：
A resurgence of his grief swept over Nim.悲痛又涌上了尼姆的心头。
Police say drugs traffickers are behind the resurgence of violence.警方说毒贩是暴力活动重新抬头的罪魁祸首。
相关单词：relatively
relatively解释：adv.比较...地，相对地
relatively例句：
The rabbit is a relatively recent introduction in Australia.兔子是相对较新引入澳大利亚的物种。
The operation was relatively painless.手术相对来说不痛。
相关单词：piracy
piracy解释：n.海盗行为，剽窃，著作权侵害
piracy例句：
The government has already adopted effective measures against piracy.政府已采取有效措施惩治盗版行为。
They made the place a notorious centre of piracy.他们把这地方变成了臭名昭著的海盗中心。
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