…At this point last year, the top five specialty releases – “Sunshine Cleaning,” “Away We Go,” “The Class,” “The Brothers Bloom” and “Two Lovers” – had grossed roughly $26.5 million combined. This year, the top five – “The Ghost Writer,” “The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo,” “Babies,” “The Last Station” and “City Island” – has taken in $45.2 million…
https://www.indiewire.com/article/2010_mid_year_report_specialty_box_office_winners_and_losers/
The sites had made pirated versions of ‘Toy Story 3’ and ‘Iron Man 2’ available within hours of their release in theaters. The crackdown is part of a renewed effort to curb film and TV piracy online.
Adding some swashbuckling to its tough talk on fighting piracy, the federal government on Wednesday seized several websites that had offered downloads of pirated movies such as “Toy Story 3” and “Iron Man 2” within hours of their release in theaters.
Federal authorities announced that they had seized domain names from nine websites engaged in the “criminal theft of American movies and television.” The websites include TVShack.net, PlanetMoviez.com, ThePirateCity.org and Ninjavideo.net. Combined, the sites drew 6.7 million visitors a month, authorities said…
https://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-ct-piracy-20100701,0,2871905.story