Our stance was and is this: ' We at Screen Rant will never support this kind of behavior.' Stealing is stealing (or so WE think), no matter how hard you want to argue the point. I highly doubt that many (if any) of us can claim 100% angelic behavior if pressed about our history with illegal downloads (or streaming services), but I think this Zombieland case is one where we are now seeing clear, indisputable evidence of the damage that piracy can cause.Īnd yes, we've already heard all the 'reasonable' arguments for piracy - in fact, we here at Screen Rant hosted an epic debate about the subject just this past spring, when a early, rough-cut of X-Men Origins: Wolverine was rampantly pirated by the online community. With the Internet and digital filming/editing came the chance to get a movie in one's hands before said movie ever even made it into theaters. Since someone first came up with the bright idea of hooking up two VCRs to record their rented videotapes, movie piracy has been a rampant crime. To guarantee a Zombieland 2, Sony was no doubt looking for Zombieland 1 to crack the triple-digit millions - a feat the film should've easily accomplished, if those one million people sitting at their computers had decided to drop 7-12 bucks to see the film in theaters, instead of 7-12 minutes downloading it illegally.Īnd now the fate of Zombieland 2 hangs in the balance, and that just SUCKS. The bottom line: it only matters to certain degree that Zombieland earned triple its production budget when you factor in marketing in promotion, that margin gets a lot slimmer and really, in the end, studios watch the much-lauded bottom line to measure how well their films have done. This greatly affects the likelihood of a Zombieland 2.' That tweet was quickly followed by this ominous statement:

Over one million downloads and counting.' 'Zombieland currently the most pirated movie on bit torrent. If only it was that simple.Here's the message that Reese posted on his Twitter page: Looking at figures like that, a sequel should be a no-brainer, right? Here are the numbers behind that statement: Zombieland's current worldwide earnings - according to Box Office Mojo - approximate to about $85 million, more than tripling the movie's $23.6 million production budget. We here at Screen Rant recently took notice of a post over at Shock Til You Drop referring to a Twitter-based message from Rhett Reese, writer of the recent horror/comedy Zombieland, in which Reese claimed that a Zombieland sequel is now a questionable endeavor, largely due to the film's current status as 'the most pirated movie on bit torrent.'

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