By and large then, these particular tentpoles were able to thrive despite the rampant piracy.
Both Suicide Squad and Finding Dory were massive hits worldwide, as was The Revenant – with a global take for the latter of over $500 million – despite their high illegal download rates.
The top five most pirates movies of 2016 all did significant business at the global box office too, including $544 million for X-Men: Apocalypse and $868 million for Batman V Superman – with Civil War and The Force Awakens making over $1 billion and $2 billion around the world, respectively, despite the high piracy rates.
The no. 6 and no. 7 most-pirated movies of 2016, Warcraft and Independence Day: Resurgence, also under-performed commercially, at least in terms of the domestic box office (though Warcraft did incredibly well in China).