A copy of the film has been circulating the Internet since Wednesday and in just 12 hours it had been "downloaded" more than 100.000 times. Torrent Freak noticed that through the BitTorrent program alone, more than 66.000 users are distributing the torrent file, and it is very likely that this leak will cause a lot of damage to Lionsgate, the company distributing the film.
Whoever leaked the film is hard to spot, especially with P2P releases, but it seems that the original leak came from Drarbg. This particular user has accounts on many major torrent sites, including Pirate Bay. You may think that a particular user is an individual, but it is stated that behind the name Drarbg are hidden independent users who function as a group. Also, as his name implies, he has collaborations with RARBG, a popular public torrent site. The third Expendables movie, which Sylvester Stallone himself has been involved in, is following the tradition of previous films and is made up of veteran movie stars action. As in the previous two films, the protagonists are always incarnate with shots and explosions in each scene. The two previous films have reached the top of the box office since the first weekend of projection, but such a leak could postpone the premiere or affect the number of viewers going to the cinemas.
It's quite rare for unreleased movies to leak online. The last example is the movie X-Men Origins: Wolverine in 2009, where a half-finished cut of the film was leaked before its final theatrical release.
According to Variety, mostly young men have watched the previous two movies and have the ability to handle torrent files, which is another reason for Lionsgate to be concerned. If there is the slightest indication that this leak will cost millions on August 15th, then it will definitely make news. The company production, Nu, the film has tried several times in the past to sue the torrents pirates, but its efforts were not very successful.
