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. The Torrent Freak παρατήρησε πως μόνο μέσω του προγράμματος BitTorrent, περισσότεροι από 66.000 χρήστες διανέμουν το αρχείο torrent, και πολύ πιθανόν η διαρροή αυτή να προκαλέσει μεγάλη ζημιά στην Lionsgate, the company distributing the film.
Who leaked the movie is hard to track down, especially with P2P releases, but it appears that the original leak came from Drarbg. This user has accounts on several major torrent sites, including Pirate Bay. You may think that this user is a single person, but it has been stated that behind the name Drarbg there are independent users who work as a group. Also, as its name suggests, it has partnerships with RARBG, a popular public torrent site. The third Expendables film, which was co-written by Sylvester Stallone himself, follows the tradition of the previous films and consists of veteran movie stars action. As in the previous two films, in this one too, the protagonists are always indestructible with gunshots and explosions in every scene. The previous two films topped the box office office from its opening weekend, but such a leak could delay the premiere or affect theater attendance.
It is quite rare, films that have not been screened in the rooms to leak on the Internet. The last example is X-Men Origins: Wolverine 2009, where a half-finished piece of the film had leaked before its final distribution to the halls.
As Variety notes, especially young men have watched the previous two films and have the ability to handle torrents, which is another cause for Lionsgate to worry about. If there is the slightest indication that this leakage will cost millions to 15 in August, it will definitely be news. Production company Nu, the film has tried several times to sue pirates of the torrents, but her efforts have not been very successful.
