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 διανέμουν το archive torrent, and it is very likely that this leak will cause a lot of damage to Lionsgate, the company that distributes 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 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.
