The 10 most pirated films of 2014

Los Angeles - Martin Scorsese's The Wolf of Wall Street and Disney's animated fantasy hit Frozen were the two most pirated films of 2014, according to a firm tracking illegal downloads.

Numerous US media, including Variety and The Hollywood Reporter, on Monday published a list of this year's 20 most illegally downloaded movies, compiled by piracy tracker, Excipio.

The firm tallied "torrent" downloads, where computer users illegally share movies and other media over the internet, for the period from 1 January  to 23 December, according to Variety.

Excipio's top 10, as published by Variety and the Hollywood reporter:

1. The Wolf of Wall Street: 30.035m

2. Frozen: 29.919m

3. RoboCop: 29.879m

4. Gravity: 29.357m

5. The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug: 27.627m

6. Thor: The Dark World: 25.749m

7. Captain America: The Winter Soldier: 25.628m

8. The Legend of Hercules: 25.137m

9. X-Men: Days of Future Past: 24.380m

10. 12 Years a Slave: 23.653m