Most Pirated Movies of 2010

Can a list of the

most pirated movies of 2010 tell us anything we don't already know about American filmgoers?

It's a pretty diverse list, with a few big surprises (7 million people actually bothered to download Green Zone?) No surprise that Avatar sits comfortably at the top, and with the money James Cameron and 20th Century Fox raked in on that venture, illegal downloading probably isn't too high on their list of concerns.

But despite most of the films on this list being blockbusters (even the disappointing Clash of the Titans earned enough to warrant a sequel), there are at least two movies that definitely suffered financially for their exploitation on the web: Matthew Vaughn's Kick-Ass and the critically acclaimed Hurt Locker - two of the best movies of the year, and certainly more deserving of reward at the box office than their earnings would indicate.

Here's the list:

1. Avatar / 16,580,000
2. Kick-Ass / 11,400,000
3. Inception / 9,720,000
4. Shutter Island / 9,490,000
5. Iron Man 2 / 8,810,000
6. Clash of the Titans / 8,040,000
7. Green Zone / 7,730,000
8. Sherlock Holmes / 7,160,000
9. The Hurt Locker / 6,850,000
10. Salt / 6,700,000