'The Wolf of Wall Street' tops 2014 illegal downloads

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 January 1 to December 23, according to Variety.

Excipio said "The Wolf of Wall Street" was illegally downloaded more than 30 million times, while "Frozen" was pirated more than 29.9 million times.

In third place was "RoboCop," with a little less than 29.9 million illegal downloads, though this included both 2014's re-booted version and the 1987 original.

Space drama "Gravity," directed by Mexico's Alfonso Cuaron, was downloaded just under 29.4 million times.