X Removes Pirated 'The Odyssey' After 3 Million Views as Film Reaches $640 Million
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Updated · The Guardian · Jul 27
X Removes Pirated 'The Odyssey' After 3 Million Views as Film Reaches $640 Million
3 articles · Updated · The Guardian · Jul 27
Summary
More than 3 million views had already piled up on a post flagging the leaked full film before X suspended the hosting account and removed the pirated copy.
Universal said it moved immediately to trigger takedown protocols and would pursue remedies over the unauthorized upload, though it remains unclear how the near-three-hour bootleg was obtained.
$640 million in global box office receipts suggests the leak has not hurt demand; the film added $87 million in the U.S. on its second weekend, down 30% from opening.
Elon Musk, who owns X, had recently attacked the film's casting choices and said he would use Grok Imagine to create a "historically accurate" version of Homer's epic.