Los Angeles – from www.dmwmedia.com – “Iron Man 2,” the film sequel from Viacom’s Paramount Pictures based on the Marvel comic franchise, found its way onto file-sharing hub The Pirate Bay this weekend, a week before the film’s North American release, CNET News.com reported.

The film grossed more than $100 million in its premiere this weekend overseas, where apparently several theatergoers camcorded the film and uploaded copies to The Pirate Bay.

“This sort of theft is intensely disrespectful and damaging to those who pour their creativity and capital into movies and television,” a Viacom spokesman told CNET. “It is time responsible governments put an end to it.”

“Iron Man 2” opens in U.S. theaters on Friday.