Amazon accidentally made Jason Statham's action thriller Mutiny available to stream on Prime Video for several hours this week, days before its planned cinema release, sparking fury among film distributors and cinema chains. The mistake, which reportedly happened via Prime's product detail page, has led to the film already being pirated in several territories, undermining international releases and marketing spends that distributors including Lionsgate had invested millions into.

Lionsgate is releasing Mutiny in US cinemas this weekend, having reportedly paid an eight-figure sum for a film with a net budget exceeding $50 million; the movie had already opened well in France and the Middle East before the leak came to light. Amazon, which serves as a premium video-on-demand partner on the film, is now facing calls from international buyers to compensate distributors for the damage, with one buyer describing it as "a multimillion-dollar problem." Lionsgate's anti-piracy team is working to limit the fallout, while buyers coordinate a formal response to Amazon.