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There is a direct line between the decline of mid-budget adult thrillers like Basic Instinct 2 and piracy. Studios are reluctant to invest $70 million (the budget of BI2) into an R-rated film for adults because the secondary market (DVDs and streaming) is cannibalized by illegal downloads.
(2006) attempted to revive a dying genre. Sharon Stone reprised her role as the lethal novelist Catherine Tramell, relocating from San Francisco to London. isaidub basic instinct 2