They arrive for reasons both exalted and mundane: to expose a lucky sliver of the New York audience to new works of cinematic art; to gather momentum in awards campaigns; to secure distribution in the United States; to be favorably mentioned in an article like this one.
By contrast, two other films that had been tipped for the awards but failed to secure nominations in the major categories did not experience similar demand: Mr Turner has been downloaded 9,086 times since 15 January, and Inherent Vice has been downloaded 53,008 times, according to the study.
A "transformative" performance is usually regarded as a positive thing – the kind of display that is more or less guaranteed to secure awards attention.
A charity that operates in Scotland and is under scrutiny over its expenditure hired an "awards specialist" to try to secure a prestigious gong from the Queen.
More excruciating for those viewing was Corden interrupting Prince's presentation of the first award of the night to secure himself a selfie with the diminutive one.
Now 21, Harrison has since more than proved his worth to Moore and Pools, starring in their late season 'Great Escape' bid to win the monthly award, and is desperate to secure their Football League status with three games remaining.
But not if that employee then had to wade through acres of recommendations from remuneration experts eager to secure top awards for their board as incentive and bonus plans proliferated.
They were also able to secure the award of a prescription contract for GPP/VIP, a company controlled by one of the defendants, Vincent Nasso, earning themselves a $400,000 payment, the indictment said.
The Potters, who had been 3-0 down just after the break, were awarded a last-minute penalty to secure an unlikely point - but Berahino saw his effort come back off the crossbar.
When Mercury failed to settle the plaintiffs' claim, the plaintiffs obtained a judgment against the driver and then sued Mercury to secure the award.
