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" WikiLeaks has released its own film about Julian Assange. The Mediastan documentary has debuted as a free download, while the Benedict Cumberbatch-starring The Fifth Estate disappointed at the box office.  &amp;quot;This weekend, instead of wasting your time and money on Hollywood propaganda, why not get all your friends around and spend your time watching Mediastan instead?&amp;quot; said Assange in a statement. The Fifth Estate grossed $1.7 million from 1,769 US theatres over the weekend. Mediastan was released on October 11 to coincide with the UK debut of its rival.  Although there are no exact details available regarding viewing figures and the impact that it might have had on the big-screen movie&amp;#039;s success, roughly 500,000 copies are reported to have been downloaded last weekend. &amp;amp;gt; Benedict Cumberbatch: &amp;#039;I want to show Julian Assange is a true force&amp;#039; Bill Condon&amp;#039;s The Fifth Estate also stars Daniel Br\u00C3\u00BChl, Anthony Mackie, David Thewlis, Alicia Vikander, Stanley Tucci and Laura Linney Watch a trailer for The Fifth Estate below:      "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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