Thats cool when that happens. I haven't had it happen but have a couple DNs that I think would be good movie titles. I also own a couple DNs for which I want to write a book.
Yeah but the movie people never take the ransom. If the movie name was "Green Eggs And Ham" and somebody already had the domain name "GreenEggsAndHam.com" they simply register "GreenEggsAndHamMovie.com"
But... I'm guessing this is often because the domain owner KNOWS that the movie is coming out and is demanding an inexorbitant amount of money for compensation.