By Terry Trucco
What was the most watched movie in hotel rooms across the U.S. and Canada and in New York City last month?
Think blockbuster. And comics. Since August was too early for either The Amazing Spider-Man or The Dark Knight Rises to leave the big screen for hotel room flatpanels, that leaves one obvious winner – Marvel’s The Avengers. (more…)
By Terry Trucco
That’s Hollywood movies, of course, and once again we bring you the monthly Top Ten list as compiled by LodgeNet, supplier of in-room entertainment to 1.6 million hotel rooms in the US and Canada.
First-run movies hit hotel rooms 60 days prior to their release on DVD and 90 days before Netflix lands them. So what spring blockbuster has hit it big in the nation’s hotels? (more…)
By Terry Trucco
You know it’s summer when you’ve got action movies at the multiplex and comedies in hotel rooms.
Hotel guests across the nation watched 21 Jump Street, about two hapless undercover cops sent back to high school to bring down a drug ring, more than any other pay-to-view movie last month. And in New York City hotels, American Reunion, the class reunion of the all-grown-up American Pie crowd, led the pack, with 21 Jump Street, nipping at its heels. In other words, high school ruled from coast to coast – just in time for graduation. (more…)
By Terry Trucco
Once again we’re back with two of our favorite top-10 lists – the Hollywood movies most watched by guests in hotel rooms in New York City and across the nation.
During May the lists were similar with one big difference: John Carter, the interplanetary sci-fi extravaganza that was more box office bust than blockbuster, scored a spot on the national list but not in New York. And Wanderlust, the Jennifer Anniston/Paul Rudd comedy about a couple trading big city life for a commune, was a hit, of sorts, with hotel guests in this big city but not beyond. Go figure. (more…)
