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Pass the Popcorn: The Most-Watched Hotel Room Movies in May 2012

By Terry Trucco

Pass the Popcorn | tags: Act of Valor, American Reunion, Dr. Seuss' The Lorax, John Carter, LodgeNet, Mission Impossible -- Ghost Protocal, Pass the Popcorn, Safe House, Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows, The Grey, The Vow, This Means War, Wanderlust | June 4, 2012

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…)

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Pass the Popcorn: The Most Watched Hotel Room Movies in April 2012

By Terry Trucco

Pass the Popcorn | tags: Chronicle, Contraband, Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, LodgeNet, Man on a Ledge, Mission Impossible -- Ghost Protocal, Pass the Popcorn, Safe House, Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows, The Grey, Underworld Awakening, We Bought a Zoo | May 1, 2012

New Yorkers like to think they’re different from the rest of the country, but does that go for the movies watched in New York City hotel rooms?

Not in April. Last month’s ten top Hollywood movies – we don’t keep track of the other kind – viewed in hotel rooms throughout the nation were identical to the top ten screened in New York City hotel rooms. (more…)

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