Pass the Popcorn: What Movies did Hotel Guests Watch Most During March 2013?

I can see why producers want their movies to win Academy Awards. They stick around in secondary markets like hotel rooms and make money. Witness last month’s stats for hotels across the US and Canada and in New York City: five of the top ten in-room movies were Best Picture nominees.

To see who they were – and who else made the top ten list — scroll down. As always, the stats come courtesy of LodgeNet, suppliers of in-room entertainment to 1.5 million hotel rooms in the U.S and Canada.

The Nation and Canada

1) Zero Dark Thirty

2) This is 40

3) Django Unchained

4) Silver Linings Playbook

5) The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

6) Argo

7) Parental Guidance

8) The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2

9) Wreck-it Ralph

10) Les Miserables

New York City

1) Zero Dark Thirty

2) This is 40

3) Silver Linings Playbook

4) Django Unchained

5) Argo

6) The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

7) The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2

8) Les Miserables

9) Parental Guidance

10) Broken City

Check in again next month to see what hotel guests are viewing. New movies released to hotels this month include Jack Reacher, Safe Haven, The Guilt Trip, A Good Day to Die Hard and Identity Thief.