It's even a symbol of movies sometimes!
What is the origin of this?
2006-06-10 00:16:00 · 13 answers · asked by Frankie 3 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Movies
ranona, yes, but there r other snacks with the same option!
2006-06-10 00:22:39 · update #1
hellraiser, ur answer is neither witty, nor funny nor helping, so delete it, thank you.
2006-06-10 00:29:01 · update #2
It was started by a man that owned a movie theater years and years ago. He wanted something simple that people could eat while watching the movie. Thus, The Popcorn Phenomenon.
2006-06-10 00:32:55 · answer #1 · answered by Cyndee 5 · 3⤊ 2⤋
NPR actually did a story about this, Popcorn is so popular in part because it is the traditional thing to eat when you go to the movies. In fact, popcorn was at first considered a very popular snack that you could only get by going to the movie theatre, it was kind of a proprietary secret between the movie business and the suppliers, and it was so successful and so profitable, at one point theatre owners actually made more money selling popcorn than they did showing the movies! For a time, many felt they were showing the movies just to trick people to come into the theatre to buy popcorn. Then, when air conditioning was invented, for a long time the only places that actually would pay the huge cost for air conditioning was the movie theatres, which would advertises as 'air conditioned,' again to get people to come inside and buy popcorn, and maybe it it was really hot they would stay all day and eat five or six bags of popcorn.
The addition of other snack items came along much later, and while they are still popular and make money for the theatre, many owners feel that they would make better profits if they still sold only popcorn because it is such a low overhead item.
BTW, while it was not in the story on NPR, the other answerer who mentioned that you would need something to drink with the popcorn probably has a VERY good point!
2006-06-10 09:38:36 · answer #2 · answered by sdvwallingford 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No other snack can be got ready so easily and readily and so fresh and hot and tasty with salt or sweet etc and handy and convenient never sticks to your hand or dirties the seats etc and no specail packing etc needed.May be peanuts/wafers too can claim an equal footing but pop corn is the best and remember easily digested too and stomach filling.And at peanut cost.
Now you put other eatables and mark the plus/ minus points and put to vote .
2006-06-10 07:28:12 · answer #3 · answered by THATHA75 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Once I took a tuna fish sandwich to the movies and it just wasn't the same.
Anyway, popcorn is crunchy, salty, buttery, you can eat it with your fingers and you don't have to look at it when you're watching a movie. The perfect movie snack.
2006-06-10 09:54:22 · answer #4 · answered by sister_godzilla 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think movie theaters love to sell it because its one of those things that you always need a drink with...atleast for me.. I cant by popcorn without a coke.....
when i am short on cash i resort to gummy bears
2006-06-10 08:36:28 · answer #5 · answered by bob8763763 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i personally prefer doritos or any type of crisp. but it depends on the film because i like to concentrate on the film, when is the second or third time i watch a film then i eat lol
2006-06-10 07:25:01 · answer #6 · answered by LuiSiuS - 3410 * 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it is so ingrained in our psyche now . Movie , popcorn.
As for the origin , not sure. sorry
2006-06-10 07:54:01 · answer #7 · answered by mick987g 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the result of a brainwashing ploy by american intelligence dating back to the 1920's
2006-06-10 07:59:42 · answer #8 · answered by GRIM_101 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i dont know the origin, but i do love popcorn...
esp when watching movies...
hehe...
maybe it was easy to prepared and easy to eat...
2006-06-10 07:21:24 · answer #9 · answered by sewordz 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because it doesn't need a lot of concentration to eat. you just put it in ur mouth without thinking.
2006-06-10 07:20:06 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋