吃爆米花一直是美国人休闲娱乐时的主要零食,但在最开始它并没有和看电影紧密联系在一起。1905年镍币剧院兴起,使得看电影成为一种空前流行的娱乐活动。在这个时候,卖爆米花还只是镍币剧院周边的一些摊贩自发行为。1910年代中期开始,豪华电影宫取代镍币剧院,成为电影消费的主流场所。当时电影从业人员的心理是尽可能提升电影的地位,使之高尚化、上流化,从而和底层 Eating popcorn has always been a staple of American entertainment, but in the beginning it was not closely linked to watching movies. The rise of the Nickel Coin Theater in 1905 made cinema a popular entertainment event. At this time, selling popcorn is just some of the street vendors around the theater of the autopsy. Since the mid 1910s, the luxury movie palace has replaced the nickel coin theater and has become the mainstream place for movie consumption. At the time, the psychology of film practitioners was to elevate the status of the film as much as possible, to make it noble and fluid, and thus to the bottom