A Pennsylvania retiree saw 1,207 movies in a cinema in one year, a new world record
Guinness's interview covers the planning, the favorite genre and why he wanted it done before winter driving.
Glenwood Hoskin Jr., a 60-year-old retired tax officer, watched 1,207 films in one year at his local Regal cinema in York Haven, Pennsylvania, Guinness World Records announced, an average of 3.3 a day. That beats the previous record of 777, set by Zachariah Swope, for the most films seen in a cinema in one year. His year ran from April 2024 to April 2025.
Hoskin told Guinness he checked the listings each day and watched from early morning until midnight. He started in spring hoping to pass 777 before winter because "I hate driving in the winter," and a mild Pennsylvania winter let him keep going. Cartoons were his favorite, partly because they are shorter, and he enjoyed hearing audiences laugh at jokes he had already heard many times. He said he couldn't take on the separate record for seeing the same film the most times, because most films left his cinema for streaming too quickly.