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Good question
EDIT: Because nobody else has explained it adequately: OP, ADHD is not defined by habits of daydreaming. i.e not all ADHD people have maladaptive daydreams . I personally do, so i answered it as if it was specifically for ADHD people who experience Maladaptive daydreams. Those of us who do will have them in varying frequency or varying control over them. I would say I don't get them a lot but I have triggers for them. For it to happen in a movie someone would have to say something reminding me of trauma anxiety or embarrassment, and I'll be taken back.
So TL;DR
My answer:
I am very discerning as to whether I'll enjoy a film or not. Currently I will only go to the cinema or sit down to watch something in one sitting if I know I'll like it.
Nowadays I have the privilege of getting to put something on from Netflix, then browse my phone - if it's good, I'll put my phone down. If it's bad, I stop the film. No chance for daydreams there.
My sister, I think, introduced me to the idea that you can make jokes about a film while watching, and make people laugh. I loved doing that as a kid. A bit too much. I massively disrupted my middle school film club by talking through most films. Feels bad. But with the right company it's hilarious, it's good for rowdy film watching sessions with your friends. Nowadays I know how to limit myself and do it to a more charming, non-interruptive, frequency.
I don't need snacks for films but I think some people choose snacks on the basis of needing them to actually enjoy and focus on the film/ get into the mood of it.
I don't daydream often when in a task, and movies actually feel like a task. Since watching a movie has dialogue, it feels like being talked to, and that helps not daydream
Movies probably are the daydream to our brain in that moment. They probably help to encourage daydreaming, and by extension, control over daydreaming, among all types of people.
There must be some movies that would see people daydream in, though. Too boring. But as I said earlier I'm super picky about what I'll watch. I stopped watching The Prestige earlier just because the sound mixing was bloody awful.