Popcorn buckets will never be the same after 2024.
Collectables have risen to a whole new level this year with eye-catching merchandise for fans to munch on during blockbusters like Dina: The second part and Deadpool & Wolverine they go viral and outdo each other.
“Years from now they will look back on 2024 as the year the popcorn war started,” Ryan Reynolds wrote on Instagram in May.
Read below for the most interesting (and downright bizarre!) popcorn buckets in theaters in 2024.
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Dune: The second part
While it’s March Dina: The second part didn’t invent the popcorn bucket trend, AMC Theaters made it a viral phenomenon when it introduced a trend designed to resemble the iconic space worms of the fictional planet Arrakis. The bucket has sparked conversation on social media for its unorthodox, possibly NSFW design, as well as Duneown stars and the director’s amusing reactions to the bucket.
“That’s not right,” Florence Pugh said when she and they Dune cast appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live in February and they were shown the bucket. “Who did that? That’s not right. That’s wrong.”
When director Denis Villeneuve and star Timothée Chalamet spoke The New York Times of the film that same month, Chalamet joked, “I can’t tell if someone is at home right now saying, ‘My design worked perfectly and everyone is talking about it,’ or if someone is brutally offended by the response.”
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice‘s sandworm also got its own bucket at Regal Cinemas, though it looked a lot different than its own Dune counterpart.
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Deadpool & Wolverine
Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman made one of the most popular movies of 2024 Deadpool & Wolverinewhich brought together their popular Marvel characters into the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Reynolds, 48, helped announce the film’s special popcorn bucket — designed as the character Wolverine’s head, with popcorn dripping from his wide-open mouth — with an Instagram video shared on May 30 that included a reference to the popularity of other popcorn buckets around the world . year.
The launch video Reynolds posted also included a cheeky disclaimer, imploring fans to “please enjoy your popcorn responsibly.” Additionally, the bucket contained a sign that read “Designed by Deadpool.”
Venom: The Last Dance
Regal Cinemas had a Venom-shaped popcorn bucket to celebrate October Venom: The Last Dancethe last film in the Tom Hardy film branch Spider-Man villain. The chain surprised the cast with a large popcorn bucket — holding popcorn in Venom’s mouth — on the red carpet in a video it shared on Instagram on Oct. 22.
Chiwetel Ejiofor, Juno Temple, Rhys Ifans, Peggy Lu, Alanna Ubach and Stephen Graham starred alongside Hardy, 47, in the third Poison movie.
Wicked
AMC Theaters got it Wicked to the popcorn game and concessions with matching pink and green buckets and soda cups for Glinda and Elphaba fans. The theater chain also developed a limited-edition “Magnificent Mix gourmet” candy-coated pink and green popcorn for audiences who wanted their movie snacks to be as colorful as Shiz University and the Land of Oz.
The shelf also had souvenir Popcorn Lanterns and Witch Hat Mugs.
The hit musical stars Ariana Grande, Cynthia Erivo, Ethan Slater, Michelle Yeoh, Jonathan Bailey, Marissa Bode, Jeff Goldblum and more.
Moana 2
For Disney Moana 2, Regal impressed with a wave-shaped popcorn bucket depicting Moana herself connecting with the ocean.
Moana fans can also collect a boat designed to look like the ones Moana (Auli’i Cravalho) and Maui (Dwayne Johnson) ride on it also doubles as a container for nachos, combining two of the more creative products offered this year.
Gladiator II
Roman architecture and popcorn collided when the long-awaited sequel Gladiator II debuted. Cinemark offered a large bathtub in the shape of the ancient Colosseum, complete with augmented reality code to show the battle taking place inside.
Buckets from Regal allow fans to eat snacks directly from the gladiator’s helmet.
Gladiator II stars Paul Mescal as Lucius who is returned to Rome as a captive and unknowingly finds himself in the middle of a power struggle for the future of the empire. Denzel Washington, Pedro Pascal, Joseph Quinn, Connie Nielsen and Fred Hechinger also star.
The Lord of the Rings: War of the Rohirrim
Audiences returned to Middle-earth in the animated prequel The Lord of the Rings: War of the Rohirrim. AMC and Regal Cinemas have launched popcorn buckets in the shape of a giant hammer, which matches the weapon that the character Helm Hammerhand (Brian Cox) wields in battle.
Except for Cox, 78, War of the Rohirrim it also featured a voice cast that included Gaia Wise, Miranda Otto, Luke Pasqualino, Lorraine Ashbourne, Benjamin Wainwright, Laurence Ubong Williams, Shaun Dooley, Michael Wildman, Jude Akuwudike, Bilal Hasna, and Janine Duvitski.
Sonic the Hedgehog 3
Video game fans who wanted to eat popcorn right out of Sonic the Hedgehog’s head got their wish thanks to AMC Theaters and Regal just in time for Sonic the Hedgehog 3. The container itself is shaped like the iconic blue character’s head, with a lid on top that reveals the popcorn inside.
Cinemark also had a tub with the popular character hugging popcorn.
Sonic the Hedgehog 3 brings back Ben Schwartz as the voice of Sonic, while Idris Elba plays Knuckles, Keanu Reeves voices Shadow, and Jim Carrey reprized his role as the villain from Dr. Robotnik.
Mufasa: The Lion King
Regal and AMC Theaters had competing visions for a Mufasa: The Lion King– themed popcorn bins. AMC has released a light-up popcorn bucket featuring engravings of lions and other animals that audiences expect in the The lion king movies, while Regal released a bucket that is actually shaped like Pride Rock itself.
The latter bucket contains popcorn from the top of Pride Rock, while the lion Mufasa is shown with a figurine standing on his throne.
The Disney sequel features voices from Aaron Pierre, Kelvin Harrison Jr., Tiffany Boone, Mads Mikkelsen and Thandiwe Newton; Donald Glover, Seth Rogen, Billy Eichner, John Kani and Beyoncé each reprized their voice roles from 2019. The lion kingwhile Beyoncé’s daughter Blue Ivy Carter made her feature film debut as the lioness Kiara.
Nosferatu
Popcorn bowls have become creepy NosferatuChristmas edition. The film, a remake of the iconic 1922 German silent film, was given a bucket built to resemble the sarcophagus in which the vampire Count Orlok (Bill Skarsgård) sleeps.
Horror fans can munch coffin popcorn as they watch Orlok haunt Lily-Rose Depp, Willem Dafoe, Nicholas Hoult, Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Emma Corrin in Nosferatuthe latest from director Robert Eggers.
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