Dune 2 and Deadpool and Wolverine might have set the popcorn bucket trend with their iconic tie-ins, but Cinemark has upped the ante with a ‘Bring Your Own Popcorn Bucket day’ that saw some truly incredible vessels.
People showed up with just about anything you could think of, including an urn and a whole bedside table. Yep, you read that right – someone showed up and got a literal drawer of popcorn to snack on throughout their movie.
Cinemark hosted Bring Your Own Popcorn Bucket today where anyone who brought a container got it filled with popcorn for $5. pic.twitter.com/hlOUKniiOXJanuary 20, 2025
Cinemark posted a highlight reel, shared below, which includes various crates and even a novelty cauldron. There were also pumpkins and bags, along with a traffic cone, of all things, as seen on the theater’s Instagram Story.
Dune 2 kickstarted the trend with its striking sandworm themed popcorn bucket, which then led to Deadpool and Wolverine releasing a pretty NSFW Wolverine tie-in. Since then, there’s been everything from a Colosseum for Gladiator 2 to Art the Clown’s head for Terrifier 3, along with a different type of sandworm for Beetlejuice Beetlejuice.
One film that’s gone fairly normal for its popcorn buckets, though, is Captain America: Brand New World. That movie has just gone with a Red Hulk-shaped bucket and a shield. Only time will tell what the rest of the year has in store for popcorn buckets…
You can keep up to date with this year’s most exciting upcoming movies and get planning your theater trips with our guide to all the major movie release dates of 2025, or see the upcoming superhero movies for what Marvel and DC have in store.