Summer Movies Are Here, and So Are the New Popcorn Buckets

The twelvemonth 2024 firmly changed movie theatre concession stands forever. Thanks to Dune: Part Two, and dozens of films aft the fact, the themed popcorn bucket has go a staple of the multiplex. Anytime a caller movie comes out, fans present deliberation “Well, what is the popcorn bucket going to be?”

The reply to that question came a fewer times this week with the authoritative commencement of the summertime movie season. Marvel’s latest film, Thunderbolts, is present successful theaters and it brought on astatine slightest three caller popcorn buckets. But beyond that, buckets for the May 23 merchandise of Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning, June 13 merchandise of How to Train Your Dragon, and the 50th day of Steven Spielberg’s masterpiece Jaws were each revealed recently. Let’s cheque retired each of them.

First up, Thunderbolts. Marvel isn’t playing around.

You’ve gotta emotion the Red Guardian helmet but the limo? And the asterix? Come on. Too cool.

Next up, Mission: Impossible- The Final Reckoning. This 1 tin lone beryllium unlocked with a key, conscionable similar the all-important submarine successful the movie.

That’s some truly absorbing and besides perchance frustrating. How soon until you suffer the key? For me, it would beryllium immediately. Moving connected a spot much traditional, but inactive adorable, is How to Train Your Dragon.

Image: Universal

Come on! How cute is that? And finally, astir apt the champion of the bunch, the Jaws popcorn bucket for the film’s 50th anniversary.

Image: Universal

Now, not each of these buckets volition beryllium disposable astatine each theatre truthful beryllium definite to cheque your section theaters for availability. And immoderate are adjacent disposable connected the website of the theatre chain, specified arsenic the Thunderbolts asterix and Jaws bucket via Drafthouse.

We’ll support an oculus connected much popcorn buckets each summer, but which are you astir looking guardant to? Personally, I’m excited to spot what theaters travel up with for Fantastic Four. Will we get a stretchy bucket? Surely a rocky orangish Thing bucket. One that’s invisible? One that lights up successful flames? The possibilities are endless.

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