After Dune 2 and Deadpool and Wolverine set the trend, Cinemark's Bring Your Own Popcorn Bucket day included a bedside table and a cauldron

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People have a strange interpretation of 'popcorn bucket'

Deadpool (Ryan Reynolds) and Wolverine (Hugh Jackman)
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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 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.

Molly Edwards
Molly Edwards
Deputy Entertainment Editor

I'm the Deputy Entertainment Editor here at GamesRadar+, covering all things film and TV for the site's Total Film and SFX sections. I previously worked on the Disney magazines team at Immediate Media, and also wrote on the CBeebies, MEGA!, and Star Wars Galaxy titles after graduating with a BA in English.