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It's the latest mega movie craze, but it's not about the movie. Locals are lining up for the sold out popcorn bucket that's breaking records.
The most expensive novelty popcorn bucket to date is almost 2 feet wide and, as one actor said, only for “rich people.”
A colossal $80 popcorn container shaped like Marvel's planet-devouring villain Galactus is offering a unique twist on movie snacks.
More than six decades after Jack Kirby and Stan Lee created a superhero team to rival the Justice League, the Fantastic Four finally get a worthy big-screen adaption in a spiffy ’60s-era romp, bathed in retrofuturism and bygone American optimism. The first try was a Roger Corman-produced, low-budget 1994 film that was never even released.
Fantastic Four: First Steps is getting in on the trend of theaters selling novelty merch for new blockbuster films – specifically, the popcorn bucket craze. While the film offers fans multiple versions of a novelty bucket, there is one item in the line that is also a record-breaker: the Galactus popcorn bucket.
Brenda Elizondo is an audience engagement fellow at the Los Angeles Times. She was previously a video content creator and reporter for L.A. Times Food and De Los, the Latinidad section. She received her bachelor’s degree in communications from Cal State Fullerton.
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Asharq Alawsat (English) on MSNMarvel's $80 popcorn bucket sets world record in Los Angeles
A colossal $80 popcorn container shaped like Marvel's planet-devouring villain Galactus is offering a unique twist on movie snacks.
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