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In the war of the popcorn buckets, The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim has decided to produce an actual weapon, and Nosferatu went with an actual grave
Seems like you could actually do some damage (or bury it?) with The Lord of the Rings: War of the Rohirrim and Nosferatu popcorn buckets, respectively. Still better than what Deadpool wanted you to do with that Wolverine bucket
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2024 will be remembered as an interesting year for movies. It was a year that was feeling the effects of the joint SAG-AFTRA and WGA strikes; it was a year that companies were still trying to create an new "Barbenheimer" (sorry, I'm just not buying "Glicked"). Perhaps most importantly, though, it was the year historians will probably cite as the official kickoff of the Popcorn Bucket Wars.
We don't even have time to go through all of the funny, bizarre, and downright disturbing popcorn buckets that movie studios have drummed up to promote this year's major movies (though surely the most awkward one is Dune, right? They didn't even mean for that to look like that!). So instead, we'll catch you up on some of the most recent.
Lovingly crafted from the good folks at Warner Bros comes The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim popcorn bucket, which we really think you have to see to believe:
Yes, that objectively terrifying piece of movie history is how LOTR fans can get the full Middle-Earth experience this winter, as the characters in Tolkien's legendarium are represented for the first time in anime. According to Collider, this plastic (hopefully?) hammer is a full 27 inches long, with the mallet end made to contain the same amount as a large bucket of popcorn. The whole thing will cost $32.99.
But what's really fun about it is, since it's a hammer, you can distribute popcorn to your friends just by taking it by the sharp, pointy end, and -- Oh God. Oh God, what have you done??
Quick, check his pulse. Oh no, oh no, this can't be happening. No, it didn't happen! It didn't happen if nobody saw! The theater is dark, after all, and the two of you came in separately. If you can just find some place to stash the (*choke*) body, then you can get through the rest of what trailers are calling A Groundbreaking Return to Middle-Earth and find somewhere to ditch the evidence. But my God, what kind of a way to go is this? What kind of burial could possibly make sense for this cruel and untimely --
-- Perfect.
Lovingly crafted by the good folks at Focus Features comes the Nosferatu popcorn bucket. First unveiled by Regal Cinemas' social media and then reported on by Bloody Disgusting, the Nosferatu popcorn bucket will be a miniature replica of the sarcophagus the villainous Count Orlok uses in the film. Life-sized replicas of the sarcophagus will also be visible at participating AMCs around the country, weighing in at a full 575 pounds according to Discussing Film.
As of this writing, it's unclear how much the Nosferatu popcorn bucket holds (though by the looks of it, we'd wager it's also a large), or what kind of money you'll need to put down to get one.However much it costs, though, you'd better budget for two.
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