Thousands of Marvel-themed popcorn buckets sold at theaters nationwide are recalled for risk to kids

Thousands of Marvel-themed popcorn buckets sold at movie theaters nationwide have been recalled for a risk of serious injury or death to kids (Getty Images) The popcorn bucket themed around the 2025 film Captain America: Brave New World was recalled (Consumer Product Safety Commission)

Captain America Popcorn Bucket and Fantastic Four Cups Recalled

The Fantastic Four cups were sold at AMC movie theaters across the country in March and April 2025 for about $15. The Captain America popcorn buckets were sold at a much wider variety of theater chains from February until August 2025 for roughly $30. While the products were sold last year, the recall was just issued for the first time this week.

$70 movie theater popcorn buckets are selling out fast — and the collectible market will hit $100 million this year

What began as a novel way to hold popcorn became a booming business with containers as creative as the movies they mimic

Salty, Buttery, Astonishingly Lucrative: The $100 Million Market of Popcorn Buckets

Once, a tub of popcorn was just a tub of popcorn. Now, ‘collectible concession vessels’ could make one chain more than $100 million.

Here's how movie popcorn buckets became the hottest new collectible

The popcorn bucket craze can be traced back to the viral "Dune Part Two" sandworm pail in 2024, popular for its suggestive appearance.

Some Marvel movie merch has been recalled. See affected products

More than 55,000 Marvel movie-themed items sold at movie theaters nationwide, including Captain America popcorn buckets and Fantastic Four cups, have been recalled due to a battery issue that could harm customers.

The ‘Evil Dead Burn’ Popcorn Bucket Is Perfectly Unnerving—but You Can’t Actually Buy It

Step aside, The Odyssey—no amount of Trojan horse deception or IMAX geekery can top Evil Dead Burn‘s bid for popcorn bucket supremacy this summer. However, unlike those coveted tie-ins for Christopher Nolan’s new epic,
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You can now pre-order the 'Fantastic Four: First Steps' Galactus LED popcorn bucket, which sold out in seconds

All products featured here are independently selected by our editors and writers. If you buy something through links on our site, Mashable may earn an affiliate commission. Fantastic Four: First Steps is now in theaters, and that means there's a ridiculous ...

These $50 movie popcorn buckets sold out instantly — then the CEO of IMAX begged China to ship over theirs

IMAX initially approved the production of just 2,500 camera-shaped buckets, which sold out almost immediately. IMAX CEO Rich Gelfond then called the head of IMAX China, Daniel Manwaring, and asked him to send over their supply, as the film was not scheduled to open there until August, according to The New York Times.
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Is the Elliot Page Odyssey popcorn bucket real? Viral tweet claim debunked

Following the release of Christopher Nolan's highly anticipated The Odyssey in theaters, an image of Elliot Page's popcorn bucket went viral online. The image, shared by the X account @Tesla7771 on July 17, showed a popcorn bucket featuring Page, with a door on its front for accessing the popcorn.