We have to admit that movies going to war with one another via popcorn buckets was certainly not on our 2024 Bingo card. So long, ticket sales. Hello, viral concessions merch.
The past year has seen some pretty insane popcorn buckets, but Deadpool & Wolverine may have just gifted us with the best one yet.
The big reveal of the Deadpool & Wolverine popcorn bucket came via a video shared by the film's star Ryan Reynolds. We can see that the bucket is a cartoonish version of Wolverine's head. The hilarious (and slightly NSFW) part is Wolverine's mouth is wide open, giving fans the chance to pour as much buttery popcorn into it as they desire. On the side of the bucket, the words "Designed By Deadpool" are scribbled in red ink.
While they're likely used to Deadpool's risqué shenanigans, many fans were pretty shocked that the character "got away with" such a raunchy popcorn bucket. And quite a few people were reminded of the equally side eye-worthy Dune: Part 2 bucket that was released earlier this year.
"Dune popcorn bucket got nothing on this one," said one user.
"Ryan will never let us forget the Dune popcorn bucket incident 💀" another added.
The Dune 2 popcorn bucket was supposed to resemble the giant sandworms from the planet of Arrakis, but the imagery left little to the imagination, if you know what we mean. Well, just see for yourself.
There's no word yet on how much the Deadpool & Wolverine popcorn bucket will cost when the movie comes out on July 26, but if the thousands of comments under Reynolds' Instagram post are any indicator, they're sure to go FAST.
