Promotional popcorn buckets are having a moment.

Gail Sherman 2:47 pm Tue Mar 26, 2024

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Some of the promotional popcorn buckets accompanying recent movies are spectacular, like this Ghostbusters Ghost Trap.

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Others less so, like Slimer.

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Some are just, well, something else:

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The latest entry into the fray is this detailed flip-top Jabba the Hutt, complete with everyone's favorite Kowakian monkey-liizard, Salacious B. Crumb! This soon-to-be expensive-on-eBay collectible will be available starting on March 5th, only at Disneyland. Sorry, Florida Disney fans!

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Previously: The truth about movie theater popcorn butter

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