When it comes to big modern blockbuster releases, novelty popcorn buckets have become all the rage. No matter the genre, whether it’s a musical with Mean Girls or an action sci-fi epic like Dune: Part Two, everyone can’t resist a creative way to enjoy the movies’ most treasured snack. If you’re a horror fan, one of the most anticipated releases in the next couple of months is Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire. Now, while fans get their cosplays and personal Echo-1s ready, AMC Theatres has just unveiled their next popcorn bucket themed after Frozen Empire.
In the first Despicable Me movie in seven years, Gru, the supervillain-turned-Anti-Villain League-agent, returns Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire with his Minions in Illumination’s Despicable Me 4. The official trailer will air just before today’s national anthem at the Super Bowl after debuting at the AFC Championship game.
Following the 2022 summer blockbuster of Illumination’s Minions: The Rise of Gru, which earned almost $1 billion worldwide, the animated franchise now begins a new chapter as Gru (Steve Carrell) and Lucy (Kristen Wiig) and their girls —Margo (Miranda Cosgrove), Edith (Dana Gaier) and Agnes (Madison Polan)—welcome a new member to the Gru family, Gru Jr., who is intent on tormenting his dad.
Teased on AMC’s TikTok, the bucket will fittingly be in the form of a Ghost Trap. Arguably the most famous tool in the Ghostbusters’ arsenal, it authentically captures the spirit of the spooky containment device and the franchise as a whole. Unlike another one of AMC’s buckets for Dune, which hilariously went viral for all the wrong reasons recently, this Ghostbusters design is classy, simple and filled with retro 80s goodness. The cautionary black and yellow color scheme simply pops with the popcorn itself being contained at the top. Almost as if these haunted kernels were trying to escape the Ghostbusters’ grasp like they were a starving Slimer. Frozen Empire’s marketing has been smartly focusing on the nostalgia of the original two films as two generations of Ghostbusters are uniting. This ghoulish bucket only adds to the exciting return to one of horror’s most beloved comedic offerings.