Bring Home a Piece of the Wizarding World as Harry Potter Announces Its Popcorn Bucket Collection

As Harry Potter prepares for its theatrical re-release as part of the film’s 25th anniversary, the movie theaters are also preparing for the influx of fans wanting to relive the magic once more. So, it comes as no surprise that the popcorn bucket trend has followed suit, allowing fans to take a piece of the wizarding world with them.

The popcorn bucket trend began in 2024 when Dune: Part II released its infamous Sandworm popcorn bucket. This collectible went viral due to its design, to the point where other movies, like Deadpool & Wolverine, followed suit, creating popcorn buckets with questionable designs. At the same time, this led many movie releases to produce their own collectible popcorn bucket, when usually these would be distributed either during press screenings or in amusement parks. One of the recent popcorn bucket designs is an IMAX camera popcorn bucket that was distributed during The Odyssey‘s theatrical run.

With all eight Harry Potter films returning to theaters later this month, Cinemark and Regal unveiled their Harry Potter collectible popcorn bucket and soda cup collection. Cinemark will be releasing three popcorn buckets. One is a tin bucket with a Harry Potter 25th anniversary decal wrapped around it and a “stirring wand” that’s shaped as Harry’s wand. The other two are a Sorting Hat popcorn bucket, where the Sorting Hat is the lid and the books are where the popcorn resides. There is a regular version and a limited edition where the Sorting Hat is color gold rather than the default brown. Lastly, Cinemark will also sell Gripper cups, where each design is based on one of the four houses. Cinemark’s collection is now available to purchase in theaters, and its official social media claims there’s more to come. Meanwhile, Regal’s collectible popcorn bucket offerings offer more variety in terms of design. The theater chain has revealed popcorn buckets designed as the Nimbus 2000, Hogwarts Express, and the Hogwarts Trunk, all coming with large popcorn. Additionally, it will also release a collectible combo which comes with a cup and a bucket with Harry Potter 25th anniversary decals wrapped around it. Regal’s Harry Potter collectibles will be available on August 27, when the Harry Potter theatrical re-releases begin.

What’s Harry Potter About?

Harry Potter is a franchise created by J.K Rowling that first began as a book series, but has expanded into films, video games, theme parks, merchandise, audiobooks, and soon, a TV series. It follows a young boy named Harry Potter who discovers he’s a wizard and was selected to study at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Each year has him and his friends, Hermione and Ron, dealing with a new problem that tends to be connected to the return of Lord Voldemort. Years after the film’s release, as well as the spin-off movies, Fantastic Beasts, Harry Potter is making a return to HBO Max, with Season 1 scheduled to come out on December 25, 2026, and Season 2 is currently in production. Starring in this TV series are Dominic McLaughlin as Harry Potter, Alastair Stout as Ron Weasley, Arabella Stanton as Hermione Granger, and also starring in the show are John Lithgow as Albus Dumbledore, Janet McTeer as Minerva McGonagall, Paapa Essiedu as Severus Snape, and Nick Frost as Rubeus Hagrid, to name a few.

All 8 Harry Potter films will return to theaters starting on August 27. In the meantime, you can watch them at home on HBO Max. Follow Collider for more updates.