AMC Unveils Galactus-Themed Popcorn Bucket For The Fantastic Four: First Steps — and It's Huge

Ever wanted to devour your popcorn straight retired of Galactus’ head? Well, if you program connected seeing The Fantastic Four: First Steps successful theaters, you’ll beryllium capable to bash conscionable that. The Galactus popcorn bucket for the upcoming movie has been revealed — and needless to say, it’s astir apt going to beryllium a large collectors item.

The “Giant Galactus Popcorn Vessel,” arsenic it's being called by AMC Theatres, stands a whopping 17 inches gangly and features the film’s antagonist, who volition beryllium played by The Witch and Nosferatu's Ralph Ineson, from the cervix up. The bucket is simply a replica of the character’s head, which dons agleam bluish eyes, and helmet, which is finished successful a shimmery purple hue. The popcorn itself is eaten retired of the unfastened apical of Galactus’ helmet and, according to the chain, a ample popcorn comes with each constricted variation bucket.

Image credit: AMC Theatres / Marvel.

AMC is besides selling a three-in-one snack holder pegged to First Steps arsenic well, 1 that replicates the H.E.R.B.I.E. robot from the movie. The concatenation is calling it the “H.E.R.B.I.E. Concessions Vessel” and it includes a ample popcorn, ample drink, and candy — positive a clump of compartments connected H.E.R.B.I.E. himself to store them all.

Image credit: AMC Theatres / Marvel.

The cinema concatenation is making each kinds of large moves lately, betwixt its outlandish popcorn buckets and, oh, you know, the summation of adjacent more ads earlier the movie. Something we each wanted, obviously.

The marque has officially agreed to big much pre-show advertizing arsenic portion of a concern with National CineMedia, according to The Hollywood Reporter. AMC volition tally what it calls a “platinum spot” with commercials that play alongside the accepted movie trailers that are already portion of the emblematic pre-show acquisition opening July 1. And people — due to the fact that this is astir money, don’t hide that — some companies volition stock the gross of this caller endeavor.

AMC released a connection astir the decision, which highlights its archetypal skepticism — but besides its intent to treble down for the involvement of the bottommost line. “While AMC was initially reluctant to bring this to our theaters, our competitors person afloat participated for much than 5 years without immoderate nonstop interaction to their attendance,” the institution told THR. “This is simply a beardown denotation that this NCM pre-show inaugural does not negatively power moviegoing habits.”

This week, Marvel released a caller The Fantastic Four: First Steps trailer that shows babe Franklin Richards for the archetypal clip and yet sees THAT enactment fans person been waiting for.

Much of the trailer, designed to beforehand the merchandise of summons income for the upcoming MCU movie, we’ve seen before. But we bash get a changeable of Reed Richards / Mister Fantastic and Sue Storm / Invisible Woman lying successful furniture with babe Franklin Richards successful what is our archetypal look astatine the character.

Also this week, manager Matt Shakman commented connected whether Robert Downey Jr's Doctor Doom would marque an appearance, seemingly confirming the quality volition beryllium absent. However, fans inactive powerfully fishy Doctor Doom volition amusement up successful the movie, possibly successful a post-credits scene.

The Fantastic Four: First Steps arrives successful theaters connected July 25, 2025.

Lex Briscuso is simply a movie and tv professional and a freelance amusement writer for IGN. You tin travel her connected Twitter astatine @nikonamerica.