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Join today<\/a><\/p>\n \n Already a member? AMC has unveiled a new Dune-themed popcorn bucket <\/a>for movie fans, and it has raised eyebrows \u2013 again. <\/p>\n The third installment of the sci-fi movie, out in U.S. cinemas December 18, will be based on Frank Herbert\u2019s 1969 novel Dune Messiah, the second book in the original Dune series<\/a>.<\/p>\n To celebrate Dune: Part Three, AMC theaters have released a new popcorn container \u2013 the Double Sandworm Collectible \u2013 displaying two sandworm heads, the huge creatures native to the desert planet Arrakis<\/a> in the Dune universe. <\/p>\n Last year, AMC released a similar container with just one sandworm head, which sparked NSFW comparisons to a sex toy and was parodied in an SNL sketch<\/a>, in which comic Marcello Hern\u00e1ndez played a frisky teenager singing to the bucket about his sexual fantasies.<\/p>\n The double sandworm bucket, designed for sharing, has sparked similar reactions, with some onlookers saying that the marketing team knew \u201cexactly what they were doing\u201d the second time around.<\/p>\n \u201cThe marketing team took the memes as notes,\u201d said one onlooker on X, as one added: \u201cTwo worms now. They learned nothing.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cDune popcorn buckets have officially become their own franchise. Somewhere Villeneuve is reviewing bucket concept art with the same intensity as the sandworms,\u201d said another while someone else wrote, \u201cI am never putting my hand in there!\u201d<\/p>\n Another poked fun at the sharing option for the new holder, saying: \u201cWhat if we held hands in the Dune 3 popcorn bucket?\u201d<\/p>\n Others were more concerned with the practicality of the design. One person said: \u201cYou can\u2019t even take a proper fistful of popcorn through that thing.\u201d<\/p>\n In 2024, The Dune: Part Two<\/a> bucket\u2019s creator, Marcus Gonzalez of the Zinc Group, told the Wall Street Journal<\/a> that sexual innuendo \u201cwas definitely not the intent,\u201d and explained, \u201cThe worm\u2019s the worm\u2019s the worm.\u201d<\/p>\n Collectable buckets are big business for movie theaters, and AMC chief Adam Aron previously projected the company will make more than $100 million selling themed buckets this year. Other recent designs include a Trojan horse for Christopher Nolan\u2019s The Odyssey and a red purse for The Devil Wears Prada 2. <\/p>\n \u201cThe AMC Sandworm popcorn bucket for Dune: Part Two became a viral phenomenon, and we knew that Dune fans would have high expectations for what came next,\u201d said Hank Green, AMC\u2019s senior VP of food and beverage, told Variety<\/a>. <\/p>\n \u201cFrom the moment we started planning the Dune: Part Three collectibles, our goal was to exceed those fan expectations. The Sandworm Thumper and Double Sandworm collectibles take the experience to the next level with designs straight from the movie.\u201d<\/p>\n
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AMC\u2019s Double Sandworm Collectible popcorn bucket has been released ahead of \u2018Dune: Part 3\u2019 (AMC)<\/p>\n![\"The](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Screenshot-2026-10-29-at-13-36-22.png\")
The \u2018Dune\u2019 Sandworm Thumper popcorn bucket is also among the collectibles available for the movie\u2019s release in December (AMC)![\"Timoth\u00e9e](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/newFile-1.jpg\")
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