dune part 2 have received a huge blowperhaps only one thing can mask its notoriety: Viral AMC Sandworm Popcorn Bucket Everyone is talking about…and do other things. In retrospect, if the theater chain/purveyor of increasingly novelty popcorn stands had known this was going to be a moment, it might have done things very differently.
“We are constantly learning and evolving. We never imagined dune thing.We would never have created it knowing that it would be celebrated or ridiculed,” said AMC Chief Content Officer Elizabeth Frank type The overwhelming response to the Sandworm Barrel has even cast and crew talking about its, um…soft wormy tendrils that drive people away Crazy demand For shai-hulussy shaped containers.
this dune Buckets even have their own saturday night live short, although Frank doesn’t think its success meant either a call for theater chains to go even crazier in future shows, nor a increasing trend Popcorn stands in various shapes suddenly became an important part of the company’s plans. “There are fans who are collectors. There’s also a group of people who are specific movie fans who have purchased three different movies Ghostbusters product. It’s all a mixture,” Franks continued. “It’s a big part of our food and beverage business, but it’s not the majority of it. It also makes the movie more interesting. “
I bet dune Buckets make a few other things more interesting, too, but maybe we shouldn’t be chasing sandworms for another species of their kind so soon.
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