We are still firmly in the “Gimmick Popcorn Bucket Era” of movie theaters, and it shows no signs of stopping. Usually, these gimmicky popcorn buckets are items that fans want to buy and collect. But it seems like not many people want the creepy bucket for The Conjuring: Last Rites, featuring iconic haunted doll Annabelle. I wonder why.
On August 18, Regal Cinema shared a photo of its popcorn bucket for the upcoming horror film, The Conjuring: Last Rites, the ninth (?!) film in the wildly popular Conjuring series. The movie is being marketed as a sort of ending for this era of the spooky franchise, though it sounds like more Conjuring universe movies will happen in the future. Anyway, as seen in Last Rites’ new trailer, the franchise’s famous haunted doll, Annabelle, is returning for the Conjuring’s finale. And to celebrate, Regal’s new popcorn bucket features the doll herself, connected to a faux-wooden bucket with the movie’s logo slapped on it. The bucket will be available to order on Wednesday, over two weeks before the movie’s release.
She’s been released once more… Annabelle popcorn buckets coming to Regal this Wednesday.🍿 pic.twitter.com/9cPobQ1Nkt
— Regal (@RegalMovies) August 18, 2025
In the Conjuring universe, where she has three of her own spin-off movies as well as appearances in the main series, Annabelle is portrayed as scary, dangerous, evil, and just generally not a good doll you want to take home. I wasn’t surprised, then, that a lot of fans online don’t want this cursed piece of plastic in their homes.
“Oh hell no lol,” said one user. “Um, that’s one bucket I don’t want,” said another person. Someone else replied: “Y’all can keep that one.”
“Am I supposed to take this home?” asked someone in a reply to DiscussingFilm‘s tweet about the doll bucket. A diffferent user replied to the same tweet with: “Nah nah nah nah you’re not gonna get me Annabelle, nice try.”
Haunt your popcorn with our #TheConjuring: Last Rites Annabelle popcorn bucket available starting August 22! pic.twitter.com/UiYfek3Nft
— Cinemark Theatres (@Cinemark) August 18, 2025
Meanwhile, on Monday, Cinemark shared a first look at its own Conjuring 4 popcorn bucket and uh, well, reactions were different. That’s mainly because Cinemark’s gimmick bucket featuring Annabelle makes you eat the popcorn out of her ass. Would Tom Cruise eat popcorn out of Annabelle’s ass? Probably, the dude loves popcorn. But others aren’t as interested. This bucket will be available on Friday, August 22.
The Conjuring: Last Rites, alongside all the fake Annabelle popcorn buckets you desire (or fear), arrives in theaters on September 5.