Did they create a singularly hilarious internet sensation?

TheDune: Part Twopopcorn bucket was just supposed to be a sandworm.

And evenSonic the Hedgehog got on board, with maybe the only bucket that feels relatively normal.

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The change by the end of the year is the buckets were no longer only for your basic blockbusters.

Now were doing gothic horror movies.

Now were doing Oscar fare.

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And thats just a sampling.

Basically, as the title of the article states, 2024 was the year of the popcorn bucket.

The only question is, can 2025 raise the stakes, or will they get back to being lame?

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