After practically a decade away, the 4 Horsemen are returning to the large display, with “Now You See Me: Now You Do not” arriving in theaters this weekend — and with it comes a model new popcorn bucket for patrons to buy. Whereas this popcorn bucket pattern has gifted us some ridiculous creations, the one which Lionsgate and the merchandise crew have cooked up for this threequel is especially intelligent. (Dare we are saying, magical?)
‘Now You See Me: Now You Do not’ popcorn bucket unveiled. pic.twitter.com/OXZkWW9pze
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Because the above video demonstrates, the “Now You See Me: Now You Do not” popcorn bucket ties in extraordinarily effectively with the theme of magic that’s on the middle of this explicit franchise. When the edges of the bucket are pulled away, it makes it look as if the popcorn inside it’s actually disappearing. The place the notorious “Dune” popcorn bucket was, let’s assume, suggestive, that is downright imaginative.
The bucket in query is on the market at Cinemark, AMC, and different main chains. It retails for $27.95 at Cinemark, however costs can differ at totally different chains. Nevertheless, for many who want to get their palms on one, it figures to be available at a theater close to you.
In recent times, film theaters and Hollywood studios have needed to get inventive to generate extra income, with field workplace returns having develop into much less of a assure. Whereas “Now You See Me 3” may very effectively show to be a theatrical hit, these popcorn buckets have develop into an oddly necessary a part of the discharge technique for a lot of movies nowadays. Generally, that leads to one thing both boring or wildly impractical. (See: the “Alien: Romulus” Xenomorph bucket.) However on this case, it is a sensible, usable vessel for popcorn whereas additionally being entertaining in and of itself.
The Now You See Me: Now You Do not popcorn bucket is a literal magic trick
The “Now You See Me” movies have been surprisingly fashionable up to now. The unique film grew to become a shock breakout success in 2013, taking in additional than $350 million on the field workplace. And whereas its 2016 sequel, “Now You See Me 2,” wasn’t fairly as huge, it was nonetheless an enormous winner for Lionsgate that pulled in $335 million globally. After all, each of these motion pictures pre-dated the customized popcorn bucket pattern. Certainly, an entire lot has modified within the 9 years since we final noticed the 4 Horsemen.
“Now You See Me: Now You Do not” has Jesse Eisenberg (J. Daniel Atlas), Woody Harrelson (Merritt McKinney), Dave Franco (Jack Wilder), Isla Fisher (Henley Reeves), and Morgan Freeman (Thaddeus Bradley) reprising their roles from the property’s earlier entries, with Ruben Fleischer (of “Zombieland” and “Venom” fame) sitting within the director’s chair this time round. As seen in its trailer, the third “Now You See Me” film additionally contains a youthful era of rising magicians performed by Dominic Sessa (“The Holdovers”), Justice Smith (“Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom”), and Ariana Greenblatt (“Barbie”), with Rosamund Pike (“Saltburn”) rounding out the solid because the villain. The official synopsis for the movie reads as follows:
The 4 Horsemen return together with a brand new era of illusionists performing mind-melding twists, turns, surprises, and magic not like something ever captured on movie.
“Now You See Me: Now You Do not” opens in theaters on November 14, 2025.
