Amid the assortment of limited-edition collectible popcorn buckets, there have been some questionable contributions.

Movies and popcorn are like peanut butter and jelly — they simply belong together. The simple notion of grabbing a bucket of popcorn at the movie theater, though, isn't quite so simple anymore, since ...

Each era of cinema has its defining promotional tie-in. In the 1990s, it was fast-food collaborations and toy giveaways. Today, it is the popcorn bucket. What began as a novelty item has, in recent ...