{
  "id": 104376,
  "title": "Popcorn Bucket Craze Pops Off With Skyrocketing Scalper Prices, Director Approvals and Imax’s First-Ever Movie Merch",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/03/popcorn-bucket-craze-pops-off-with-skyrocketing-scalper-prices",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-03T21:15:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Variety",
    "slug": "variety",
    "url": "https://variety.com/2026/film/features/spider-man-popcorn-bucket-scalper-prices-imax-merch-1236817709/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Did you think landing Imax 70mm tickets to “The Odyssey” was hard? Trying landing those tickets and snagging one of the limited-edition popcorn buckets tied to the recent release of Christopher Nolan’s epic, which included designs of the iconic Trojan Horse and a replica of the Imax camera (complete with a real viewfinder!) that the […]",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}