Overview

• Regal begins selling the Annabelle popcorn bucket on Wednesday, August 20, with Cinemark availability starting Friday, August 22.
• Marcus Theatres lists the collectible for online purchase at $44.99.
• Social media users are fixating on the bucket’s back-of-doll opening, with widespread posts joking about the design.
• The Conjuring: Last Rites is billed as the final mainline entry, reuniting Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga under director Michael Chaves and drawing on the Smurl family haunting.
• The film carries an R rating for “bloody/violent content and terror,” and Chaves says Ben Hardy’s Tony Spera serves as a fresh entry point for newcomers in a new preview.