Cody Rhodes posted the Street Fighter clip yesterday and immediately made the whole thing look inevitable. He wears a tall blond plastic flattop on his head, the exact silhouette Guile has carried since the early Street Fighter games, and talks about it the way old luxury car ads used to talk about leather and wind resistance. “It’s ergonomic and it’s aerodynamic. And it can be yours,” he says, while Noah Centineo and Callina Liang reach up and pull popcorn out of the hollow where the hair should be.
Aerodynamic. Ergonomic. Delicious. The AMC Exclusive 🍿for #StreetFighterMovie in theaters Oct. 16! Tickets go on sale Monday!pic.twitter.com/v7OAuwWPtA
— Street Fighter Movie (@Street_Fighter) September 17, 2026
AMC Theaters plans to sell this insane container as an exclusive tie-in to the upcoming Street Fighter film, which will be released on October 16th. Tickets will go on sale on Monday, September 21st. The thing is basically a bucket that replicates Guile’s gravity-defying hairdo, made of hard plastic, and then leaves the top open so it can be filled with popcorn, because of course it does, just the sort of thing you’d want to walk around with a full head of ‘hair’ of melted butter and soggy puffs. A chin strap maintains everything in position, allowing you to wear it while watching a movie or scooping handfuls of popcorn without setting the bucket on your lap. Vice specifically mentioned the strap, which indicates that the design expects you to wear it on your head even when it’s full to the brim.
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According to Fantasy Land News, the AMC version also includes a Street Fighter dog tag necklace, making the whole thing a two-piece set rather than a bizarre single keepsake. One thing is still missing: AMC hasn’t posted the pricing or ounce count yet. The closest current analog to work with is last Spring’s wearable Shao Kahn helmet bucket, which cost $42.95 and held 85 ounces. That is the wide range that many people are estimating until AMC decides to post the item right next to advance tickets.
Regal and Cinemark took a different approach on this. Regal, Marcus Theaters, and the Swan Drive-In are offering a non-wearable bust of Guile for $39.95. Cinemark & Swan also sells an arcade-cabinet-style bucket for $29.99 and a set of Chun-Li and Ryu character cups for $19.95. AMC just kept the wearable thing to itself, which is really kind of fitting given that they are the only ones wearing the Guile helmet throughout the ad. Cody Rhodes stars as Guile, Roman Reigns as Akuma, Jason Momoa as Blanka, 50 Cent as Balrog, David Dastmalchian as M. Bison, Andrew Koji as Ryu, and Kitao Sakurai directs the entire thing. The film already appears to rely largely on wrestlers and broad comedy timing, so using a bucket that you strap to your skull suits that tone.
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