Illumination and Nintendo, Universal Pictures and Zinc Group Achieve Guinness World Record for the World’s Smallest Popcorn Container

March 17, 2026 – Illuminaton and Nintendo, Universal Pictures and Zinc Group have officially achieved a Guinness World Record for the World’s Smallest Popcorn Container, a miniature popcorn collectble inspired by Bowser’s 4ny cauldron from Nintendo and Illuminaton’s The Super Mario Galaxy Movie, opening in theaters 1 April.

The record was officially assessed and confirmed at 2:00 pm on March 17 at Universal Cinema AMC at Universal CityWalk Hollywood, where a Guinness World Records adjudicator verified the container’s dimensions and capacity. At the widest point this popcorn container measures 2.6 inches (6.6cm) holding approximately 5–11 kernels of popcorn, making it the smallest functional popcorn vessel on record.

The precisely crafted miniature cauldron is a faithful replica of Bowser’s very mini cauldron, a playful homage to the new film, which follows Nintendo and Illumination’s 2023 record-shattering blockbuster, The Super Mario Bros. Movie. In the previous film, which earned $1.3 billion worldwide, Bowser consumed a blue star that shrank him to a miniature size, leaving the once-fearsome villain confined within a tiny castle inside Princess Peach’s castle in Mushroom Kingdom.

The collectable popcorn cauldron transforms that story element into a piece of theatrical memorabilia for fans.

The Guinness World Record-holding popcorn container will go on sale from April 1 at participating cinemas, including AMC Theaters in the United States, Vue Cinemas in Taiwan, and Golden Screen Cinemas (GSC) in Malaysia.

On bringing Miniature Movie Magic to Life.

The miniature cauldron represents the latest example of the growing role of theatrical collectables in creating immersive cinema experiences, giving audiences a unique way to celebrate the worlds and characters they love long aYer the credits roll.