Cineplex has free popcorn for National Popcorn Day and the deal isn't just for one day

Here's how you can get free popcorn. 🍿

person holding two movie tickets outside cineplex cinema. right: person holding cineplex popcorn bag

Cineplex movie tickets. Right: Cineplex popcorn bag.

Senior Writer

Cineplex is offering free popcorn for National Popcorn Day in Canada.

But the deal is available for more than just one day, so you can actually get a few bags of free popcorn!

This year, Cineplex announced that it's giving away popcorn for free during National Popcorn Days, an extended four-day event.

From Friday, January 16 to Monday, January 19, 2026, Scene+ members can get a free small popcorn with a valid movie ticket at Cineplex Canada theatres.

If you're a Scene+ member with a valid ticket for a showtime on January 16, January 17, January 18 or January 19, you have to scan your membership card or the barcode in the Scene+ app at concessions on the same day as your movie screening.

Then, you'll receive a small bag of Cineplex popcorn for free.

Scene+ is free to join, and there is no monthly or yearly fee associated with the program.

This deal is valid on the day of the showtime you bought a movie ticket for.

So, if your ticket is for a showtime on January 16, you can only get the free popcorn on January 16.

Cineplex is offering one bag per Scene+ member per day from January 16 to January 19 with a valid movie ticket.

You can actually get four bags of popcorn for free if you buy a ticket for a movie with a showtime on each day of the National Popcorn Days event.

All popcorn toppings are an extra charge, and the offer is not valid for Poptopia-branded popcorn or concession combos.

This free popcorn deal from Cineplex isn't valid for delivery, online orders or mobile orders.

This article's cover image was used for illustrative purposes only.

  • Senior Writer

    Lisa Belmonte (she/her) is a Senior Writer with Narcity Media. After graduating with a Bachelor of Journalism from Toronto Metropolitan University (formerly Ryerson University), she joined the Narcity team. Lisa covers news and notices from across the country from a Canada-wide perspective. Her early coverage of the COVID-19 pandemic earned Narcity its first-ever national journalism award nomination.

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