44th Golden Raspberry Awards

44th Golden Raspberry Awards
Awarded forWorst in film
DateMarch 9, 2024
SiteLos Angeles, California
Highlights
Worst PictureWinnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey
Most awardsWinnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey (5)
Most nominationsExpend4bles (7)

The 44th Golden Raspberry Awards, or Razzies, honored the worst the film industry had to offer in 2023 on March 9, 2024.[1] These awards are based on votes from members of the Golden Raspberry Award Foundation (1,179 movie buffs, film critics and journalists from 49 US States, and two dozen foreign countries).[1] The nominations were announced on January 22, 2024.[1][2][3][4][5] Additionally, with four nods, Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania earned the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) its first-ever Razzie nominations, breaking the franchise's 16-year streak without a single Razzie Award nomination.[6][7][8]

In August 2023, a statement by John J. B. Wilson and Maureen "Mo" Murphy announced that the Golden Raspberry Award Foundation was considering the possibility of setting a new precedent by awarding Walt Disney Studios the Barry L. Bumstead Award to an entire studio for the first time ever (and not just an individual theatrical film).[9] This is due to Disney's centennial anniversary releases (ex. Peter Pan & Wendy, Elemental, Wish, Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, The Little Mermaid, Haunted Mansion, The Marvels, Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, etc.) causing "the once phenomenally profitable Walt Disney Pictures [to suffer] failure after failure at the box office"[9][10] when "corporate honchos had hoped to spend th[e] entire year celebrating a century of success".[9] Ultimately the award was not presented.

Upon hearing of Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey sweeping every award it was nominated for, the film's director, Rhys Frake-Waterfield reacted in an interview for Variety, "I'm surprised our micro-budget film is being compared to Hollywood, but nevertheless I don't mind the dubious honor as it places me in the same pool as directors whose work I admire so much."[11]

  1. ^ a b c "Razz News" (Press release). Golden Raspberry Awards. Retrieved January 22, 2024.
  2. ^ Nordyke, Kimberly (January 22, 2024). "Razzie Awards: 'Expend4bles' Leads Nominations". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved January 22, 2024.
  3. ^ VanHoose, Benjamin (January 22, 2024). "'Expend4bles', 'Meg 2', and 'Shazam! Fury of the Gods' Among 2024 Razzie Nominations of "Worst" Movies". People. Retrieved January 22, 2024.
  4. ^ Murphy, J. Kim (January 22, 2024). "Razzie Noms 2024: Chris Evans and Jennifer Lopez Up for Worst Actors; 'Shazam 2' and 'Ant-Man 3' Tie with 4 Nods". Variety. Retrieved January 22, 2024.
  5. ^ Evans, Greg (January 22, 2024). "Razzie Awards: 'Expend4bles', 'The Exorcist: Believer', 'Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey' Race to the Bottom". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved January 22, 2024.
  6. ^ Rangel, Felipe (January 22, 2024). "The MCU Breaks a 16-Year Franchise Record with Its First-Ever Razzie Nomination". Screen Rant. Retrieved January 28, 2024.
  7. ^ Barnhardt, Adam (January 22, 2024). "Marvel Studios Gets First Razzie Nomination Amid Franchise Woes". ComicBook. Retrieved January 28, 2024.
  8. ^ Chu, Severina (January 26, 2024). "Why 'Ant-Man & the Wasp: Quantumania' Earned the MCU's First Razzie Nominations Instead of 2023's Biggest Bomb". Screen Rant. Retrieved January 28, 2024.
  9. ^ a b c Wilson, John J.B.; Murphy, Maureen "Mo" (August 10, 2023). "August 10th, 2023 - What Went Horribly Wrong?". Razzie Awards. Golden Raspberry Awards. Archived from the original on March 7, 2024. Retrieved October 30, 2023.
  10. ^ Reid, Caroline (August 4, 2023). "The 4 Flops Of 2023 That Cost Disney $1 Billion". Forbes. Archived from the original on March 7, 2024. Retrieved March 7, 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  11. ^ Ritman, Alex (March 11, 2024). "'Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey' Director Brushes Off Razzie Awards Sweep: 'I'm Surprised Our Micro-Budget Film Is Being Compared to Hollywood'". Variety. Retrieved March 11, 2024.