TheMCU’s Oscar nomination record comes to an end in 2025 despiteDeadpool & Wolverine’s popularity. Deadpool and Wolverine’s MCU introduction has been one of the most anticipated events in the whole MCU, andDeadpool & Wolverine’s box office resultsprove it. In 2024,Deadpool & Wolverineclaimed the seventh spot in the list of highest-grossing Marvel movies of all time, only surpassed byBlack Panther,Avengers: Age of Ultron,The Avengers,Spider-Man: No Way Home,Avengers: Infinity War, andAvengers: Endgame.
Not every box office hit is equally lauded critically. For instance,Avengers: Age of Ultronremains at the twenty-seventh spot inRotten Tomatoes' MCU rankings by Critics Score whileIron Man— only the eighth highest-grossing movie of 2008 — holds the third spot seventeen years after its release.Deadpool & Wolverine’s critical receptionwasn’t too dissimilar to its box office success, but it missed a Marvel tradition that the MCU had maintained for a decade.
The MCU’s 10-Year Franchise Record Of Oscar Nominations Explained
Marvel Studios Got At Least 1 VFX Academy Award Nomination Every Year Since 2017
Superhero movies usually don’t get nominated for Academy Awards outside the visual effects category, butMarvel Studios earned at least one Oscar nomination for VFX since 2017.In order, 2016’sDoctor Strange, 2017’sGuardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, 2018’sAvengers: Infinity War, 2019’sAvengers: Endgame, 2021’sShang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten RingsandSpider-Man: No Way Home, 2022’sBlack Panther: Wakanda Forever, and 2023’sGuardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3upheld this tradition. Marvel didn’t get any nomination in 2020 because all releases were delayed that year.
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Marvel Studios didn’t get any VFX Oscar nomination in 2015, which saw the release ofAvengers: Age of UltronandAnt-Man. Before that, Marvel got three VFX nominations in a row:The Avengers,Iron Man 3, andCaptain America: The Winter Soldier. Neither 2011’sCaptain America: The First AvengernorThorget a nomination, and Marvel didn’t release any movie in 2009. Otherwise,Iron ManandIron Man 2also got VFX nominations at the very start of the MCU.’s Phase 1.
Why Deadpool & Wolverine Didn’t Receive A VFX Oscar Nomination
Deadpool & WolverineHas Plenty Of Competition At The 2025 Academy Awards
The 2025 Academy Awards nominations for best visual effects includeAlien: Romulus,Better Man,Dune: Part 2,Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, andWicked. All of these 2024 movies have a very clear focus on high-end visual effects.Alien: Romuluspays homage to a sci-fi classic,Better ManandKingdom of the Planet of the Apeshave anthropomorphic ape protagonists, and bothDune: Part 2andWickedcreate sprawling fantastical worlds from scratch. WhileDeadpool & Wolverine’s visual effects are impressive and raise the bar fromthe MCU’s previous CGI problems,Deadpool & Wolverinedoesn’t offer anything groundbreaking in comparison to previous Marvel releases.
