44th Golden Raspberry Awards
The 44th Golden Raspberry Awards, or the Razzies, honored the worst the film industry had to offer in 2023 on March 9, 2024. These awards are based on votes from members of the Golden Raspberry Award Foundation. The nominations were announced on January 22, 2024. Additionally, with four nods, Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania earned the Marvel Cinematic Universe its first-ever Razzie nominations, breaking the franchise's 16-year streak without a single Razzie Award nomination.
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. This is due to Disney's centennial anniversary releases causing "the once phenomenally profitable Walt Disney Pictures failure after failure at the box office" when "corporate honchos had hoped to spend th entire year celebrating a century of success". 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." Producer, Scott Chambers, also chimed in with his reaction being “I think it is something to celebrate. But yeah, I’m always a little bit protective of Rhys because obviously he’s so early on in his career where the others, David Gordon Green and stuff that were in his category, they’ve got a solid career whereas Rhys is so early,” expanding with “And I feel like the director one was probably the one I disagree with the most, but the others, I’m like, ‘Yeah, whatever.’ Do you know what I mean? It is what it is it’s, and it’s fine.”
Winners and nominees
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Films with multiple wins and nominations
The following films received multiple nominations:| Nominations | Film |
| 7 | Expend4bles |
| 5 | The Exorcist: Believer |
| 5 | Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey |
| 4 | Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania |
| 4 | Shazam! Fury of the Gods |
| 3 | Ghosted |
| 3 | Meg 2: The Trench |
| 2 | Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny |
| 2 | Johnny & Clyde |
| 2 | Magic Mike's Last Dance |
| 2 | The Pope's Exorcist |
The following films received multiple wins:
| Wins | Film |
| 5 | Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey |
| 2 | Expend4bles |