2017 Cinema – So Bad The Razzies Expanded!

The nominations are in for the 37th Annual Golden Raspberry Awards (Razzies)® – and things were so bad in film that the Razzies had to expand to six nominations in each category!

The biggest winners/losers were Zoolander 2 with nine noms and Superman v. Batman: Dawn of Justice with eight. On the plus side for DC, though, Suicide Squad got only one nom – but that was for Worst Screenplay.

Other major contenders include Dirty Grandpa (6), and Gods of Egypt, Hilary’s america and Independence Day: Resurgence (5 each). For the complete list of nominations, read on.

2016: A Year of Movies SO Bad The Razzies® Had to Expand to Six Nominees Per Category!

Zoolander No. 2 and Batman v Superman lead the Pack with Most Nominations

The crop of cinematic crap in 2016 was so extensive that this year’s 37th Annual Razzie® Awards is expanding from 5 nominees to an unprecedented 6 contenders in each of its 9 Worst Achievement in Film categories.

Leading this year’s list of movie-misfires are the 15-years-too-late sequel Zoolander No. 2 and   the WTF comic book battle-royale Batman v Superman. Each is up for both Worst Picture and Worst Prequel, Remake, Rip-Off or Sequel. Other Worst Picture nominees include Dirty Grandpa, Gods of Egypt, Hillary’s America and Independence Day: Resurgence. Acting contenders include Ben Affleck, Johnny Depp, Julia Roberts and Robert de Niro. A complete list of this year’s nominees is included with this press release and at razzies.com.

Our nomination announcement will be available at Razzie Channel after 5:30am/PST Monday. “Winners” of this year’s tackiest Tinsel Town trophy will be revealed on Saturday, February 25 – the now traditional day before the 89th Annual Giving Out of the Little Gold Naked Men.

Voting Razzie Members (1,014 from 49 US States and 24 countries) selected contenders in 8 of our 9 categories.  For Worst Screen Combo, we partnered again with Rotten Tomatoes where tens of thousands of users picked the nominees.

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37th Annual Golden Raspberry (RAZZIE®) Award Nominations

Worst Picture

Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice

Dirty Grandpa

Gods of Egypt

Hillary’s America: The Secret History of the Democratic Party

Independence Day: Resurgence

Zoolander No. 2

Worst Actor

Ben Affleck, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice

Gerard Butler, Gods of Egypt & London Has Fallen

Henry Cavill, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice

Robert De Niro, Dirty Grandpa

Dinesh D’Souza (as himself), Hillary’s America: The Secret History of the Democratic Party

Ben Stiller, Zoolander No. 2

Worst Actress

Megan Fox, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows

Tyler Perry, BOO! A Medea Halloween

Julia Roberts, Mother’s Day

Becky Turner (as Hillary Clinton), Hillary’s America: The Secret History of the Democratic Party

Naomi Watts, Divergent Series: Allegiant & Shut-In

Shailene Woodley, Divergent Series: Allegiant

Worst Supporting Actress

Julianne Hough, Dirty Grandpa

Kate Hudson, Mother’s Day

Aubrey Plaza, Dirty Grandpa

Jane Seymour, Fifty Shades of Black

Sela Ward, Independence Day: Resurgence

Kristen Wiig, Zoolander No. 2

Worst Supporting Actor

Nicolas Cage, Snowden

Johnny Depp, Alice Through the Looking Glass

Will Ferrell, Zoolander No. 2

Jesse Eisenberg, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice

Jared Leto, Suicide Squad

Owen Wilson, Zoolander No. 2

Worst Screen Combo

Ben Affleck & His BFF (Baddest Foe Forever) Henry Cavill, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice

Any 2 Egyptian Gods or Mortals, Gods of Egypt

Johnny Depp & His Vomitously Vibrant Costume, Alice Through the Looking Glass

The Entire Cast of Once Respected Actors, Collateral Beauty

Tyler Perry & That Same Old Worn Out Wig, BOO! A Medea Halloween

Ben Stiller and His BFF (Barely Funny Friend) Owen Wilson, Zoolander No. 2

Worst Director

Dinesh D’Souza and Bruce Schooley, Hillary’s America: The Secret History of the Democratic Party

Roland Emmerich, Independence Day: Resurgence

Tyler Perry, BOO! A Medea Halloween

Alex Proyas, Gods of Egypt

Zack Snyder, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice

Ben Stiller, Zoolander  No. 2

Worst Prequel, Remake Rip-Off or Sequel

Alice Through the Looking Glass

Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice: Dawn of Justice

Fifty Shades of Black

Independence Day: Resurgence

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows

Zoolander No. 2

Worst Screenplay

Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice

Dirty Grandpa

Gods of Egypt

Hillary’s America: The Secret History of the Democratic Party

Independence Day: Resurgence

Suicide Squad

By the Numbers: 

Zoolander No. 2 = 9

Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice = 8

Dirty Grandpa = 6

Gods of Egypt = 5

Hillary’s America = 5

Independence Day: Resurgence = 5

Alice Through the Looking Glass = 3

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