The Oscars will honor the best movie of the year this Sunday, but the infamous Razzie Awards have crowned the “worst” of 2024’s films.
Sony’s much-derided superhero film “Madame Web” has the (dis)honor of winning three Razzies, including worst picture, actress for Dakota Johnson and screenplay. “Joker: Folie à Deux,” another divisive superhero entry,” led with seven nominations and took home screen combo for Joaquin Phoenix and Lady Gaga and prequel, remake, rip-off or sequel.
Francis Ford Coppola won for directing his big-budget epic “Megalopolis,” and star Jon Voight won supporting actor for the film — shared with his turns in “Reagan,” “Shadow Land” and “Strangers.” Coppola’s “Megalopolis” received six nominations, which was tied for second-most nods with “Madame Web,” “Borderlands” and “Reagan.”
The famed filmmaker responded to his Razzies on Instagram, saying “box office is only about money, and like war, stupidity and politics has no true place in our future.”
“I am thrilled to accept the Razzie award in so many important categories for ‘Megalopolis’ and for the distinctive honor of being nominated as the worst director, worst screenplay, and worst picture at a time when so few have the courage to go against the prevailing trends of contemporary moviemaking!” he wrote. “In this wreck of a world today, where ART is given scores as if it were professional wrestling, I chose to NOT follow the gutless rules laid down by an industry so terrified of risk that despite the enormous pool of young talent at its disposal, may not create pictures that will be relevant and alive 50 years from now.”
He added, “What an honor to stand alongside a great and courageous filmmaker like Jacques Tati who impoverished himself completely to make one of cinema’s most beloved failures, ‘PLAYTIME’! My sincere thanks to all my brilliant colleagues who joined me to make our work of art, ‘MEGALOPOLIS,’ and let us remind ourselves us that box office is only about money, and like war, stupidity and politics has no true place in our future.”
“Megalopolis” made $11.5 million at the box office from a budget of $120 million, according to Forbes.
See the full list of Razzie “winners” below.
Worst Picture“Borderlands”“Joker: Folie a Deux”“Madame Web” (WINNER)“Megalopolis”“Reagan”
ActorJack Black, “Dear Santa”Zachary Levi, “Harold and the Purple Crayon”Joaquin Phoenix, “Joker: Folie a Deux”Dennis Quaid, “Reagan”Jerry Seinfeld, “Unfrosted” (WINNER)
ActressCate Blanchett, “Borderlands”Lady Gaga, “Joker: Folie a Deux”Bryce Dallas Howard , “Argylle”Dakota Johnson, “Madame Web” (WINNER)Jennifer Lopez, “Atlas”
Supporting ActorJack Black (Voice Only), “Borderlands”Kevin Hart, “Borderlands”Shia LaBeouf (in drag), “Megalopolis”Tahar Rahim, “Madame Web”Jon Voight, “Megalopolis,” “Reagan,” “Shadow Land” and “Strangers” (WINNER)
Supporting ActressAriana DeBose, “Argylle” and “Kraven the Hunter”Leslie Anne Down (as Margaret Thatcher), “Reagan”Emma Roberts, “Madame Web”Amy Schumer, “Unfrosted” (WINNER)FKA twigs, “The Crow
DirectorS.J. Clarkson, “Madame Web”Francis Ford Coppola, “Megalopolis” (WINNER)Todd Phillips, “Joker: Folie a Deux”Eli Roth, “Borderlands”Jerry Seinfeld, “Unfrosted”
Screen ComboAny Two Obnoxious Characters (But Especially Jack Black), “Borderlands”Any Two Unfunny “Comedic Actors,” “Unfrosted”The Entire Cast of “Megalopolis”Joaquin Phoenix and Lady Gaga, “Joker: Folie a Deux” (WINNER)Dennis Quaid and Penelope Ann Miller (as “Ronnie and Nancy”), “Reagan”
Prequel, Remake, Rip-Off or Sequel“The Crow”“Joker: Folie a Deux” (WINNER)“Kraven the Hunter”“Mufasa: The Lion King”“Rebel Moon – Part Two: The Scargiver”
Screenplay“Joker: Folie a Deux”“Kraven the Hunter”“Madame Web” (WINNER)“Megalopolis”“Reagan”
Razzie RedeemerPamela Anderson / “The Last Showgirl”
