The MCU Breaks A 10-Year Franchise Record With ᴅᴇᴀᴅpool & Wolverine Oscars Snub

The MCU‘s Oscar nomination record comes to an end in 2025 despite ᴅᴇᴀᴅpool & Wolverine‘s popularity. ᴅᴇᴀᴅpool and Wolverine’s MCU introduction has been one of the most anticipated events in the whole MCU, and ᴅᴇᴀᴅpool & Wolverine‘s box office results prove it. In 2024, ᴅᴇᴀᴅpool & Wolverine claimed the seventh spot in the list of highest-grossing Marvel movies of all time, only surpᴀssed by Black Panther, Avengers: Age of Ultron, The Avengers, Spider-Man: No Way Home, Avengers: Infinity War, and Avengers: Endgame.

Not every box office hit is equally lauded critically. For instance, Avengers: Age of Ultron remains at the twenty-seventh spot in Rotten Tomatoes‘ MCU rankings by Critics Score while Iron Man — only the eighth highest-grossing movie of 2008 — holds the third spot seventeen years after its release. ᴅᴇᴀᴅpool & Wolverine‘s critical reception wasn’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, but Marvel Studios earned at least one Oscar nomination for VFX since 2017. In order, 2016’s Doctor Strange, 2017’s Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, 2018’s Avengers: Infinity War, 2019’s Avengers: Endgame, 2021’s Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings and Spider-Man: No Way Home, 2022’s Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, and 2023’s Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 upheld this tradition. Marvel didn’t get any nomination in 2020 because all releases were delayed that year.

Oscar-Nominated MCU Movie

Release Year

Iron Man

2008

Iron Man 2

2010

The Avengers

2012

Iron Man 3

2013

Captain America: The Winter Soldier

2014

Doctor Strange

2016

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3

2017

Avengers: Infinity War

2018

Avengers: Endgame

2019

Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings

2021

Spider-Man: No Way Home

2021

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

2022

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3

2023

Marvel Studios didn’t get any VFX Oscar nomination in 2015, which saw the release of Avengers: Age of Ultron and Ant-Man. Before that, Marvel got three VFX nominations in a row: The Avengers, Iron Man 3, and Captain America: The Winter Soldier. Neither 2011’s Captain America: The First Avenger nor Thor get a nomination, and Marvel didn’t release any movie in 2009. Otherwise, Iron Man and Iron Man 2 also got VFX nominations at the very start of the MCU.’s Phase 1.

Why ᴅᴇᴀᴅpool & Wolverine Didn’t Receive A VFX Oscar Nomination

ᴅᴇᴀᴅpool & Wolverine Has Plenty Of Compeтιтion At The 2025 Academy Awards


Wolverine runs and ᴅᴇᴀᴅpool covers his mouth in ᴅᴇᴀᴅpool & Wolverine
Custom image by Yailin Chacon

The 2025 Academy Awards nominations for best visual effects include Alien: Romulus, Better Man, Dune: Part 2, Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, and Wicked. All of these 2024 movies have a very clear focus on high-end visual effects. Alien: Romulus pays homage to a sci-fi classic, Better Man and Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes have anthropomorphic ape protagonists, and both Dune: Part 2 and Wicked create sprawling fantastical worlds from scratch. While ᴅᴇᴀᴅpool & Wolverine‘s visual effects are impressive and raise the bar from the MCU’s previous CGI problems, ᴅᴇᴀᴅpool & Wolverine doesn’t offer anything groundbreaking in comparison to previous Marvel releases.

Upcoming MCU Movies




  • Captain America- Brave New World - Poster

    Captain America: Brave New World

    Release Date

    February 14, 2025








  • Thunderbolts (2025) Official Poster

    Thunderbolts*

    Release Date

    May 2, 2025








  • Fantastic Four 2025 Valentines Day Poster Featuring Pedro Pascal, Vanessa Kirby, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, and Joseph Quinn

    The Fantastic Four: First Steps

    Release Date

    July 25, 2025








  • Avengers 5 Concept Poster

    Avengers: Doomsday (2026)









  • Spider-Man Homecoming Mondo Poster

    Spider-Man Homecoming 4

    Release Date

    July 24, 2026








  • Avengers: Secret Wars

    Release Date

    May 7, 2027





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