Marvel Studios has had a banner year at the box office with three films grossing over $300M domestic and over $840M worldwide. We will have to see if 2017 will finally be the year in which the studio takes home some Oscar® gold, but one category just got a little tougher. Only one of Marvel’s three 2017 releases, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 is still in contention for Best Visual Effects.
GotG Vol. 2 is actually the only superhero movie to make the Academy’s final 10 contenders in the category. Marvel Studios’ Spider-Man: Homecoming and Thor: Ragnarok, WB/DC’s Wonder Woman and Justice League, and Fox’s Logan were all on the previous shortlist, but failed to make the most recent cut.
‘Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2’ is the only superhero movie in the 2017 VFX Oscar race
