# 37th Golden Raspberry Awards

The 37th Golden Raspberry Awards, or Razzies, was a parodic awards ceremony that identified the worst the film industry had to offer in 2016, according to votes from members of the Golden Raspberry Foundation. Razzies co-founder John J. B. Wilson has stated that the intent of the awards is "to be funny." The pre-nomination ballots were revealed on the week of January 2, 2017, with the nominations being revealed on January 23, 2017. The winners were announced on February 25, 2017.
Hillary's America: The Secret History of the Democratic Party became the first documentary film to be awarded Worst Picture, also winning Worst Director, Worst Actor, and Worst Actress; Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice also won four awards, including Worst Remake, Rip-off or Sequel and Worst Screenplay. Misconduct and Zoolander 2 won one award each, while Mel Gibson was awarded the Razzie Redeemer Award for directing Hacksaw Ridge.

## Winners and nominees

Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice and Zoolander 2 led the nominations with eight. Dirty Grandpa, Gods of Egypt, Hillary's America: The Secret History of the Democratic Party, and Independence Day: Resurgence were all nominated for five, making Hillary's America: The Secret History of the Democratic Party the most nominated documentary film in the awards' history. For the first time, each category now has six nominations.
| Worst Picture Hillary's America: The Secret History of the Democratic Party (Quality Flix) – Gerald R. Molen Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (Warner Bros.) – Charles Roven, Deborah Snyder Dirty Grandpa (Lionsgate) – Bill Block, Michael Simkin, Jason Barrett, Barry Josephson Gods of Egypt (Summit Entertainment) – Basil Iwanyk, Alex Proyas Independence Day: Resurgence (20th Century Fox) – Dean Devlin, Harald Kloser, Roland Emmerich Zoolander 2 (Paramount) – Stuart Cornfeld, Scott Rudin, Ben Stiller, Clayton Townsend | Worst Director Dinesh D'Souza and Bruce Schooley for Hillary's America: The Secret History of the Democratic Party Roland Emmerich for Independence Day: Resurgence Tyler Perry for Boo! A Madea Halloween Alex Proyas for Gods of Egypt Zack Snyder for Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice Ben Stiller for Zoolander 2 |
| Worst Actor Dinesh D'Souza for Hillary's America: The Secret History of the Democratic Party as himself Ben Affleck for Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice as Batman / Bruce Wayne Gerard Butler for Gods of Egypt and London Has Fallen as Set and Mike Banning (respectively) Henry Cavill for Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice as Superman / Clark Kent Robert De Niro for Dirty Grandpa as Richard "Dick" Kelly Ben Stiller for Zoolander 2 as Derek Zoolander | Worst Actress Rebekah Turner for Hillary's America: The Secret History of the Democratic Party as Hillary Clinton Megan Fox for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows as April O'Neil Tyler Perry for Boo! A Madea Halloween as Mabel "Madea" Simmons Julia Roberts for Mother's Day as Miranda Collins Naomi Watts for The Divergent Series: Allegiant and Shut In as Evelyn Johnson-Eaton and Mary Portman (respectively) Shailene Woodley for The Divergent Series: Allegiant as Beatrice "Tris" Prior |
| Worst Supporting Actor Jesse Eisenberg for Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice as Lex Luthor Nicolas Cage for Snowden as Hank Forrester Johnny Depp for Alice Through the Looking Glass as Tarrant Hightopp / The Mad Hatter Will Ferrell for Zoolander 2 as Jacobim Mugatu Jared Leto for Suicide Squad as The Joker Owen Wilson for Zoolander 2 as Hansel McDonald | Worst Supporting Actress Kristen Wiig for Zoolander 2 as Alexanya Atoz Julianne Hough for Dirty Grandpa as Meredith Goldstein Kate Hudson for Mother's Day as Jesse Aubrey Plaza for Dirty Grandpa as Lenore Jane Seymour for Fifty Shades of Black as Claire Black Sela Ward for Independence Day: Resurgence as President Elizabeth Lanford |
| Worst Screen Combo Ben Affleck and his BFF (Baddest Foe Forever) Henry Cavill in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice Any two Egyptian gods or mortals in Gods of Egypt Johnny Depp and his vomitously vibrant costume in Alice Through the Looking Glass The entire cast of once respected actors in Collateral Beauty Tyler Perry and that same old worn out wig in Boo! A Madea Halloween Ben Stiller and his BFF (Barely Funny Friend) Owen Wilson in Zoolander 2 | Worst Remake, Rip-off or Sequel Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (Warner Bros.) Alice Through the Looking Glass (Disney) Fifty Shades of Black (Open Road) Independence Day: Resurgence (20th Century Fox) Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows (Paramount/Nickelodeon) Zoolander 2 (Paramount) |
| Worst Screenplay Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice – Chris Terrio and David S. Goyer, from the characters created by DC Comics Dirty Grandpa – John M. Phillips Gods of Egypt – Matt Sazama and Burk Sharpless Hillary's America: The Secret History of the Democratic Party – Dinesh D'Souza and Bruce Schooley Independence Day: Resurgence – Dean Devlin, Roland Emmerich, James Vanderbilt, James A. Woods, & Nicolas Wright Suicide Squad – David Ayer, from the characters created by DC Comics | Razzie Redeemer Award Mel Gibson – From Worst Supporting Actor nominee for The Expendables 3 to directing Hacksaw Ridge |
| The Barry L. Bumstead Award (For a movie that cost a lot and lost a lot) Misconduct (Lionsgate Premiere) |

## Films with multiple nominations

The following thirteen films received multiple nominations:
| Nominations | Film |
| 8 | Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice |
| 8 | Zoolander 2 |
| 5 | Dirty Grandpa |
| 5 | Gods of Egypt |
| 5 | Hillary's America: The Secret History of the Democratic Party |
| 5 | Independence Day: Resurgence |
| 3 | Alice Through the Looking Glass |
| 3 | Boo! A Madea Halloween |
| 2 | The Divergent Series: Allegiant |
| 2 | Fifty Shades of Black |
| 2 | Mother's Day |
| 2 | Suicide Squad |
| 2 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows |

## Films with multiple wins

The following two films received multiple awards:
| Wins | Film |
| 4 | Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice |
| 4 | Hillary's America: The Secret History of the Democratic Party |

## Box office performance of nominated films

| Film | Budget | Box office | Net | Rotten Tomatoes | Metacritic |
| Alice Through the Looking Glass | $170,000,000 | $299,457,024 | $129,457,024 | 29% (4.57/10) | 34/100 |
| Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice | $250,000,000 | $873,260,194 | $623,260,194 | 28% (4.91/10) | 44/100 |
| Boo! A Madea Halloween | $20,000,000 | $74,821,409 | $54,821,409 | 20% (3.88/10) | 30/100 |
| Collateral Beauty | $36,000,000 | $75,602,001 | $39,602,001 | 12% (3.5/10) | 23/100 |
| Dirty Grandpa | $11,500,000 | $94,073,028 | $82,573,028 | 11% (2.76/10) | 21/100 |
| The Divergent Series: Allegiant | $110,000,000 | $179,246,868 | $69,246,868 | 12% (4.1/10) | 33/100 |
| Fifty Shades of Black | $5,000,000 | $22,227,514 | $17,227,514 | 7% (2.8/10) | 28/100 |
| Gods of Egypt | $140,000,000 | $150,680,864 | $10,680,864 | 15% (3.39/10) | 25/100 |
| Hillary's America: The Secret History of the Democratic Party | $5,000,000 | $13,099,931 | $8,099,931 | 4% (1.7/10) | 2/100 |
| Independence Day: Resurgence | $165,000,000 | $389,681,935 | $224,681,935 | 30% (4.3/10) | 32/100 |
| London Has Fallen | $60,000,000 | $205,754,447 | $145,754,447 | 25% (3.9/10) | 28/100 |
| Mother's Day | $25,000,000 | $43,792,859 | $18,792,859 | 7% (2.9/10) | 18/100 |
| Shut In | $10,000,000 | $13,100,000 | $3,100,000 | 3% (2.8/10) | 22/100 |
| Snowden | $40,000,000 | $34,308,693 | -$5,691,307 | 60% (6.2/10) | 58/100 |
| Suicide Squad | $175,000,000 | $745,600,054 | $570,600,054 | 27% (4.7/10) | 40/100 |
| Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows | $135,000,000 | $245,623,848 | $110,623,848 | 37% (4.7/10) | 40/100 |
| Zoolander 2 | $50,000,000 | $55,969,000 | $5,969,000 | 23% (4.5/10) | 34/100 |