Over the last decade and a half or so, Marvel has evolved from a company that produces comic books and storylines to an absolute cinematic powerhouse. It’s the most popular movie franchise in the world at this point, with four of the top 10 highest-grossing movies of all time.
So it’d be reasonable for someone to think that, with Marvel being this enormous, the franchise would have to have at least a handful of academy awards from the Oscars at this point.
However, that actually isn’t the case. The MCU hasn’t won many Oscars awards at all. In fact, the only wins the MCU does have from the Academy have come in the last few years and none of them have to do with on-screen performances.
In total, the MCU has been nominated for academy awards 26 different times, including 5 for this upcoming Oscars.
However, the franchise only has a total of three wins from those nominations, all coming from 2018’s Black Panther. The movie took home awards for best production design, best costume design and best original score at the 2019 Oscars.
Things could change this year. Ryan Coogler’s Black Panther 2 has Angela Bassett up for Best Supporting Actress after her performance as Ramonda in the film. Her dazzling performance is the MCU’s best hope for an on-screen Academy Award.
We’ll see how things go, though.
