Despite its controversy, the billion-dollar-grossing 'Joker' earned multiple Oscar nominations, including best picture and an actor nod for Joaquin Phoenix.
Marvel’s “Avengers: Endgame” became the highest-grossing movie of all time worldwide in 2019.
While DC basks in the “Joker” nominations, Marvel’s “Avengers: Endgame” was nominated for visual effects. In addition to the wins for “Black Panther,” 2019 was a big year for comic book movies at the Oscars. Sony’s “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse” was also triumphant,Previous wins for other Marvel titles outside of the MCU include Disney’s “Big Hero 6,” which scored the animated feature Oscar at the 87th ceremony, and Sony’s “Spider-Man 2,” which won for visual effects at the 77th edition.
From the DC side, “Suicide Squad” won the DC Extended Universe’s first and only Oscar in 2017 for makeup and hairstyling.Besides Ledger’s award, “The Dark Knight” won the Oscar for sound editing. An earlier film about the Caped Crusader, Tim Burton’s “Batman,” was awarded the Oscar for art direction in 1990 . And before visual effects became a category with multiple nominees, “Superman” received a special achievement award in 1979.
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