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had to offer in

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. The Golden Raspberry Awards were awarded based on votes from members of the Golden Raspberry Foundation. The nominees were announced on January 22, 2018, and the winners were announced on March 3, 2018. With its nominations for

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, Worst Director, Worst Screen Combo, and Worst Screenplay, ''

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'' became the first full-length animated motion picture to receive nominations for those specific categories at the

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and to win all of these awards. A new award was also created, sponsored by

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, for "The Razzie Nominee So Rotten You Loved It", where the website readers voted for their favorite film which they thought was unfairly nominated, which was won by ''

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''. One of the film's stars,

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, accepted the prize, albeit not in person. He did post a video online saying: "We made ''Baywatch'' with the best of intentions, it didn't work out like that, but I humbly and graciously accept my Razzie. And I thank you, critics, and I thank you, fans." With 10 nominations and no wins, '' Transformers: The Last Knight'' breaks the record for most nominations without a win, beating original record holder ''

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''.

Winners and nominees

Films with multiple wins and nominations

The following nine films received multiple nominations: * ''Films that shared at least one nomination with another.'' The following films received multiple wins:

Criticism

Following the nomination announcement, the organization received backlash from audiences and critics with three nominations given to ''

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'', which received a generally positive response from critics. The ballot was also criticized for overlooking

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and

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critically panned performances in

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's film ''

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'', despite the pre-nominations for Worst Picture and Besson for Worst Director, neither of both ended in the final ballot.

Box office performance of nominated films

Notes

References

External links

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