Superhero film
This MCU project was soon followed up by the successful "", released on April 27, 2018 which earned both critical praise and worldwide financial success earning in excess of $2 billion. Soon after, 20th Century Fox released "Deadpool 2" on May 18, 2018 which proved a major success in both regards itself In addition, the long awaited sequel for the Academy Award winning animated film "The Incredibles", "Incredibles 2", had its wide release on June 15, 2018 met with considerable critical praise and earned $182.68 million on its premiere weekend. The next superhero film In the Marvel Universe "Ant-Man and the Wasp" was released on July 6, with competing studios declining to release major films on American Independence Day in the face of the reliably popular film franchise.
The Incredibles
The film won the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature, beating two DreamWorks films, "Shrek 2" and "Shark Tale", as well as Best Sound Editing at the 77th Academy Awards. It also received nominations for Best Original Screenplay (for writer/director Brad Bird) and Best Sound Mixing (Randy Thom, Gary Rizzo and Doc Kane). It was Pixar's first feature film to win multiple Oscars, followed in 2010 by "Up". Joe Morgenstern of "The Wall Street Journal" called "The Incredibles" the year's best picture. "Premiere" magazine released a cross-section of all the top critics in America and "The Incredibles" placed at number three, whereas review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes cross-referenced reviews that suggested it was its year's highest-rated film.