The 2016 MTV Movie Awards were held on April 9, 2016, from Warner Brothers Studios in Burbank, California, as the first such event in 21 years, as well as being the first Movie Awards to be held outdoors. In addition, this year's awards also became the first since the 2006 MTV Movie Awards not to be aired live, as the event was pre-recorded on April 9 prior to its April 10 broadcast date, and the first since the 2003 MTV Movie Awards to include two hosts, instead of one.
Performers
Halsey – "Castle" Dwayne Johnson, Kevin Hart, Adam DeVine, Anthony Mackie, and Rebel Wilson – "25th Anniversary Tribute Rap" Salt-N-Pepa – "Shoop" The Lonely Island – "Will Smith Medley" Ariana Grande – "Dangerous Woman" a Salt-N-Pepa performed right before Ryan Reynolds accepted the award for Best Comedic Performance.
Presenters
Miles Teller – presented Best Female Performance
Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele – presented Best Virtual Performance
Chris Evans – presented exclusive clip to Captain America: Civil War
Chris Hemsworth, Charlize Theron, and Jessica Chastain – introduced Halsey
Jesse Eisenberg, Lizzy Caplan, and Woody Harrelson – presented Best Action Performance Common – introduced the MTV Movie Awards 25th anniversary tribute and Kendrick Lamar Kendrick Lamar – presented True Story Seth Rogen and Zac Efron – presented Best Comedic Performance Kevin Hart – introduced The Lonely Island Queen Latifah and Halle Berry – presented the MTV Generation Award Anna Kendrick, Zac Efron, and Adam DeVine – presented Best Breakthrough Performance Kendall Jenner and Gigi Hadid – introduced Ariana Grande Stephen Amell – presented Best Kiss Will Smith, Margot Robbie, Cara Delevingne, and Jared Leto – presented the exclusive trailer to Suicide Squad Dwayne Johnson and Kevin Hart – presented the Comedic Genius Award Emilia Clarke and Andy Samberg – presented Best Fight Eddie Redmayne – presented the teaser for Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them Alexander Skarsgård and Samuel L. Jackson – presented Movie of the Year
Films with multiple nominations
The following films received multiple nominations:
Eleven – Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Eight – Deadpool
Six – Avengers: Age of Ultron
Four – Mad Max: Fury Road, Pitch Perfect 2, The Revenant, Trainwreck
Three – The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2, Jurassic World, Straight Outta Compton Two – Concussion, Creed, Fifty Shades of Grey, Furious 7, Joy, San Andreas, Spy.
Multiple winners
Three – Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Two – Pitch Perfect 2, Deadpool
Winners
The results were announced on April 9, 2016. Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.