2016’s biggest film flops include Sacha Baron Cohen’s Grimsby AND his wife Isla Fisher’s last movie Keeping Up With the Joneses
The couple's movies join box office bombs including Pride and Prejudice and Zombies on the list of turkeys
SACHA Baron Cohen and his wife Isla Fisher have found themselves facing a roasting as the couple's last two films have been named on a list of the year's biggest box office turkeys.
The funnyman's latest movie Grimsby crashed onto Forbes' list of 2016's worst box office disasters along with his wife's action comedy Keeping Up With the Jones.
Grimsby
Sasha's latest comedy, set in the northern town of the same name, struggled to make money when it hit cinemas in February.
It made failed to break even bringing in just £23 million of its £28 million budget.
Grimsby followed Sacha's previous film comedy efforts including 2012's The Dictator, Bruno in 2009 and 2006's Borat.
The film also starred Mark Strong and Rebel Wilson and featured an appearance by Sacha's wife Isla.
Keeping Up With the Joneses
Isla's own movie did not fare much better than her husband's efforts as it brought in £21.5 million of its £32 million budget.
The Australian actress played one half of a married couple who become mixed up in a dramatic espionage plot when two spies move in next door.
She starred opposite Zach Galifianakis as her onscreen husband, while Jon Hamm, Isla Fisher and Gal Gadot played the neighbouring couple.
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
The story may have been based on a best-selling book, but the film version starring Lily James and Matt Smith failed to set the box office alight.
The film is based on Seth Grahame-Smith's version of the Jane Austen classic which adds flesh-eating monsters to the period drama.
It cost £22.4 million to make, but brought in just £13 million in ticket sales.
Masterminds
Zach Galifianakis features in the list for a second time as his crime caper sank down the box office charts.
He starred opposite Owen Wilson and Kristen Wiig in the film based on the real life Loomis Fargo robbery in North Carolina in 1997.
However, the trio's onscreen antics were not enough to tickle cinema-goers - and they crashed on to the list with relatively smaller losses of just £2.4 million.
Max Steel
This superhero sci-fi blockbuster has been named and shamed as the year's biggest turkey as it made back less than half of its £8 million budget following its release last month.
It was based on the line of Mattel action figures of the same name, but failed to replicate the success of other toy-to-movie projects such as the hugely-successful Transformers franchise.
Max Steel starred Ben Winchell and Josh Brener alongside Andy García and Maria Bello.
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Andy Samberg's mockmentary had a lofty budget of £16 million, but the comedy creation failed to win over audience despite its starry cast of comedians.
Sarah Silverman, Tim Meadows and The Ibetweeners star James Buckley all appeared in the movie, which was produced by Knocked Up director Judd Apatow.
However, it brought in just £7.6 million in ticket sales.
Free State of Jones
Matthew McConaughey has been hot property in Hollywood ever since he landed himself an Oscar in 2013, but his gritty Civil War drama has been labelled a cinematic clunker.
Producers poured more than £40 million into the historical movie, but they made back just £21.6 million after cinema audiences deserted the film.
Snowden
Joseph Gordon-Levitt took on the title role of CIA whistleblower Edward Snowden in Oliver Stone's dramatic take on the real life story.
He was joined on screen by an array of Hollywood talent, including Shailene Woodley, Zachary Quinto and Scott Eastwood.
The film received mixed reviews from critics, and failed to find its feet in cinemas with losses of around £4.6 million.
Ratchet & Clank
This kids' movie promised to be an animated sci-fi extravaganza and looked set for success as stars including Paul Giamatti, John Goodman and Sylvester Stallone signed up for voice characters.
However, children proved that not even Hollywood royalty could tempt them along to cinemas to see this box office turkey, which managed to lose more than £6.5 million.
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot
It's not often we see Tina Fey flop at the box office, but she scored a major disaster with her comedy drama Whiskey Tango Foxtrot.
The comedienne played a TV journalist who took a job as a war reporter in a bid to liven up her otherwise boring career in journalism.
The film featured a glittering cast of stars including Margot Robbie and Martin Freeman, but it failed to find an audience and bombed with loses of around £8 million.
