Big stars and good reviews aren't always enough to guarantee a film won't bomb at the box office.
Forbes Magazine has compiled a list of the top 10 biggest flops of 2016, which includes some surprising appearances.
Comedy dominated the list, including Sacha Baron-Cohen's Grimsby and the Jane Austen spoof Pride and Prejudice and Zombies.
Zach Galifianakis, formerly a bankable comedy actor, starred in two films on the list - Keeping up with the Joneses and Masterminds.
While those films may also have received highly negative reviews from critics, well-received comedies weren't spared audiences' indifference.
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, the sixth-lowest performer of the year, received generally good reviews from critics and starred several household names, including Tina Fey, Martin Freeman and Billy Bob Thornton.
Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping, from musical comedy act The Lonely Island, was also widely praised but drew only US$9.5million from an estimated budget of US$20million.
Several dramas also cracked the list, with Oliver Stone's Snowden at number nine, and the Matthew McConaughey-led drama Free State of Jones at number two, recouping less than half of its US$50million budget.
Perhaps even more surprisingly, a superhero film - a genre which frequently crosses the billion-dollar mark - tops the list, at number one.
Max Steel, based on the eponymous toy-line from Mattel, grossed less than US$4.5million - just over half what the film cost to produce.
In addition to focusing on a relatively unknown title character, the film's critical slamming and cast of less-known actors could possibly be to blame for its financial failure.
While the films in the list below may have been the year's worst-grossing, 2016 is still on-track to be the biggest year for cinema thanks to an impressive blockbuster season.
Forbes' list of the top 10 biggest box-office flops of 2016:
10. Masterminds 9. Snowden 8. Grimsby7. Whiskey Tango Foxtrot 6. Keeping up with the Joneses 5. Ratchet & Clank 4. Pride and Prejudice and Zombies 3. Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping 2. Free State of Jones 1. Max Steel
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