A year to forget! Married Isla Fisher and Sacha Baron Cohen crash onto Forbes' biggest Hollywood flops 2016 list

Published: 15:58 GMT, 22 November 2016 | Updated: 17:02 GMT, 22 November 2016

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They've both enjoyed plenty of success in their acclaimed careers.

But for married pair Isla Fisher, 40, and Sacha Baron Cohen, 45, 2016 was a year to forget as they both starred in films which bombed at the box office.

Cohen's The Brother's Grimsby was ranked eighth on Forbes' Hollywood’s Biggest Turkeys Of 2016 list, while Fisher's Keeping Up With The Joneses claimed sixth place.

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Can't win them all: For married pair Isla Fisher, 40, and Sacha Baron Cohen, 45, 2016 was a year to forget as they both starred in films which bombed at the box office

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It was a disappointing return at the box office for Cohen, with Grimsby only recuperating $28.7million of its budget.

The comedy caper, which marked Cohen's worst box office performance, made just $3.2 million on its opening weekend in the US.

Meanwhile, Fisher's film fared even worse, bringing in $26.9 million against its $40 million budget.

A year to forget: Cohen's The Brother's Grimsby was ranked eighth on Forbes' Hollywood’s Biggest Turkeys Of 2016 list, while Fisher's Keeping Up With The Joneses claimed sixth place

Money isn't everything: It was a disappointing return at the box office for Cohen, with Grimsby only recuperating $28.7million of its budget

The full top ten flops list consisted of Max Steel in first place, followed by Matthew McConaughey's Free State of Jones, Popstar: Never Stop Stopping, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, Ratchet & Clank, Keeping Up with the Joneses, Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, The Brother's Grimsby, Snowden and Masterminds.

Action comedy Grimsby, which tells the story of an English football hooligan and his secret agent younger sibling, was savaged by critics.

The Colombia Pictures film failed despite having a star-studded cast that includes Mark Strong, Rebel Wilson, Penélope Cruz, Lovejoy legend Ian McShane and the star's real-life wife Isla.

Sony’s disappointed distribution chief Rory Bruer said: 'We certainly wanted more.

'Sacha is amazing and we love him, and we tried to crack the code on it, but it just didn’t happen for us.'

The Joneses had an equally strong cast, boasting the likes of Jon Hamm and Zach Galifianakis but suffered the same fate, eking out $5.6 million on its opening weekend.

The action-comedy about a suburban couple who gets entangled in the world of international espionage, but the premise clearly failed to draw in viewers.