The 10 worst movies of summer 2016

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The big budget remake of "Ben-Hur" seemed doomed from the start.

Summer 2016 was one of the worst summers for mainstream movies in a long time.

Besides a few standouts like "Captain America: Civil War" and "Finding Dory," this summer was filled with critically-reviled flops. Overall ticket sales were down 10% from last year's summer run.

INSIDER went through the box-office numbers and Rotten Tomatoes scores of films released in the months of May through August to find the worst of summer 2016. Movies are ranked according to a combination of averaged critic and fan scores with box-office totals taken into account. If a film massively underperformed at the box office, it's higher on the list.

Keep reading to see the worst movies of summer 2016.