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Brian Damage
06-12-2009, 02:37 PM
...as the lowest grossing movie of all time! No wonder Ms. Heigl wanted to stay on Grey's Anatomy.


Biggest box office bombs: # 1 - ZYZZYX Road (2005)

“What happens in Vegas, gets buried on Zyzzyx Road.”

The first film on the list of biggest box office bombs is ZYZZYX Road. The good people at the “Guinness Book of World Records” have classified this film as the lowest grossing film of all time.

Statistics

Budget: $2 million
Box Office: $30
“In the Red” by: $1,999,970 or 99.99% of budget *

Yes, $30 is the total box office revenue for the film. Director John Penney had a deal with the Screen Actors Guild, and in order to meet the requirements and get the film out on DVD he had to screen the movie. He did so in one theater in Texas for one week. It sold 6 tickets and two of them were to crewmembers of the film.

Plot

Grant is an accountant with a bad marriage and a daughter whom he loves. He takes to the road to service his accounts in Las Vegas. While there he meets seductive Marissa. They have a week-long affair which culminates in the arrival of Marissa's ex-boyfriend, Joey. Joey attempts to kill the lovers, but Grant gets the upper hand. Grant and Marissa then drive Joey's body to Zyzzyx Road and Grant buries Joey in the desert there. But in the morning the body is missing and something is trying to kill Grant and Marissa. In the DEATH OF A SALESMAN meets LOLITA ending, Zyzzyx Rd. reveals a shocking, tragic twist. (written by user Producer on IMDB.com)

Cast

Leo Grillo - Grant
Katherine Heigl - Marissa
Rickey Medlocke - Meth Maker (you just have to love characters like this)
Yorlin Madera - Truck Driver
Di Koob - Roulette Dealer
Tom Sizemore - Joey

Director - John Penney

Biggest box office bombs: # 1 - ZYZZYX Road (2005)

“What happens in Vegas, gets buried on Zyzzyx Road.”

The first film on the list of biggest box office bombs is ZYZZYX Road. The good people at the “Guinness Book of World Records” have classified this film as the lowest grossing film of all time.

Statistics

Budget: $2 million
Box Office: $30
“In the Red” by: $1,999,970 or 99.99% of budget *

Yes, $30 is the total box office revenue for the film. Director John Penney had a deal with the Screen Actors Guild, and in order to meet the requirements and get the film out on DVD he had to screen the movie. He did so in one theater in Texas for one week. It sold 6 tickets and two of them were to crewmembers of the film.

Plot

Grant is an accountant with a bad marriage and a daughter whom he loves. He takes to the road to service his accounts in Las Vegas. While there he meets seductive Marissa. They have a week-long affair which culminates in the arrival of Marissa's ex-boyfriend, Joey. Joey attempts to kill the lovers, but Grant gets the upper hand. Grant and Marissa then drive Joey's body to Zyzzyx Road and Grant buries Joey in the desert there. But in the morning the body is missing and something is trying to kill Grant and Marissa. In the DEATH OF A SALESMAN meets LOLITA ending, Zyzzyx Rd. reveals a shocking, tragic twist. (written by user Producer on IMDB.com)

Cast

Leo Grillo - Grant
Katherine Heigl - Marissa
Rickey Medlocke - Meth Maker (you just have to love characters like this)
Yorlin Madera - Truck Driver
Di Koob - Roulette Dealer
Tom Sizemore - Joey

Director - John Penney

Biggest box office bombs: # 1 - ZYZZYX Road (2005)

“What happens in Vegas, gets buried on Zyzzyx Road.”

The first film on the list of biggest box office bombs is ZYZZYX Road. The good people at the “Guinness Book of World Records” have classified this film as the lowest grossing film of all time.

Statistics

Budget: $2 million
Box Office: $30
“In the Red” by: $1,999,970 or 99.99% of budget *

Yes, $30 is the total box office revenue for the film. Director John Penney had a deal with the Screen Actors Guild, and in order to meet the requirements and get the film out on DVD he had to screen the movie. He did so in one theater in Texas for one week. It sold 6 tickets and two of them were to crewmembers of the film.

Plot

Grant is an accountant with a bad marriage and a daughter whom he loves. He takes to the road to service his accounts in Las Vegas. While there he meets seductive Marissa. They have a week-long affair which culminates in the arrival of Marissa's ex-boyfriend, Joey. Joey attempts to kill the lovers, but Grant gets the upper hand. Grant and Marissa then drive Joey's body to Zyzzyx Road and Grant buries Joey in the desert there. But in the morning the body is missing and something is trying to kill Grant and Marissa. In the DEATH OF A SALESMAN meets LOLITA ending, Zyzzyx Rd. reveals a shocking, tragic twist. (written by user Producer on IMDB.com)

Cast

Leo Grillo - Grant
Katherine Heigl - Marissa
Rickey Medlocke - Meth Maker (you just have to love characters like this)
Yorlin Madera - Truck Driver
Di Koob - Roulette Dealer
Tom Sizemore - Joey

Director - John Penney

http://www.examiner.com/x-9207-Baltimore-Movie-Examiner~y2009m6d11-Biggest-box-office-bombs-list-movies-that-lost-the-most-money

browneyes106
06-12-2009, 03:39 PM
A couple of years Entertainment Weekly did an article on this movie and discusses the reasons it failed. One reason they sited was the weird title.

HuntingtonM15
06-12-2009, 03:44 PM
:rofl:

80sTrivia
06-12-2009, 05:19 PM
How embarrassing! :eek:

Zoneboy
06-12-2009, 05:55 PM
I bet the concession stand grossed more than the movie. :lol:

HuntingtonM15
06-12-2009, 06:31 PM
I bet the concession stand grossed more than the movie. :lol:

:rofl: It probably did.

Jude The Obscure
06-12-2009, 07:52 PM
Not fair to discuss a movie that was never widely distributed.....if they are gonna discuss real box office bombs, they need to talk about films widely distributed that still couldn't get an audience!

catlover79
06-12-2009, 07:56 PM
I bet the concession stand grossed more than the movie. :lol:
YES!! :brent

browneyes106
06-13-2009, 12:09 AM
Not fair to discuss a movie that was never widely distributed.....if they are gonna discuss real box office bombs, they need to talk about films widely distributed that still couldn't get an audience!

Good point. This movie was intended to be a limited Indie release.

catlover79
06-13-2009, 07:10 PM
Good point. This movie was intended to be a limited Indie release.
Which may explain why I'd never heard of it before.

HuntingtonM15
06-13-2009, 09:06 PM
Which may explain why I'd never heard of it before.

As a huge fan of indie movies, I haven't even heard of it. :lol:

Marvo301
06-13-2009, 09:13 PM
As a huge fan of indie movies, I haven't even heard of it. :lol:
Well considering it was only released in one theater and for only one week I'd be surprised if anybody had heard of it!! :lol:

catlover79
06-13-2009, 09:13 PM
As a huge fan of indie movies, I haven't even heard of it. :lol:
That just makes it worse!! :eek: :lol:

JamesG
06-13-2009, 09:16 PM
They should have called it "XXX Road" and it probably would have gotten bigger notice.. heh.

Marvo301
06-13-2009, 09:22 PM
They should have called it "XXX Road" and it probably would have gotten bigger notice.. heh.
It certainly would have got more attention with that title!!

catlover79
06-14-2009, 02:42 PM
They should have called it "XXX Road" and it probably would have gotten bigger notice.. heh.
I know plenty of guys who would've watched it. :lol: