Zyzzyx Road: The Lowest-Grossing Film of All Time

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Summary by Krater

This video examines the 2003 film Zzyzx Road, exploring how it managed to gross only thirty dollars at the box office due to unusual distribution choices required to lower actor pay rates under SAG-AFTRA rules.

From the video

Answers: Why did Zzyzx Road only make thirty dollars at the box office?

box office bomb
film distribution
SAG-AFTRA rules
budget filmmaking

What it concludes

Zzyzx Road is a real movie that cost 1.2 million dollars to make and grossed thirty dollars at the box office.
Tom Sizemore was arrested during the shooting of Zzyzx Road for failing drug tests while on parole.
Zzyzx Road producers rented a single screening room in Dallas for seven days to meet SAG-AFTRA theatrical release requirements for lower actor pay rates.
Zzyzx Road US box office total was twenty dollars after one ticket price was personally refunded.

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