From FilmmakerIQ:
Zyzzyx Road is a independent film made in 2006 with a budget of $1.2 million. Even though it stared Tom Sizemore and Katherine Heigl, it is notoriously on record as the lowest grossing film of all time with a grand total of $30 in ticket sales.
The movie’s trailer:
$30 in ticket sales. This is the answer to a great trivia question. I’ll bet you can win a shit-ton of free drinks with this one.
For more of the FilmmakerIQ article, go here.
“Entertainment Weekly” did an article on this movie a few years ago. I haven’t gotten to the linked article here, but in the “EW” article, the director said that twenty of the $30 came from two people who worked on the film. He felt pretty guilty about it so he paid them back, making the unofficial take $10.
Look at that: They link right to the “EW” article.