The 2006 Katherine Heigl movie that made just $30 at the box office: “We are excited”Certain films just seem destined to flop at the box office, and when a movie bombs, some productions only tend to make around seven or eight-digit figures, such is the exorbitant cost of production. The film Zyzzyx Road is a thriller directed by John Penney, and it was released back in 2006. But why did Zyzzyx Road only make $30 at the box office? Unlike most box-office disasters, Zyzzyx Road wasn’t rejected by audiences on a massive scale because hardly anyone was ever given the chance to see it. Stories about Zyzzyx Road earning just $30 spread far more widely than reviews ever did, transforming an otherwise obscure thriller into a regular fixture of movie trivia lists and internet folklore.