The Worst Movie Ever!
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The Worst Movie Ever! is a 2011
action comedy musical film, written, produced, and directed by Glenn Berggoetz
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on July 8, 2011, where director Glenn Berggoetz spoke at a breakfast symposium and hosted a midnight screening of the film.
The film had its theatrical premiere on August 19, 2011, in a single cinema, the Laemmle Sunset 5 in Los Angeles
, resulting in the theater's worst box office results ever: just one paid admission and grossing just $11. After its release, the film gained notoriety for its extremed low viewership. This figure makes it the lowest opening film in history, beating the 2006 film Zyzzyx Road
which attracted 6 patrons and $20 in revenue during its opening week.
According to director Glenn Berggoetz
, the film sold just one ticket over the weekend (for the sole Saturday screening), with nobody attending the Friday screening.
Attempts by the theater owner and filmmaker to locate the one individual who paid to see the film over its opening weekend have so-far failed.
2011 in film
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action comedy musical film, written, produced, and directed by Glenn Berggoetz
Glenn Berggoetz
Glenn W. Berggoetz is an American director, writer and actor. He has directed several low budget films, including The Worst Movie Ever!, a film which had the lowest grossing opening weekend in history...
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Filmmaker background
Berggoetz has previous written and directed several low budget films, including Guernica Still Burning (2008), Bad Movies, Good Showers, and Civil Engineers (2009), To Die Is Hard (2010), Therapissed (2010), and Evil Intent (2010).Synopsis
According to its movie summary the film includes, among other things: robot aliens, angst-ridden teens, cleavage-wielding soul takers, dark overlords, cross-dressing retards, pregnant 14-year-old cougars, macho scientists and Santa ClausSanta Claus
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Cast
- Glenn BerggoetzGlenn BerggoetzGlenn W. Berggoetz is an American director, writer and actor. He has directed several low budget films, including The Worst Movie Ever!, a film which had the lowest grossing opening weekend in history...
as Johnny, Petey, Dr. Lars Coolman - Eileen Barker as Laduelia
- Stuart Goldstein as Bobby
- Haidyn Harvey as Erica
- Bryce Foster as Brent
- Christopher Irvin as Dr. Dirk Ramrod
- Christine Mascolo as Angela
- Kasha Fauscett as Kristin
- Jeff Johnson as The Dark Overlord
- Jonathan Jorgensen as Santa Claus
- Carla Cannalte as Debbie
- Giovanna Leah as Running Woman
- Jeff McBride as Grocery Boy, Abe Lincoln
- Diane Henry as Petey's Girlfriend
- Alan Dague-Greene as Lester
Critical Response
IFC offers that the film lives up to its title and that it holds the possibility of becoming a cult hit, by writing that it is "quickly becoming the stuff of Internet legend as the worst grossing movie ever, a sales hook that plays nicely with that title. This week, almost 70,000 people watched the film's trailer on YouTube. If even a fraction of those folks become curious enough to seek the film out, we could have a new cult hit on our hands." Since reporting of the film's lackluster premiere, the film's trailer has become a "mini-hit on YouTube" and initiated "something of a cult following on Facebook." The film's director has stated that the low gross was not intended as a publicity stunt, and resulted from both the film being scheduled to screen as part of the theater's monthly "midnight screenings", and through problems in stirring interest in the theatrical release.Release
The film had its festival premiere at the Van Wert Independent Film Festival in Van Wert, OhioVan Wert, Ohio
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on July 8, 2011, where director Glenn Berggoetz spoke at a breakfast symposium and hosted a midnight screening of the film.
The film had its theatrical premiere on August 19, 2011, in a single cinema, the Laemmle Sunset 5 in Los Angeles
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, resulting in the theater's worst box office results ever: just one paid admission and grossing just $11. After its release, the film gained notoriety for its extremed low viewership. This figure makes it the lowest opening film in history, beating the 2006 film Zyzzyx Road
Zyzzyx Road
Zyzzyx Road is a 2006 independent thriller film. It stars Leo Grillo, Katherine Heigl, and Tom Sizemore. The screenplay was written by John Penney, who also directed the film. The film has gained a degree of notoriety due to its extremely low U.S. box office gross .-Plot:Grant is an accountant...
which attracted 6 patrons and $20 in revenue during its opening week.
According to director Glenn Berggoetz
Glenn Berggoetz
Glenn W. Berggoetz is an American director, writer and actor. He has directed several low budget films, including The Worst Movie Ever!, a film which had the lowest grossing opening weekend in history...
, the film sold just one ticket over the weekend (for the sole Saturday screening), with nobody attending the Friday screening.
Attempts by the theater owner and filmmaker to locate the one individual who paid to see the film over its opening weekend have so-far failed.
External links
- The Worst Movie Ever! at the Internet Movie DatabaseInternet Movie DatabaseInternet Movie Database is an online database of information related to movies, television shows, actors, production crew personnel, video games and fictional characters featured in visual entertainment media. It is one of the most popular online entertainment destinations, with over 100 million...