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The project, directed by Benny Safdie , follows Mark as he “reaches the peak of his career but faces personal hardships along the way,” per the synopsis. After the film opened at the box office this past weekend, it raked in $6 million.
This marked the lowest box office debut for Johnson yet.Getty Images for SiriusXM Mark Kerr and Dwayne Johnson attends “The Smashing Machine” red carpet during the 82nd Venice International Film Festival.“From deep in my grateful bones, thank you to everyone who has watched ‘The Smashing Machine,’” the “Moana” star“In our storytelling world, you can’t control box office results — but what I realized you can control is your performance, and your commitment to completely disappear and go elsewhere. And I will always run to that opportunity.” He continued, “It was my honor to transform in this role for my director Benny Safdie @bowedtie. Thank you brother for believing in me. Truth is this film has changed my life.” “Smashing Machine” also stars Emily Blunt as Kerr’s then-girlfriend, Dawn Staples. Despite poor box office numbers, the project received a standing ovation after it premiered at the Venice Film Festival over the summer.Dwayne Johnson in the 2025 sports film.Johnson has starred in a slew of box office hits including 2016’s “Moana,” which brought in $687 million worldwide, and “Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle” which earned over $962 million.Emily Blunt as Dawn Staples, Dwayne Johnson as Mark Kerr.Emily Blunt, Dwayne Johnson, director Benny Safdie on set of the “Smashing Machine.”While filming the movie, which took place in the 1990s, the “Red Notice” alum took some real life punches. “At one point, I said to Dwayne, ‘I don’t want to cut away. I think it’s important that we see him get hit,’”. “We talked about this early on, the one moment when he was actually going to get punched in the face.”Dwayne Johnson and Emily Blunt attend “The Smashing Machine” photocall during the 82nd Venice International Film Festival.Dwayne Johnson and Emily Blunt attend “The Smashing Machine” red carpet during the 82nd Venice International Film Festival.“Dwayne said to the fighter, ‘Yoko, you’ve got to hit me.’ Yoko was, like, ‘I’m sorry, sir. I’m not going to do that.’ Dwayne said, ‘You have to. You know to not break my jaw or kill me. Give it to me!’”The director also touched on how he told Johnson that the star had to get even bigger for the role. “Dwayne is a big guy, and Mark is a bigger guy. So, I told Dwayne that he needs to get puffier. He said, ‘Okay, give me four months.’ Dwayne built himself up to have the body that Mark had – and he changed his body based on the fights he was having.”Getty Images“My wife got me an early UFC shirt that reads ‘As real as it gets’ on the back,” said Safdie, who was approached by Johnson to do this movie. “That was my main motto. This whole thing needs to look like it really happened.” This story has been shared 55,824 times.
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