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Dwayne Johnson Movie ‘The Smashing Machine' Looks To Bust Way Into A24 Record Books With $20M Opening – Box Office Forecast

A24’s R-rated Dwayne Johnson movie The Smashing Machine arrived on three week tracking looking quite buff this AM with an outlook around $20 million when it hits theaters on Oct. 3. Johnson stars ...
The Hollywood Reporter

‘Smashing Machine’ Subject Mark Kerr on “Gut-Wrenching” Ending and Cussing About Dwayne Johnson’s Prosthetics

Benny Safdie wrote and directed the A24 feature that also stars Emily Blunt in the story of Kerr's path as a UFC Hall of Famer. By Ryan Gajewski Senior Entertainment Reporter “The last scene was ...
USA Today

How Dwayne Johnson became a 'rare air adonis' for 'Smashing Machine'

TORONTO – Dwayne Johnson was given an unusual order for his latest role: The muscular actor and pro wrestler was asked to gain weight and get bigger. That was just part of the transformation into ...
Cinema Blend

The Smashing Machine’s Benny Safdie Reveals One Aspect Of The Film He Was ‘Obsessed’ With While Making It, And It’s Getting Me More Pumped

As if I wasn’t pumped enough already. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. I was really obsessed with radical empathy. I wanted to ...
Moviefone

Dwayne Johnson Reaches For Oscar Gold With ‘The Smashing Machine’

‘The Smashing Machine’ is Dwayne Johnson’s attempt at Oscar-level respect as an actor, with director Benny Safdie doing his best to get the Rock there. Not nearly as pleasurably anxiety-inducing as ...