Updated on: October 07, 2025 03:29 PM IST
Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson gave a note to thank fans and responded to the fact that the smashing machine had the lowest inauguration of his career.
Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson is responding to his latest release, the lukewarm box office performance of The Smashing Machine. Sports drama, including Emily Blunt, opened in theaters last Friday and managed to make $ 6 million in their first weekend. Taking to his Instagram account, Dwayne has now given a note to thank fans and shared how the film changed him forever. (ALSO READ: Dwayne Johnson gets the lowest opening of his career with a smashing machine at just $ 6 million)
What did Dwayn say
Dwayne shared two pictures of his own in the character with the shooting of the film, and wrote in the caption, “Thank you all the people who have seen” the smashing machine “in my deepest bones. In our world of telling the story, you cannot control the results of the box office – but I realized that you can control that you have a performance, and your commitment to be completely disappeared.”
‘This film has changed my life’
He said, “And I will always run on that occasion. It was my honor for my director Beni Safi @Bowedtie to change this role. Thank you brother for believing in me.
According to diversity, the film was third in its early weekends, managing to make $ 6 million from 3,345 places. The film has a $ 50 million budget in production alone, with additional cost in promotion. The concert film, Taylor Swift: The official release fell behind a short, which managed to collect $ 33 million over the weekend. Then there was a battle of Leonardo Dicaprio directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, which collected $ 10.3 million over his second weekend.
In the smashing machine, Johnson played the role of MMA fighter Mark Carr, which is inspired by the 2002 documentary with the same name. The film investigates her relationship with her then girlfriend played by Emily Blunt. The film is directed by Beni Safi.
