The Smashing Machine

Japan Sweetens Film Incentive Program With Multi-Year Subsidies
Japan is continuing with its incentive program for overseas projects, which has supported the likes of The Smashing Machine, and is enhancing the offer for 2026. The Visual Industry...
Dwayne Johnson Believes Theatrical Will Survive Studio Mergers; Action Star Lands First Golden Globe Nom With ‘Smashing Machine’
After Smashing Machine‘s 15 1/2-minute standing ovation at Venice, which brought Dwayne Johnson to tears, the wrestler-turned movie star finally earned his first Golden Globe nomination this morning for...
What’s Up With The Fallout For Adult Upscale Movies At The Fall Box Office
In a town that still enjoys the prestige of championing original auteur-driven adult fare for the big screen, the fall’s box office has given studio executives great cause for...
Christopher Nolan Lavishes Praise On Dwayne Johnson In ‘The Smashing Machine’: “I Don’t Think You’ll See A Better Performance This Year”
The Smashing Machine may not have been a box office knockout, but Dwayne Johnson‘s turn as UFC fighter Mark Kerr has a big admirer in Christopher Nolan. The Oppenheimer...
Dwayne Johnson On ‘Smashing Machine’s Opening: “You Can’t Control Box Office Results…Truth Is This Film Has Changed My Life”
In the wake of posting the lowest wide opening of his career with A24’s The Smashing Machine, Dwayne Johnson has taken to Instagram with nothing but words of respect...
Benny Safdie Says Next Dwayne Johnson Team-Up ‘Lizard Music’ Is For His Kids: “I Want Them To Feel Those Feelings”
After Deadline exclusively revealed their next collaboration earlier this month, Benny Safdie is looking forward to making some sweet Lizard Music with Dwayne Johnson. During the red carpet of...
‘Taylor Swift: Showgirl’ Struts $29M-$31M, ‘The Smashing Machine’ Hits The Mat With $6M-$7M, ‘One Battle After Another’ Heads To $100M WW – Box Office
The No. 1 exhibitor in the world’s theatrical release of Taylor Swift: The Official Release Party of a Showgirl, is heading toward a $15M-$16M Friday with a current opening-weekend...
Dwayne Johnson Explains ‘The Smashing Machine’ Is “Not A Fight Movie” At A24 Biopic’s LA Premiere: “It’s A Life Movie”
Dwayne Johnson brings UFC legend Mark Kerr‘s life to the big screen with The Smashing Machine, straddling the line of “lover” and “fighter.” On the red carpet of Monday’s...
A Haunting From A Dog’s POV And Viral Sensation Nuzzles Into Crowded Weekend — Specialty Preview
Taylor Swift: The Official Release Party Of A Showgirl from AMC arrived suddenly this weekend to the delight of exhibitors and distress of quite a few distributors amid an...
‘Taylor Swift: Showgirl’ Ready To Rumble With Dwayne Johnson, Leonardo DiCaprio & James Cameron At Weekend Box Office With $45M WW Opening – Preview
Wherever the AMC-distributed Taylor Swift: The Official Release Party of a Showgirl lands at the box office, consider it unprecedented. Not just in the mere fact that the No....
Innovative Signs Mark Kerr, Wrestler Subject Of A24’s ‘The Smashing Machine’ Starring Dwayne Johnson 
Innovative Artists Entertainment has signed Mark Kerr, the former wrestler and mixed martial artist played by Dwayne Johnson in A24’s upcoming film The Smashing Machine, for representation in endorsements,...
‘The Smashing Machine:’ What The Critics Are Saying About Benny Safdie’s MMA Drama 
First reviews are out for The Smashing Machine, the first solo directorial effort from indie favorite Benny Safdie, which debuted this evening in Venice.  The film stars Dwayne Johnson...