Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson issued a statement on social media after box office numbers of The Smashing Machine were a huge disappointment, doing just $6 million in the opening weekend and marking his worst opening in his movie career so far.
Deadline.com also added that Johnson was only paid $4 million for the movie, which he considered a personal project, way below his $20 million-plus typical pay for other movies. Johnson actually walked away with less than $4 million as the publication says that he gave a portion of his paycheck to his co-star Emily Blunt and Mark Kerr.
“From deep in my grateful bones, thank you to everyone who has watched ‘The Smashing Machine’. 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,” Johnson wrote in a post on social media.
“And I will always run to that opportunity. It was my honor to transform in this role for my director Benny Safdie. Thank you brother for believing in me. Truth is this film has changed my life. With deep gratitude, respect and radical empathy, dj,” he concluded.
