Dwayne Johnson’s latest movie, The Smashing Machine , had the worst opening weekend of his career — but the Rock says he’s not worried about that.
The Smashing Machine , which stars Johnson as MMA legend Mark Kerr, grossed just $5.9 million over the weekend. That was only good enough for third on the weekend box-office chart behind Taylor Swift: The Official Release Party of a Showgirl , and Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another. Box-office experts had expected the movie to make somewhere in the $8-15 million range, meaning it failed to even hit the low-end of their projections.
But in a post to his Instagram account, Johnson talked about the “honor” he felt being associated with the project.
“From deep in my grateful bones, thank you to everyone who has watched