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 opposite Emily Blunt in a story about mixed-martial arts and UFC champion, Mark Kerr. The pic’s world premiere notched a 15 minute-plus standing ovation at the Venice Film Festival which brought Johnson to tears. The pic’s director, Benny Safdie, also won the Silver Lion Best Director at the festival. Following the pic’s North American premiere at TIFF, reviews on Rotten Tomatoes stand at 80% fresh with Deadline’s own Damon Wise exclaiming, “ Dwayne Johnson owns the whole thing with his truly remarkable work as fighter Mark Kerr, disappearing so fully underneath Kazu Hiru’s astonishing

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