The Smashing Machine: Dwayne Johnson's Bravest Flop

Dwayne Johnson plays MMA legend Mark Kerr in Benny Safdie's A24 biopic, his most stripped-down dramatic role yet

Critics largely praised the performance; Rotten Tomatoes sits around 71% from over 300 reviews

Audiences were cooler — a B- CinemaScore and a 73% Popcornmeter point to admiration without love

It opened to roughly $5.9 million, the lowest wide opening of Johnson's career

Safdie won the Silver Lion at Venice; the film is a serious effort that struggled to find a crowd