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The Rock<\/a> commands a high price in Hollywood but reportedly took a major pay cut to star in A24\u2019s The Smashing Machine<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n According to Anthony D\u2019Alessandro of Deadline<\/a><\/em>, Dwayne \u201cThe Rock\u201d Johnson took a massive pay cut to star in his latest movie. While he\u2019s typically used to scoring around $20 million plus per movie, Johnson took only $4 million to star in The Smashing Machine<\/em>.<\/p>\n Sources tell Deadline that Johnson even gave a portion of his pay to Emily Blunt and Mark Kerr. So, how much he earned for this movie is probably even lower than reported.<\/p>\n While there has been awards talk for The Rock\u2019s performance in this movie, it didn\u2019t bring fans to the movie theaters to see the film. The movie only grossed 5.9M on its opening weekend domestically, the lowest of Johnson\u2019s career.<\/p>\n Fortunately, it appears The Rock isn\u2019t too concerned about the box office earnings<\/a> for this movie as he recently told The Guardian that he hasn\u2019t thought about it once.<\/p>\n \u201cYou know, I\u2019ll share this with you. This is the first time in my career that I\u2019ve not thought about box office once. And I like that. I appreciate it,\u201d The Rock said. \u201cWith the other films, the big ones, the four-quadrant movies, it\u2019s pressurised.<\/p>\n \u201cSure, I love making the Jumanjis and Moanas. But there\u2019s something so freeing about this process. We want this movie to open well and hope a lot of people like it. But for that not to be the thing \u2026 What a difference.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s a scary time because so much effort and money goes into the opening weekend here in the States. Then it\u2019s: \u2018How will it hold up? What will it do internationally? Maybe we should change that scene because it\u2019d play better in Asia \u2026\u2019 I make all these big movies, and some have been really good and some not so good at all. But this was one for us.\u201d<\/p>\n READ MORE:<\/strong> The Rock Reacts To The Smashing Machine\u2019s Underwhelming Box Office Opening<\/a><\/p>\n What do you make of this report? Are you surprised The Rock took such a large pay cut to film this movie? Let us know your thoughts by sounding off in the comments section below.<\/p>\n The post The Rock Took A Major Pay Cut To Star In \u2018The Smashing Machine\u2019 \u2014 Report<\/a> appeared first on Wrestlezone<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Rock commands a high price in Hollywood but reportedly took a major pay cut to star in A24\u2019s The Smashing Machine. According to Anthony D\u2019Alessandro of Deadline, Dwayne \u201cThe Rock\u201d Johnson took a massive pay cut to star in his latest movie. 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