Synopsis

The story of legendary mixed martial arts & UFC fighter Mark Kerr.

Metrics

Movie Details

Portugal Releases:	October 2nd, 2025 (Wide), released as The Smashing Machine: Coração de Lutador
Video Release:	November 4th, 2025 by A24
MPAA Rating:	R for language and some drug abuse. (Rating bulletin 2883 (cert #55400), 4/30/2025)
Running Time:	123 minutes
Keywords:	Biographical Drama, Biography, 1990s, 2000s, Mixed Martial Arts, Venice Film Festival 2025, Addiction, Rehab / Former Addict, Relationships Gone Wrong, Non-Chronological, Filmed in New Mexico, United States, Filmed in United States, Filmed in Tokyo, Japan, Filmed in Japan, Filmed in Vancouver, BC, Canada, Filmed in Canada
Source:	Based on Real Life Events
Genre:	Drama
Production Method:	Live Action
Creative Type:	Dramatization
Production/Financing Companies:	A24, Seven Bucks Productions
Production Countries:	United States
Languages:	English

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Because some of our sources provide box office data in their local currency, while we use USD in the graph above and table below, exchange rate fluctuations can have effect on the data causing stronger increases or even decreases of the cumulative box office.

Weekend Box Office Performance

Date	Rank	Gross	% Change	Screens	Per Screen	Total Gross	Week
2025/10/03	5	$53,845		66	$816	$53,845	1
2025/10/10	6	$33,984	-37%	50	$680	$106,399	2
2025/10/17	12	$15,488	-54%	0		$135,517	3
2025/10/24	-	$2,571	-83%	0		$141,415	4

Box Office Summary Per Territory

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Territory	Release Date	Opening Weekend	Opening Weekend Screens	Maximum Screens	Theatrical Engagements	Total Box Office	Report Date
Argentina	10/9/2025	$0	0	22	22	$41,799	10/22/2025
Australia	10/2/2025	$0	0	146	146	$651,020	11/10/2025
Austria	10/2/2025	$0	0	15	15	$92,071	10/22/2025
Bahrain	10/2/2025	$0	0	1	1	$32,596	10/22/2025
Bolivia	10/9/2025	$0	0	11	11	$16,598	10/22/2025
Brazil	10/2/2025	$0	0	20	20	$383,759	10/22/2025
Bulgaria	10/3/2025	$0	0	14	14	$37,151	10/22/2025
Chile	10/16/2025	$20,532	70	70	70	$20,532	10/22/2025
Colombia	10/16/2025	$34,811	89	89	89	$34,811	10/22/2025
Costa Rica	10/9/2025	$0	0	12	12	$11,932	10/22/2025
Croatia	10/2/2025	$19,742	48	48	95	$52,608	10/24/2025
Denmark	10/23/2025			0	0	$0
Dominican Republic	10/9/2025	$0	0	3	3	$5,530	10/22/2025
Ecuador	10/9/2025	$0	0	28	28	$51,450	10/22/2025
Egypt	10/2/2025	$0	0	0	0	$22,273	10/22/2025
El Salvador	10/9/2025	$0	0	3	3	$6,127	10/22/2025
Finland	11/28/2025			0	0	$0
France	10/29/2025			0	0	$0
Germany	10/2/2025	$0	0	258	258	$601,625	10/22/2025
Greece	10/2/2025	$0	0	2	2	$38,504	10/22/2025
Guatemala	10/9/2025	$0	0	3	3	$7,753	10/22/2025
Honduras	10/9/2025	$0	0	0	0	$2,968	10/22/2025
Iceland	10/2/2025	$0	0	1	1	$19,347	10/22/2025
India	10/10/2025	$0	0	0	0	$34,922	10/22/2025
Indonesia	10/10/2025	$0	0	0	0	$61,102	10/22/2025
Iraq	10/2/2025	$0	0	0	0	$6,388	10/22/2025
Israel	10/2/2025	$0	0	10	10	$45,528	10/22/2025
Italy	11/20/2025			0	0	$0
Jordan	10/2/2025	$0	0	0	0	$11,208	10/22/2025
Kuwait	10/2/2025	$0	0	2	2	$286,274	10/22/2025
Latvia	10/17/2025	$4,254	12	12	12	$4,254	10/22/2025
Lebanon	10/2/2025	$0	0	1	1	$13,031	10/22/2025
Lithuania	10/17/2025	$11,673	17	17	17	$11,673	10/22/2025
Mexico	10/9/2025	$550,771	0	0	0	$971,258	10/22/2025
Netherlands	11/6/2025	$74,392	92	92	92	$104,320	11/10/2025
New Zealand	10/2/2025	$56,634	0	42	42	$107,750	11/3/2025
Nicaragua	10/9/2025	$0	0	7	7	$6,061	10/22/2025
North America	10/3/2025	$5,841,662	3,345	3,345	7,584	$11,386,575
Oman	10/2/2025	$0	0	1	1	$23,163	10/22/2025
Panama	10/9/2025	$0	0	3	3	$10,101	10/22/2025
Paraguay	10/9/2025	$0	0	5	5	$3,928	10/22/2025
Peru	10/16/2025	$41,897	91	91	91	$41,897	10/22/2025
Philippines	10/1/2025	$0	0	0	0	$13,501	10/22/2025
Poland	10/17/2025	$60,696	122	122	122	$69,786	10/22/2025
Portugal	10/2/2025	$53,845	66	66	116	$141,415	10/28/2025
Qatar	10/2/2025	$0	0	0	0	$79,637	10/22/2025
Romania	10/3/2025	$18,744	0	0	0	$38,478	10/29/2025
Saudi Arabia	10/2/2025	$0	0	3	3	$423,494	10/22/2025
Serbia and Montenegro	10/2/2025	$0	0	12	12	$16,790	10/22/2025
Slovakia	11/13/2025			0	0	$0
Slovenia	10/2/2025	$0	0	7	7	$13,518	10/22/2025
South Africa	10/3/2025	$0	0	9	9	$15,114	10/22/2025
Spain	10/3/2025	$184,251	254	254	492	$404,550	10/22/2025
Switzerland	10/2/2025			0	0	$0
Thailand	10/9/2025	$0	0	0	0	$31,886	10/22/2025
Turkey	10/17/2025	$30,185	178	178	230	$52,315	11/6/2025
Ukraine	10/9/2025	$0	0	130	130	$162,372	10/22/2025
United Arab Emirates	10/2/2025	$0	0	20	20	$539,160	10/22/2025
United Kingdom	10/3/2025	$1,163,492	657	657	1573	$2,539,980	10/22/2025
Venezuela	10/16/2025	$8,406	49	49	49	$8,406	10/22/2025

Worldwide Total						$19,920,442	11/10/2025

Full financial estimates for this film, including domestic and international box office, video sales, video rentals, TV and ancillary revenue are available through our research services at a cost. For more information, please contact us at research@the-numbers.com.

Leading Cast

Dwayne Johnson		Mark Kerr
Emily Blunt		Dawn Staples

Supporting Cast

Kenny Rice		Vale Tudo Announcer
Jerin Valel		Sergio Batarelli
Andre Tricoteux		Paul Varelans
James McSweeney		Varelan’s Cornerman
Jonathan Corbblah		UFC 1997 Interviewer
Ryan Bader		Mark Coleman
Ilan Rosenberg		Coleman’s Cornerman
Nick Toren		UFC 1977 Photojournalist
Jill Basey		Peggy
Raja Flores		Dr. Cortez
Randi Lynne		Receptionist
Soichi Sato		Window Seat Passenger
Takaaki Nagata		Taxi Driver
Jugo Hashimoto		Vespa Driver
Haruo Tokashiki		Pride 1999 Official
Yas Nakatsuka		Pride 1999 Journalist #1
Hiroko Taki		Small Shopkeeper
Bethany Brown		Nurse
Oleksandr Usyk		Igor Vovchanchyn
Hironori Kamoshita		Pride 1999 Journalist #2
Egidiyus Klimas		Igor’s Manager
Shinpei Otsuki		Pride Translator
Yasuko Mitsuura		Pride Director
Olga Dzyurak		Igor’s Translator
Takeshi Kurokawa		Flight Attendant
Tomoka Kobayashi		Pride 1999 Employee
Tak Sasaki		Pride 1999 Referee
Chris Franco		Igor’s Cornerman
Takao Osawa		Mr. Sakakibara
Midori Takiya		Mr. Sakakibara’s Translator
Naoshi Sasaki		Pride 1999 Pharmacist
Zoe Kosovic		McKenzie Coleman
Lyndsey Gavin		Elizabeth Coleman
Rina Shimomura		Pride 1999 Journalist #3
Royal Johnston		Gravitron Operator
Whitney Moore		Jacqueline
Adrianne Lovato		Waiter
Tomoya Naka		Pride 2000 Photographer
Yuki Kedoin		Pride 2000 Photographer
Bas Rutten		Himself
Joshua Mazerolle		HGE Sparring Partner
Jason Day		HGE Sparring Partner
Stephen Quadros		Himself
Tomoyasu Hotei		Tomoyasu Hotei
Nala Sinephro		Star Spangled Banner Performer
Satoshi Ishii		Enson Inoue
Yoko Hamamura		Kazuyuki Fujita
Ryan Ventura		Pride 2000 Announcer
Paul Wu		Pride 2000 Referee
Gary L. Copeland		Kerr / Inoue Referee
Jaime Fair		Phoenix Barber
Jordan Greer		Ohio State Wrestling Partner
Byron Capers		Phoenix Police Officer
Eiji Yoshikawa		Pride 2000 Journalist
Annette Alvarado		Grocery Store Cashier
Marcus Aurélio		Mestre Hulk
Robertaob Reu		Fabio Gurgel
Lance Gibson		UFC Contender
James Moontasri		Akira Shoji
Paul Cheng		Masaaki Satake
Yushino Kami		Alexander Otsuka
Marcuvsi Nicios		Ebenezer Fontes Braga
Adam Santos		Ricardo Morais
Christopher Ackerman		Demolition Derby Announcer
Shawn Orr		Demolition Derby Driver
Brett Randy Bourgeois		Demolition Derby Driver
Scott Meloshinsky		Demolition Derby Driver
Hugo Steele		Demolition Derby Firefighter
Brennan Walstrom		Demolition Derby Firefighter
Paul Lazenby		Hans Nijman
Cyborg Abreu		Fábio Gurgel
Eric Odbaatar		Pride FC Cornerman

Cameos

Mark Kerr

Himself

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Production and Technical Credits

Benny Safdie		Director
Benny Safdie		Screenwriter
Benny Safdie		Producer
Dwayne Johnson		Producer
Eli Bush		Producer
Hiram Garcia		Producer
Dany Garcia		Producer
David Koplan		Producer
Tracey Landon		Executive Producer
Maceo Bishop		Director of Photography
James Chinlund		Production Designer
Benny Safdie		Editor
Heidi Bivens		Costume Designer
Kazu Hiro		Make-up and Prosthetic Effects Designer
Sean Devereaux		Visual Effects Supervisor
Linda Cohen		Music Supervisor
Nala Sinephro		Composer
Jennifer Ventitti		Casting Director

Portugal Box Office for The Smashing Machine: Coração de Lutador (2025)