Despite early critical praise and strong Oscar buzz for Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson's transformative, dramatic performance as MMA legend Mark Kerr in The Smashing Machine, the film has made a loss at the box office. In this week's episode, we discussed why this might be.

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Time codes:

00:01: Intro

00:55: Film not showing at regular cinema

4:50: Who was the audience for this movie?

9:01: Losing interest in the cinema?

13:44: One Battle After Another box office disappointment

16:20: Second wave with streaming release