, ▁and ▁training ▁at ▁the ▁Los ▁Angeles ▁L akers ' ▁camp ▁in ▁Hawai i . ▁This ▁left ▁Johnson ▁with ▁five ▁weeks ▁to ▁complete ▁film ing ▁all ▁scenes ▁with ▁O ' Ne al . ▁O ' Ne al ▁had ▁one ▁read - through ▁of ▁the ▁script ▁before ▁the ▁Olympics ▁and ▁then ▁worked ▁with ▁acting ▁coach ▁Ben ▁Martin ▁in ▁between ▁games ▁to ▁work ▁on ▁his ▁character . ▁When ▁O ' Ne al ▁returned ▁to ▁act ▁with ▁the ▁rest ▁of ▁the ▁cast , ▁he ▁had ▁all ▁his ▁lines ▁memor ized . ▁ ▁Music ▁ ▁As ▁well ▁as ▁acting ▁in ▁the ▁film , ▁Sh aqu ille ▁O ' Ne al ▁contributed ▁to ▁the ▁sound track ▁for ▁the ▁film . ▁The ▁single ▁" Men ▁of ▁Ste el " ▁has ▁him ▁featured ▁alongside ▁rapp ers ▁K RS - One , ▁Ice ▁C ube , ▁B - Real , ▁and ▁Peter ▁Gun z . ▁The ▁sound track ▁was ▁released ▁on ▁Qu in cy ▁Jones ' ▁record ▁label ▁Q west ▁Records ▁and ▁included ▁songs ▁featured ▁in ▁the ▁film ▁and ▁songs ▁inspired ▁by ▁it . ▁The ▁album ▁chart ed ▁in ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁on ▁the ▁Billboard ▁ 2 0 0 ▁at ▁number ▁ 1 8 5 ▁and ▁on ▁the ▁Top ▁R & B / H ip - H op ▁Albums ▁at ▁number ▁ 2 6 . ▁ ▁Release ▁ ▁Box ▁office ▁Ste el ▁was ▁released ▁in ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁on ▁August ▁ 1 5 , ▁ 1 9 9 7 . ▁Ste el ▁was ▁considered ▁a ▁large ▁box ▁office ▁bomb ▁on ▁its