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The Founder (2017)

Movie"He took someone else's idea and America ate it up."
Audience Score
71
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PG-13 1 hr 55 minJan 20th, 2017Drama, History
The true story of how Ray Kroc, a salesman from Illinois, met Mac and Dick McDonald, who were running a burger operation in 1950s Southern California. Kroc was impressed by the brothers’ speedy system of making the food and saw franchise potential. He maneuvered himself into a position to be able to pull the company from the brothers and create a billion-dollar empire.
StarringMichael KeatonNick OffermanJohn Carroll Lynch
DirectorJohn Lee Hancock
WriterRobert D. Siegel

Movie Details

Theatrical Release:January 20th, 2017 - Buy Tickets
On DVD & Blu-ray:April 18th, 2017 - Buy DVD
Movie Budget:$15,000,000
Movie Box Office Gross:$24,121,245 (Worldwide)
Original Language:English
Executive Producers:Harvey Weinstein, Bob Weinstein, Karen Lunder, Glen Basner, David Glasser, Alison Cohen, Holly Brown, William D. Johnson, David S. Greathouse, Christos V. Konstantakopoulos
Production Companies:Speedie Distribution, FilmNation Entertainment, Faliro House Productions, The Combine, The Weinstein Company
Movie Tags:
biographybased on true story1950sgreedambitionsalesmanfamily business franchisecorporate greedfast food