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The Founder

The Founder

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Status

Released

Release Date

Nov 24, 2016

Runtime

1h 55m

Genres

Drama, History

User Score

71%

Original Title

The Founder

Production Companies

Speedie Distribution, FilmNation Entertainment, Faliro House Productions, The Combine, The Weinstein Company

Director

John Lee Hancock

Budget

$15,000,000

Revenue

$24,121,245

Description

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.