The Founder

  • Theatrical - Wide 2017-01-20
Box Office Gross: $24,121,245
Running Time: 115 minutes
Language: English
Production Company: Speedie Distribution, FilmNation Entertainment, Faliro House Productions, The Combine, The Weinstein Company
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8/10

Synopsis

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... See more potential. He maneuvered himself into a position to be able to pull the company from the brothers and create a billion-dollar empire.

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