The Founder
“He took someone else's idea and America ate it up.”
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.
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Cast
47 people
Michael Keaton
Ray Kroc
Known for
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
Spider-Man: Homecoming
Nick Offerman
Dick McDonald
Known for
Parks and Recreation
The Umbrella Academy
John Carroll Lynch
Mac McDonald
Known for
Shutter Island
Fargo
Linda Cardellini
Joan Smith
Known for
Hawkeye
Gravity Falls
B.J. Novak
Harry J. Sonneborn
Known for
The Office
Inglourious Basterds
Laura Dern
Ethel Kroc
Known for
Jurassic Park
Big Little Lies
Justin Randell Brooke
Fred Turner
Known for
She-Hulk: Attorney at Law
Halt and Catch Fire
Kate Kneeland
June Martino
Known for
Coma
We Are Marshall
Patrick Wilson
Rollie Smith
Known for
Insidious
The Conjuring
Griff Furst
Jim Zien
Known for
Focus
Terminator Genisys
Wilbur Fitzgerald
Jerry Cullen
Known for
The Act
11.22.63
David de Vries
Jack Horford
Known for
Reasonable Doubt
Just Beyond
John Lee Hancock Director · Robert D. Siegel Writer Carter Burwell Composer
Worldwide gross $24M · Budget $15M · United States release January 20, 2017
Box office
Budget
$15,000,000
Worldwide gross
$24,121,245
Gross vs. budget
1.6×
Production
Speedie Distribution
Production
FilmNation Entertainment
Production
Faliro House Productions
Production
The Combine
Production
The Weinstein Company
Production · Studio
Greece · United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
Australia · November 24, 2016
Theatrical
United States · January 20, 2017
Theatrical
United States · April 18, 2017
Physical
United States
December 7, 2016 · Premiere · Premiere
Austria
April 20, 2017 · Digital
Brazil
March 9, 2017 · Theatrical
June 21, 2017 · Digital
Canada
January 20, 2017 · Theatrical
Croatia
March 2, 2017 · Theatrical
Denmark
February 2, 2017 · Theatrical
France
December 28, 2016 · Theatrical
September 1, 2017 · Physical
Germany
April 20, 2017 · Theatrical
Greece
February 23, 2017 · Theatrical
Hong Kong SAR China
March 9, 2017 · Theatrical
Hungary
February 2, 2017 · Theatrical
India
January 20, 2017 · Theatrical
Ireland
February 17, 2017 · Theatrical
Israel
January 19, 2017 · Theatrical
Italy
January 12, 2017 · Theatrical
Japan
July 29, 2017 · Theatrical
Kuwait
January 5, 2017 · Theatrical
Lebanon
January 5, 2017 · Theatrical
Netherlands
January 5, 2017 · Theatrical
June 6, 2017 · Physical · DVD, Blu ray
March 15, 2019 · TV · NPO 3
Poland
February 3, 2017 · Theatrical
Portugal
February 2, 2017 · Theatrical
Romania
January 27, 2017 · Digital
Russia
June 18, 2020 · Digital
Serbia
February 16, 2017 · Theatrical
March 3, 2017 · Premiere · Belgrade Film Festival
Slovakia
January 19, 2017 · Theatrical
South Korea
April 20, 2017 · Theatrical
Spain
March 10, 2017 · Theatrical
Sweden
February 2, 2017 · Premiere · Göteborg Film Festival
April 7, 2017 · Theatrical
Taiwan
January 6, 2017 · Theatrical
United Arab Emirates
December 10, 2016 · Premiere · Dubai International Film Festival
United Kingdom
February 17, 2017 · Theatrical
June 12, 2017 · Physical
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