Overview - The Founder

Date of release

Genres

  • Drama
  • History

Runtime: 115 minutes

Homepage: The Founder

Budget

$15,000,000.00

Revenue

$24,121,245.00

Spoken Languages

  • English

Production companies

  • Name: Speedie Distribution

    Production country United States of America

  • Name: FilmNation Entertainment

    Production country United States of America

  • Name: Faliro House Productions

    Production country Greece

  • Name: The Combine

    Production country United States of America

  • Name: The Weinstein Company

    Production country United States of America

Overview

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.

Cast

  • Name: Michael Keaton

    Character: Ray Kroc

    Popularity: 39.966

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  • Name: Nick Offerman

    Character: Dick McDonald

    Popularity: 12.022

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  • Name: John Carroll Lynch

    Character: Mac McDonald

    Popularity: 12.742

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  • Name: Linda Cardellini

    Character: Joan Smith

    Popularity: 33.454

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  • Name: B.J. Novak

    Character: Harry J. Sonneborn

    Popularity: 9.742

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  • Name: Laura Dern

    Character: Ethel Kroc

    Popularity: 23.066

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  • Name: Justin Randell Brooke

    Character: Fred Turner

    Popularity: 1.162

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  • Name: Kate Kneeland

    Character: June Martino

    Popularity: 3.887

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