Movie
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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Checked Jul 22, 2026
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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 potential. He maneuvered himself into a position to be able to pull the company from the brothers and create a billion-dollar empire.
More about The Founder
Cast
Michael KeatonRay Kroc
Nick OffermanDick McDonald
John Carroll LynchMac McDonald
Linda CardelliniJoan Smith
B.J. NovakHarry J. Sonneborn
Laura DernEthel Kroc
Justin Randell BrookeFred Turner
Kate KneelandJune MartinoCredits
- Directed by
- John Lee Hancock
- Written by
- Robert D. Siegel
Production details
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Budget
- $15M
- Box office
- $24.1M
Production
- Speedie DistributionUnited States
FilmNation EntertainmentUnited States
Faliro House ProductionsGreece
The CombineUnited States
The Weinstein CompanyUnited States
