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The Founder

2016 • PG-13 • 1h 55m • Biography, Drama • The Weinstein Company

He took someone else's idea and America ate it up.

🍅 80% 82%

66

3.42

7.2

Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$3.4M

3-day wide opening

Domestic Total

$12.8M

Final

Worldwide Total

$24.2M

$11.4M international

Domestic Legs3.8x

Budget$15M

2017 Rank#126

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Cast & Crew

Full Hancock filmography

John Lee Hancock

John Lee Hancock Director

Michael Keaton Starring

Nick Offerman Starring

John Carroll Lynch

John Carroll Lynch Starring

Linda Cardellini

Linda Cardellini Starring

Patrick Wilson Starring

ScreenplayRobert D. Siegel Produced byDon Handfield, Jeremy Renner, Aaron Ryder CinematographyJohn Schwartzman Music byCarter Burwell StudioThe Weinstein Company

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

4 Jan 20 11 $3.4M — 1,115 $3,053 $3.4M

5 Jan 27 12 $2.6M −23.0% 1,115 $2,338 $7.4M

6 Feb 3 13 $1.4M −45.0% 936 $1,532 $9.8M

7 Feb 10 18 $724.0K −50.0% 454 $1,595 $11.2M

8 Feb 17 23 $412.3K −43.0% 253 $1,630 $12.0M

9 Feb 24 29 $170.1K −59.0% 161 $1,056 $12.3M

10 Mar 3 36 $68.3K −60.0% 78 $875 $12.5M

11 Mar 10 40 $49.2K −28.0% 57 $864 $12.6M

12 Mar 17 40 $47.1K −4.0% 102 $462 $12.7M

13 Mar 24 48 $29.9K −37.0% 57 $525 $12.7M

14 Mar 31 48 $23.1K −23.0% 31 $745 $12.8M

15 Apr 7 67 $7.6K −67.0% 25 $306 $12.8M

16 Apr 14 76 $2.6K −66.0% 10 $262 $12.8M

17 Apr 21 80 $1.9K −29.0% 8 $232 $12.8M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Jan 20 #11 $1.0M — $1.0M 1,115 $901 21

Sat Jan 21 #11 $1.6M +57.0% $2.6M 1,115 $1,410 22

Sun Jan 22 #10 $827.0K −47.0% $3.4M 1,115 $742 23

Mon Jan 23 #8 $351.8K −57.0% $3.8M 1,115 $316 24

Tue Jan 24 #9 $460.6K +31.0% $4.2M 1,115 $413 25

Wed Jan 25 #9 $315.5K −32.0% $4.5M 1,115 $283 26

Thu Jan 26 #8 $293.8K −7.0% $4.8M 1,115 $264 27

Fri Jan 27 #12 $696.6K +137.0% −31.0% $5.5M 1,115 $625 28

Sat Jan 28 #12 $1.2M +68.0% −26.0% $6.7M 1,115 $1,047 29

Sun Jan 29 #12 $743.0K −36.0% −10.0% $7.4M 1,115 $666 30

Mon Jan 30 #10 $209.7K −72.0% −40.0% $7.6M 1,115 $188 31

Tue Jan 31 #10 $314.6K +50.0% −32.0% $8.0M 1,115 $282 32

Wed Feb 1 #11 $223.9K −29.0% −29.0% $8.2M 1,115 $201 33

Thu Feb 2 #11 $214.7K −4.0% −27.0% $8.4M 1,115 $193 34

Fri Feb 3 #13 $445.9K +108.0% −36.0% $8.8M 936 $476 35

Sat Feb 4 #13 $763.7K +71.0% −35.0% $9.6M 936 $816 36

Sun Feb 5 #15 $224.1K −71.0% −70.0% $9.8M 936 $239 37

Mon Feb 6 #13 $150.8K −33.0% −28.0% $10.0M 936 $161 38

Tue Feb 7 #13 $212.0K +41.0% −33.0% $10.2M 936 $227 39

Wed Feb 8 #13 $154.6K −27.0% −31.0% $10.3M 936 $165 40

Thu Feb 9 #12 $133.3K −14.0% −38.0% $10.5M 936 $142 41

Fri Feb 10 - $188.9K +42.0% −58.0% $10.7M 454 $416 42

Sat Feb 11 - $339.3K +80.0% −56.0% $11.0M 454 $747 43

Sun Feb 12 - $195.9K −42.0% −13.0% $11.2M 454 $431 44

Mon Feb 13 - $66.1K −66.0% −56.0% $11.3M 454 $146 45

Tue Feb 14 - $134.4K +103.0% −37.0% $11.4M 454 $296 46

Wed Feb 15 - $71.5K −47.0% −54.0% $11.5M 454 $157 47

Thu Feb 16 - $61.4K −14.0% −54.0% $11.5M 454 $135 48

Fri Feb 17 - $97.5K +59.0% −48.0% $11.6M 253 $385 49

Sat Feb 18 - $182.2K +87.0% −46.0% $11.8M 253 $720 50

Sun Feb 19 - $132.7K −27.0% −32.0% $12.0M 253 $524 51

Mon Feb 20 - $77.9K −41.0% +18.0% $12.0M 253 $308 52

Tue Feb 21 - $49.7K −36.0% −63.0% $12.1M 253 $197 53

Wed Feb 22 - $52.7K +6.0% −26.0% $12.1M 253 $208 54

Thu Feb 23 - $34.6K −34.0% −44.0% $12.2M 253 $137 55

Fri Feb 24 - $46.5K +35.0% −52.0% $12.2M 161 $289 56

Sat Feb 25 - $78.9K +70.0% −57.0% $12.3M 161 $490 57

Sun Feb 26 - $44.7K −43.0% −66.0% $12.3M 161 $277 58

Mon Feb 27 - $18.0K −60.0% −77.0% $12.4M 161 $112 59

Tue Feb 28 - $26.7K +49.0% −46.0% $12.4M 161 $166 60

Wed Mar 1 - $20.9K −22.0% −60.0% $12.4M 161 $130 61

Thu Mar 2 - $17.1K −18.0% −50.0% $12.4M 161 $106 62

Fri Mar 3 - $20.2K +18.0% −57.0% $12.4M 78 $259 63

Sat Mar 4 - $29.3K +45.0% −63.0% $12.5M 78 $375 64

Sun Mar 5 - $18.8K −36.0% −58.0% $12.5M 78 $240 65

Mon Mar 6 - $7.7K −59.0% −57.0% $12.5M 78 $98 66

Tue Mar 7 - $12.0K +57.0% −55.0% $12.5M 78 $154 67

Wed Mar 8 - $9.2K −23.0% −56.0% $12.5M 78 $118 68

Thu Mar 9 - $8.8K −5.0% −49.0% $12.5M 78 $113 69

Fri Mar 10 - $12.7K +44.0% −37.0% $12.5M 57 $223 70

Sat Mar 11 - $22.1K +75.0% −24.0% $12.6M 57 $388 71

Sun Mar 12 - $14.4K −35.0% −23.0% $12.6M 57 $253 72

Mon Mar 13 - $8.1K −44.0% +6.0% $12.6M 57 $143 73

Tue Mar 14 - $7.5K −8.0% −38.0% $12.6M 57 $132 74

Wed Mar 15 - $6.9K −8.0% −25.0% $12.6M 57 $121 75

Thu Mar 16 - $8.0K +16.0% −9.0% $12.6M 57 $141 76

Fri Mar 17 - $12.1K +50.0% −5.0% $12.6M 102 $118 77

Sat Mar 18 - $21.8K +81.0% −1.0% $12.6M 102 $214 78

Sun Mar 19 - $13.2K −39.0% −8.0% $12.7M 102 $130 79

Mon Mar 20 - $5.1K −61.0% −37.0% $12.7M 102 $50 80

Tue Mar 21 - $9.3K +81.0% +24.0% $12.7M 102 $91 81

Wed Mar 22 - $7.4K −21.0% +7.0% $12.7M 102 $72 82

Thu Mar 23 - $7.4K — −8.0% $12.7M 102 $72 83

Fri Mar 24 - $8.8K +19.0% −27.0% $12.7M 57 $154 84

Sat Mar 25 - $13.7K +56.0% −37.0% $12.7M 57 $240 85

Sun Mar 26 - $7.4K −46.0% −44.0% $12.7M 57 $131 86

Mon Mar 27 - $3.3K −55.0% −35.0% $12.7M 57 $58 87

Tue Mar 28 - $5.2K +55.0% −45.0% $12.7M 57 $90 88

Wed Mar 29 - $5.6K +9.0% −24.0% $12.7M 57 $99 89

Thu Mar 30 - $4.1K −28.0% −45.0% $12.7M 57 $71 90

Fri Mar 31 - $7.4K +82.0% −16.0% $12.7M 31 $239 91

Sat Apr 1 - $10.8K +46.0% −21.0% $12.7M 31 $349 92

Sun Apr 2 - $4.9K −55.0% −35.0% $12.8M 31 $157 93

Mon Apr 3 - $1.5K −69.0% −55.0% $12.8M 31 $48 94

Tue Apr 4 - $2.8K +86.0% −46.0% $12.8M 31 $90 95

Wed Apr 5 - $2.1K −26.0% −63.0% $12.8M 31 $66 96

Thu Apr 6 - $8.2K +298.0% +101.0% $12.8M 31 $264 97

Fri Apr 7 - $1.6K −81.0% −79.0% $12.8M 25 $63 98

Sat Apr 8 - $4.3K +172.0% −60.0% $12.8M 25 $173 99

Sun Apr 9 - $1.7K −60.0% −64.0% $12.8M 25 $70 100

Mon Apr 10 - $1.0K −42.0% −32.0% $12.8M 25 $41 101

Tue Apr 11 - $1.2K +15.0% −58.0% $12.8M 25 $47 102

Wed Apr 12 - $869 −25.0% −58.0% $12.8M 25 $35 103

Thu Apr 13 - $1.2K +37.0% −85.0% $12.8M 25 $48 104

Fri Apr 14 - $962 −19.0% −39.0% $12.8M 10 $96 105

Sat Apr 15 - $1.1K +17.0% −74.0% $12.8M 10 $113 106

Sun Apr 16 - $527 −53.0% −70.0% $12.8M 10 $53 107

Mon Apr 17 - $860 +63.0% −15.0% $12.8M 10 $86 108

Tue Apr 18 - $703 −18.0% −40.0% $12.8M 10 $70 109

Wed Apr 19 - $468 −33.0% −46.0% $12.8M 10 $47 110

Thu Apr 20 - $489 +4.0% −59.0% $12.8M 10 $49 111

Fri Apr 21 - $676 +38.0% −30.0% $12.8M 8 $84 112

Sat Apr 22 - $870 +29.0% −23.0% $12.8M 8 $109 113

Sun Apr 23 - $313 −64.0% −41.0% $12.8M 8 $39 114

Mon Apr 24 - $180 −42.0% −79.0% $12.8M 8 $22 115

Tue Apr 25 - $480 +167.0% −32.0% $12.8M 8 $60 116

Wed Apr 26 - $150 −69.0% −68.0% $12.8M 8 $19 117

Thu Apr 27 - $150 — −69.0% $12.8M 8 $19 118

Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record

Cumulative total$12.5M

Jan 20Feb 1Feb 14Feb 26Mar 10

Weekend grossWk 10 · $68.3K

$3.4M

$2.6M

$1.4M

$724.0K

$412.3K

$170.1K

$68.3K

W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 1,115 → 57 −94.9%

1,115 open57 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −60.0%

−23.0%

W4→5

−45.0%

W5→6

−50.0%

W6→7

−43.0%

W7→8

−59.0%

W8→9

−60.0%

W9→10

Steepest −60.0%Best hold −23.0%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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