The financial backers of the McDonald’s biopic The Founder have launched legal action against the film’s US distributors the Weinstein Company, claiming the latter breached an agreement not to release it too closely to similar films.
Lawyers for the Weinstein Co said: “The Weinstein Company did not breach its contract and it will defend itself vigorously in court.”
In papers filed at New York State Supreme Court, Speedee claim: “The Founder and Gold both appeal to the same audience.
Gold had a similar pattern, a limited play on 30 December, followed by a release on 2,000-plus screens on 27 January.