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The Boss is a 2016 American comedy film directed by Ben Falcone and written by Falcone, Melissa McCarthy and Steve Mallory. The film stars McCarthy, Kristen Bell, Ella Anderson, Tyler Labine, Kathy Bates, Annie Mumolo, Timothy Simmons and Peter Dinklage.

The film follows a wealthy woman who, after being arrested and losing her fortune, uses her assistant’s daughter’s Dandelion Girls cookie sales to climb back to the top.

The Boss premiered in Sydney on March 21, 2016, and was released theatrically in the United States on April 8 by Universal Pictures. Although it received generally negative reviews from critics, it grossed over $78 million worldwide on a $29 million budget.

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In 1975 Chicago, a young Michelle Darnell returns to the orphanage from which she was adopted. He bounces between orphanages and other homes for 5-10 years until his grief turns to anger and he realizes that he will succeed on his own.

Today, Michelle is the CEO of three Fortune 500 companies, a guru and best-selling author of self-help books, and the 47th richest woman in the United States. After a successful event at the United Center, Michelle and her nemesis/girlfriend Renault basically confront Michelle about a recent stock deal in which she acquired the stock due to insider trading, and is turned into the SEC by Renault as retaliation. After a disastrous interview with Gayle King, Michel is arrested for insider trading and sent to prison for five months, while his companies are taken over by Renault and all his assets are seized and frozen by the government. When released, Michel finds his home haunted and seeks out his former assistant Claire and her daughter Rachel with whom he lives until he gets back on his feet.

After Michelle fails to get back on her feet with colleagues she insults, she is soon inspired by Rachel’s Dandelion Scout cookies and the organization profits a year. Furthermore, Michelle decides to start her own company, Darnell’s Darlings, selling Claire’s homemade brownies and brings Claire in as a partner. Recruiting girls from Dandelion and other students, the girls succeed in selling brownies, even causing trouble with Dandelion which leads to a street fight between the two. Michelle, Rachel and Claire soon grow closer together; Michelle in particular inspires Claire to quit her job and go on a date with Mike, a co-worker, while growing closer to Rachel as the company grows.

Michel, bringing his former mentor Ida Marquet as an investor in the company, is horrified at a celebratory dinner when he receives a handmade gift from Rachel who declares the three a family due to her own personal background of abandonment. Michel, overwhelmed, soon begins to be absent from Rachel and Claire’s lives, especially when he starts making big business decisions without Claire’s involvement, and the two clash heads after Michel mistakenly believes that Claire has sold the company to Renault. In return, Michel sold the company to Renault. Michel soon returns to Rachel and Claire, feeling remorseful and apologetic, explaining his childhood where he was often abandoned. Michel decides to help Claire get her company back by stealing the contract from Renault’s office. Mike, now Claire’s boyfriend, decides to help.

While Mike distracts the doormen, the two women successfully steal the deal but are interrupted by Renault who fights with Michelle, leading to the rooftop where Michelle seemingly pushes herself off the roof to her death (but falls to the lower level). Claire also pushes the Renault. Michel and Renault, having been romantically involved, make peace with each other.

A year later, the business was a huge success and Claire and Rachel used the money to buy a new family home.

Cartoon Characters

Michelle Darnell as Melissa McCarthy, a wealthy and powerful businesswoman, who was abandoned by various families for an unknown reason, causing her to have a bitter personality against the idea of having a family. He is arrested by the FBI for insider trading, serves time, and is ultimately on parole throughout the film.
Chandler Head as 5-year-old Michelle
Vivian Falcone (Melissa McCarthy’s real-life daughter) as 10-year-old Michelle
Isabella Amara as 15-year-old Michelle
Kristen Bell as Claire Rawlings, Rachel’s mother and Michelle’s personal assistant and single mother, who initially stops working for Michelle after her arrest. He built an empire with Michelle by selling homemade brownies Claire Bakes.
Ella Anderson as Rachel Rawlings, Claire’s 10-year-old daughter, who was part of a girl scout group called the Dandelions, but quits after being bullied and punished by Helen and agrees to join her plan with Michelle.
Peter Dinklage as Ronald/Renault, an unscrupulous businessman and Michelle’s rival. He has long held a grudge against Michelle as they have dated in the past, but break up due to a promotion by Michelle, during which he reveals his awareness of her attempt to steal his client list, changing his behavior and causing them to break up. He was also responsible for turning Michel over to the authorities for insider trading. He continued to name himself Renault and followed the lifestyle of a samurai.
Tyler Labine as Claire’s co-worker Mike Bills, who appears to be trying to woo Claire, who continually rejects him softly.
Kathy Bates as Aida Marquette, a former mentor of Michelle’s who owns a glue factory. He broke off their alliance after Michele decided to pull Ida away from a contract with another company.
Timothy Simmons as Stefan, Ron’s gay personal assistant.
Annie Mumolo as Helen Cregan, an arrogant, cunning and narcissistic woman and Dandelion’s mother of one, who takes pride in verbally abusing the other girls. He thinks he is better than everyone else and always praises himself, even claiming to be successful when he is not.
Kristen Schaal as Sandy, the leader of the Dandelions, who is stylishly rebuked by Helen.
Cicely Strong as Dana Dandridge, Claire’s vain, selfish, sarcastic and boisterous boss, who describes Michelle as her “two personal heroes”, the second being Benedict Cumberbatch.
Cedric Yarbrough as Tito, Michelle’s former bodyguard, who constantly cheers with Michelle.
Mary Sohn as John Keller, Dandelion’s mother.
Eva Peterson as Crystal DelVecchio, one of Darnell’s sweethearts, who often indulges in violent behavior.
Presley Coley as Hannah Cregan, one of the Dandelions and Helen’s daughter, who is manipulated by her mother.
Alendra Newcomb as Mariana Gutierrez, one of Darnell’s sweethearts.
Ben Falcone as Marty, Michelle’s former lawyer.
Margo Martindale as Sister Agnes Aluminata, the mother superior of the children’s home where Michel lives.
Michael McDonald as Bryce Crean, one of Michelle’s “friends” from the past.
Steve Mallory as Carl, one of Michelle’s “friends” from the past.
Larry Dorff as Guard Kenny
Damon Jones as Waiter
T-pain does it on its own
Gayle King herself
Mitch Silpa as Guard Clemons (deleted scene)
Jim Cashman as Guard John (deleted scenes)
Michelle tops the carrot as the centaur version of herself in that dream. (deleted scene)
Kyle Marquette as Dax Shepard, Eider’s “son”. (Unrated Cut)
Dave Bautista as Chad, the leader of the Falcon Rangers. (Unconfirmed/Alternative Termination)

Box Office

Boss grossed $78.8 million against a worldwide budget of $29 million, against $63.3 million in the United States and Canada and $15.5 million in other territories.

In the US and Canada, pre-release tracking suggested the film would earn $20-24 million from 3,480 theaters in its opening weekend, including newcomers hardcore Henry ($7-10 million projection) and Destruction ($2-3 million projection). The film grossed $985,000 and $8.1 million from its opening day on Thursday. It grossed $23.6 million in its opening weekend, taking first place at the box office

About

Directed by	Ben Falcone
Written by	·         Melissa McCarthy ·         Ben Falcone ·         Steve Mallory
Produced by	·         Melissa McCarthy ·         Ben Falcone ·         Will Ferrell ·         Adam McKay ·         Chris Henchy
Starring	·         Melissa McCarthy ·         Kristen Bell ·         Kathy Bates ·         Tyler Labine ·         Peter Dinklage
Cinematography	Julio Macat
Edited by	Craig Alpert
Music by	Christopher Lennertz
Production companies	·         Gary Sanchez Productions ·         On The Day Productions
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release dates	·         March 21, 2016 (Sydney) ·         April 8, 2016 (United States)
Running time	99 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$29 million
Box office	$78.8 million

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