Richie Rich (film series)

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Richie Rich
Directed byDonald Petrie (1)
John Murlowski (2)
Screenplay byTom S. Parker & Jim Jennewein (1)
Based on
Produced byJoel Silver (1)
John Davis (1)
Mike Elliott (2)
Amy Goldberg (2)
StarringDavid Gallagher (2)
Martin Mull (2)
Michelle Trachtenberg (2)
Eugene Levy (2)
Keene Curtis (2)
CinematographyDon Burgess (1)
Christian Sebaldt (2)
Edited byMalcolm Campbell (1)
John Gilbert (2)
Music byAlan Silvestri (1)
Deddy Tzur(2)
Saban (2)
Production
companies
Distributed byWarner Bros. (1–2)
Release dates
  • December 21, 1994 (1994-12-21)
(1)
  • November 3, 1998 (1998-11-03)
(2)
Running time
179 minutes
CountryUnited States
Budget$40 million (1)
Box office$38 million (1)

The Richie Rich films is a series of two American family films, based on the character of the same name, who was originally featured in Harvey Comics. The first film was a theatrical release directed by Donald Petrie, that stars Macaulay Culkin. Its sequel was a direct-to-video feature directed by John Murlowski, starring David Gallagher replacing Macaulay Culkin. Both films were distributed by Warner Bros.

Films[]

Richie Rich (1994)[]

The film features Richard "Richie" Rich Jr. (Macaulay Culkin), who is the world's wealthiest kid, who has what any kid could ever image, but the thing that Richie desires the most is to have friends. When a greedy CFO plans to steal the Rich's family fortunes, Richie must do whatever he can to save his home, with the help of what he's been searching for.

Richie Rich's Christmas Wish (1998)[]

The film plays quite similar to It's a Wonderful Life where Richie Rich (David Gallagher) plays the role George Bailey, when he wishes that he was never born after being blamed for ruining Christmas, but this don't go well when after using the wishing machine invented by Professor Keenbean, everything has turned upside down where his spoiled cousin Reggie Van Dough has taken over his life, and it is up to Richie to find Professor Keenbean to take him back to the machine and undo the wish.

Cast and characters[]

Character Theatrical film Direct-to-Video film
Richie Rich Richie Rich's Christmas Wish
1994 1998
Richard "Richie" Rich Jr. Macaulay Culkin
Rory Culkin (young)
David Gallagher
Herbert Arthur Runcible Cadbury Jonathan Hyde Keene Curtis
Richard Rich, Sr. Edward Herrmann Martin Mull
Regina Rich Christine Ebersole Lesley Ann Warren
Professor Keenbean Mike McShane Eugene Levy
Gloria Pazinski Stephi Lineburg Michelle Trachtenberg
Pee Wee Jonathan Hilario Austin Stout
Laurence Van Dough John Larroquette  
Ferguson Chelcie Ross  
Diane Pazinski Mariangela Pino  
Omar Joel Robinson  
Tony Michael Maccarone  
Reggie Van Dough   Jake Richardson
Irona   Don McLeod
Sgt. Mooney   Richard Riehle
Mr. Van Dough   Richard Fancy
Mrs. Van Dough   Marla Maples
Freckles   Blake Jeremy Collins

Crew[]

Title Release Date Director(s) Writer(s) Producer(s) Editor(s) Composer(s) Distributor(s)
Richie Rich December 21, 1994 Donald Petrie Neil Tolkin Joel Silver
John Davis
Malcolm Campbell Alan Silvestri Warner Bros. Family Entertainment
Richie Rich's Christmas Wish November 3, 1998 John Murlowski Jason Feffer
Mark Furey
Rob Kerchner
Mike Elliott
Amy Goldberg
John Gilbert Deddy Tzur, Saban Warner Home Video

Reception[]

Box office performance[]

Film Release date Box office revenue Box office ranking Budget Reference
Domestic Foreign Worldwide All time domestic All time worldwide
Richie Rich December 21, 1994 &38,087,756 N/A N/A #2,027 N/A $40 million [1]

Critical and public reception[]

Film Rotten Tomatoes Metacritic CinemaScore
Richie Rich 24% (21 reviews)[2] N/A A-[3]
Richie Rich's Christmas Wish 33% (3 reviews)[4] N/A N/A

References[]

  1. ^ "Richie Rich (1994)", Box Office Mojo, retrieved January 16, 2017
  2. ^ "Richie Rich". Rotten Tomatoes. Flixster. Retrieved 16 January 2017.
  3. ^ "CinemaScore". cinemascore.com. Retrieved 16 January 2017.
  4. ^ "Richie Rich's Christmas Wish". Rotten Tomatoes. Flixster. Retrieved 16 January 2017.
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