Richie Rich (film series)

Richie Rich
Directed by	Donald Petrie (1); John Murlowski (2)
Produced by	Joel Silver (1); John Davis (1); Mike Elliott (2); Amy Goldberg (2)
Screenplay by	Tom S. Parker & Jim Jennewein (1)
Based on	Richie Rich; by Alfred Harvey; Warren Kremer;
Starring	Macaulay Culkin (1); John Larroquette (1); Edward Herrmann (1); Jonathan Hyde (1); Christine Ebersole (1); David Gallagher (2); Martin Mull (2); Michelle Trachtenberg (2); Eugene Levy (2); Keene Curtis (2)
Music by	Alan Silvestri (1); Deddy Tzur(2); Saban (2)
Cinematography	Don Burgess (1); Christian Sebaldt (2)
Edited by	Malcolm Campbell (1); John Gilbert (2)
Production; company	Silver Pictures (1); Davis Entertainment (1); Saban Entertainment (2); The Harvey Entertainment Company (1–2)
Distributed by	Warner Bros. (1–2)
Release date	December 21, 1994; (1); November 3, 1998; (2)
Running time	179 minutes
Country	United 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

Theatrical film

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.

Direct-to-Video film

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
Film	Release date	Domestic	Foreign	Worldwide	All time domestic	All time worldwide	Budget	Reference
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

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

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[1] "Richie Rich (1994)", Box Office Mojo, retrieved January 16, 2017

[2] "Richie Rich". Rotten Tomatoes. Flixster. Retrieved 16 January 2017.

[CS-3] "CinemaScore". cinemascore.com. Retrieved 16 January 2017.

[4] "Richie Rich's Christmas Wish". Rotten Tomatoes. Flixster. Retrieved 16 January 2017.