Richie Rich (film): Difference between revisions

In the film, young Richie finds himself apparently orphaned in the wake of an assassination attempt on his parents engineered by the greedy CFO of Rich Industries, ReggieLawrence Van Dough (Larroquette), who frames the Riches' loyal butler Cadbury for the crime and arranges for his "suicide" in jail. The Rich family technologist, Professor Keenbean, rescues Cadbury from prison and gets him to Richie and safety, but is himself captured by Van Dough. With the help of a small band of lower-middle class kids he befriended early in the film, Richie breaks back into the Rich estate, rescues Keenbean, and discovers his parents are still alive, being pressured by Van Dough for access to the family vault in Mount Richmore. Van Dough ultimately gets his way, only to discover that the only "treasures" in the vault are sentimental ones. This sends him into a [[Villainous Breakdown|complete meltdown]], and he chases the Riches across the mountain, intending to kill them -- until Cadbury and Keenbean save the day, and Van Dough gets his comeuppance.

The film only earned $38,087,756 in the United States market. It was the 37th most successful film of its year, butand just barely earned back its budget. And after the movie was released, the ''Richie Rich'' comics [[Franchise Killer|just stopped being published]].