Home Alone (franchise)
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2009 DVD box set of first four films
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| Directed by |
Chris Columbus (Home Alone 1 & 2) Raja Gosnell (Home Alone 3) Rod Daniel (Home Alone 4) Peter Hewitt (Home Alone: The Holiday Heist) |
| Produced by |
John Hughes (Home Alone 1, 2 & 3) Mitch Engel (Home Alone 4) Lisa Demberg, Adnan Djevic (Home Alone: The Holiday Heist) |
| Written by | John Hughes (Home Alone 1, 2 & 3) Debra Frank, Steve L. Hayes (Home Alone 4) Aaron Ginsburg, Wade McIntyre (Home Alone: The Holiday Heist) |
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Whole list
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Production
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Hughes Entertainment
(Home Alone 1, 2 & 3) 20th Century Fox Television, Fox Television Studios (Home Alone 4) Fox Television Studios (Home Alone: The Holiday Heist) |
| Distributed by |
20th Century Fox (1-3) 20th Century Fox, Disney-ABC Domestic Television (4) ABC Family, 20th Century Fox (5) |
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Release date
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November 16, 1990 (1) November 20, 1992 (2) December 12, 1997 (3) November 3, 2002 (4) November 25, 2012 (5) |
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Running time
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414 minutes (all 5 films) |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $70 million (1–3) |
| Box office | $914,792,040 (1–3) |
Home Alone is a series of family comedy films directed by Chris Columbus (1 & 2), Raja Gosnell (3), Rod Daniel (4) and Peter Hewitt (5). The first two films, Home Alone (1990) and Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992), follow the adventures of a boy named Kevin McCallister (Macaulay Culkin) who, during the course of the film, gets burglars Harry (Joe Pesci) and Marv (Daniel Stern) arrested by using booby traps. The third film, Home Alone 3 (1997), has a similar plot but with a new protagonist, Alex Pruitt (Alex D. Linz), and more of a spy theme.
A television film, Home Alone 4, premiered on ABC on November 3, 2002. This film features some of the same characters featured in the first two films including the protagonist Kevin McCallister, but with a new cast and a storyline that does not fall into the same continuity. A second television film, Home Alone: The Holiday Heist, was premiered on ABC Family on November 25, 2012, as a part of the network's special programming block Countdown to the 25 Days of Christmas. Like Home Alone 3, the film doesn't revolve around Kevin, but ten-year-old new protagonist Finn Baxter (Christian Martyn).
Home Alone is primarily a coming-of-age story about an 8-year-old boy named Kevin McCallister. He is the youngest of five children who is frequently tormented by his older brothers and sisters. After events transpire between him and his family, he wishes he had no family when his mother is punishing him for what he feels are unjustified reasons. She warns him to be careful what he wishes for and he ignores it. He wakes up the next day, and discover he is the only one left in the house. He thinks his wish came true and that he is finally alone without his obnoxious family. In reality, he was left home by mistake. His family is en route to France for a holiday trip. While his parents realize their mistake and scramble to get back to the United States, Harry and Marv, a pair of thieves known as the "Wet Bandits", attempt to rob the house and Kevin must foil them with a collection of homemade booby traps. They get arrested at the end of the film. The film became the highest-grossing film of 1990, grossing $476,684,675 worldwide. Despite a mixed reception from critics, it was popular with audiences and has been considered a cult film ever since its release. It was also nominated for two Academy Awards; Best Original Score for John Williams and Best Original Song for "Somewhere in My Memory", music by Williams and lyrics by Leslie Bricusse, losing to Dances with Wolves and Dick Tracy, respectively. Macaulay Culkin's performance garnered him a Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy but lost to Gérard Depardieu for his performance in Green Card.
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