Home Alone

The house featured in the film.

Macaulay Culkin at the Governor's Ball after the Emmy Awards in 1991.

Home Alone is a 1990 American comedy action movie mostly set in Chicago, Illinois, Paris, Dallas, and Scranton. It was written and produced by 20th Century Fox by John Hughes and directed by Chris Columbus. It stars Macaulay Culkin and features Joe Pesci, Daniel Stern, John Heard, Catherine O'Hara, Roberts Blossom, and John Candy.

The film follows Kevin McCallister (Macaulay Culkin), an eight-year old boy who is mistakenly left behind by his family when they go on a vacation to France, over Christmas. While his family is gone, Kevin initially relishes being alone and learns to take care of himself, but soon his excitement sours as he must stop two bumbling burglars, Harry (Joe Pesci) and Marv (Daniel Stern), who are planning to rob every house in his neighborhood, from trying to burgle his house too by setting up a series of booby traps. After falling for most of Kevin's booby traps, Harry and Marv trap him in a vacant house that they robbed earlier and plan to kill Kevin, but his elderly friendly neighbor, Old Man Marley (Roberts Blossom), sneaks in, knocks them unconscious with his snow shovel, takes Kevin home, and the burglars get arrested. The next morning, it is Christmas and Kevin's parents and siblings come back, while his aunt, uncle, and cousins are still in France.

The film was very popular and was followed by four sequels (two theatrical sequels and two made-for-television films): Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992). This film brought back most of the original film's cast and has a similar plot and continuity. Home Alone 3 (1997) had different kids and villains. Home Alone 4: Taking Back the House (2002) is the first made-for-television movie and features some of the main characters from the first two films, but with a new cast. Like Home Alone 3, Home Alone 5: The Holiday Heist doesn't revolve around Kevin, but with newer characters and is the second made-for-television movie.

In its opening weekend, Home Alone grossed $17 milliion in 1,202 theaters. The film was nominated for Best Original Score and for Best Original Song.

Composer John Williams wrote the music for the movie, as well as Home Alone 2, and some popular songs that have already existed were played during the movie as well.

Release dates

Country	Premiere
Canada	16 November 1990
United States	16 November 1990
Norway	6 December 1990
United Kingdom	7 December 1990
Ireland	7 December 1990
Australia	13 December 1990
Puerto Rico	13 December 1990
Ghana	14 December 1990
Kenya	14 December 1990
Nigeria	14 December 1990
Sweden	14 December 1990
South Africa	14 December 1990
Belgium	19 December 1990
Switzerland	19 December 1990 (German speaking region)
France	19 December 1990
Venezuela	19 December 1990
Colombia	20 December 1990
Peru	20 December 1990
Brazil	21 December 1990
Cyprus	21 December 1990
Denmark	21 December 1990
Spain	21 December 1990
Finland	21 December 1990
Greece	21 December 1990
Mexico	21 December 1990
Netherlands	21 December 1990
Chile	25 December 1990
Jamaica	25 December 1990
Bolivia	1 January 1991
Yugoslavia	1 January 1991
Argentina	10 January 1991
Germany	17 January 1991
Austria	18 January 1991
Italy	18 January 1991
Turkey	18 January 1991
Ecuador	23 January 1991
Portugal	25 January 1991
Taiwan	2 February 1991
Hong Kong	14 February 1991
Philippines	27 February 1991
Israel	15 March 1991
Uruguay	21 March 1991
Thailand	23 March 1991
Hungary	29 March 1991
Malaysia	16 May 1991
New Zealand	16 May 1991
Singapore	31 May 1991
Japan	22 June 1991
South Korea	6 July 1991
Egypt	22 July 1991
Indonesia	16 August 1991
India	18 October 1991
Czechoslovakia	12 December 1991
Poland	22 May 1992
Bulgaria	21 December 1992
Croatia	22 December 1992
Slovenia	22 December 1992
Estonia	5 April 1993
Romania	16 April 1993
Latvia	28 May 1993
Russia	27 December 1993
Ukraine	27 December 1993

Other websites

• Home Alone on IMDb