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Home Alone

1990 1h 43m Comedy, Family 20th Century Fox

A family comedy without the family.

Compare to other movies
Domestic Total
$278M
Final
Opening Weekend
$17.1M
3-day opening
Domestic Legs
16.2x
Opening → Total
Budget
$18.0M
Production budget
Worldwide Total
$477M
$199M international

Box Office Performance

Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
Nov 16-18 1 $17.1M $17.1M 1,202 $14K 1
Nov 23-25 1 $21.0M +22.9% $48.3M 1,284 $16K 2
Nov 30-Dec 2 1 $14.4M -31.5% $66.7M 1,342 $11K 3
Dec 7-9 1 $14.2M -1.1% $84.2M 1,764 $8K 4
Dec 14-16 1 $11.6M -18.4% $99.3M 2,017 $6K 5
Dec 21-25 1 $15.1M +29.8% $118.6M 2,108 $7K 6
Dec 28-Jan 1 1 $25.1M +66.8% $152.1M 2,141 $12K 7
Jan 4-6 1 $12.6M -49.8% $168.7M 2,173 $6K 8
Jan 11-13 1 $9.8M -22.3% $181.4M 2,157 $5K 9
Jan 18-21 1 $11.1M +12.8% $194.8M 2,112 $5K 10
Jan 25-27 1 $7.3M -34.3% $203.5M 2,106 $3K 11
Feb 1-3 1 $8.2M +13.0% $213.6M 2,009 $4K 12
Feb 8-10 3 $6.0M -27.0% $221.2M 1,986 $3K 13
Feb 15-18 Presidents' Day 4 $7.4M +22.9% $230.2M 1,815 $4K 14
Feb 22-24 4 $4.8M -34.5% $236.4M 1,775 $3K 15
Mar 1-3 5 $4.2M -12.6% $241.7M 1,670 $3K 16
Mar 8-10 7 $3.3M -21.5% $245.9M 1,590 $2K 17
Mar 15-17 9 $2.7M -17.6% $249.6M 1,413 $2K 18
Mar 22-24 8 $2.8M +1.6% $253.1M 1,757 $2K 19
Mar 29-31 8 $2.4M -12.4% $256.8M 1,762 $1K 20
Apr 5-7 9 $2.0M -19.7% $260.1M 1,588 $1K 21
Apr 12-14 9 $1.8M -6.1% $262.5M 1,465 $1K 22
Apr 19-21 9 $1.6M -10.2% $264.7M 1,449 $1K 23
Apr 26-28 12 $1.1M -31.9% $266.2M 1,248 $899 24
May 24-27 11 $1.9M +73.1% 912 $2K 25
May 31-Jun 2 9 $1.4M -26.9% $273.4M 873 $2K 26
Jun 7-9 11 $984K -30.7% $274.9M 774 $1K 27
Jun 14-16 10 $869K -11.7% $276.3M 714 $1K 28
Jun 21-23 12 $740K -14.8% $277.5M 713 $1K 29

Profitability

Return on Budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

Cast & Crew

Directed byChris Columbus
ScreenplayJohn Hughes
StarringMacaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci, Daniel Stern, John Heard, Roberts Blossom, Catherine O'Hara
Studio20th Century Fox