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

A family comedy without the family.

🍅 66% 81% MC 63 LB 3.85 IMDb 7.8
CS A

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$17.10M
3-day opening
Domestic total
$278.00M
Final
Worldwide total
$477.00M
$199.00M international
Domestic legs16.2x
Budget$18.0M
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Cast & crew

Full Columbus filmography
Chris Columbus Chris Columbus Director Macaulay Culkin Macaulay Culkin Starring Joe Pesci Joe Pesci Starring John Heard John Heard Starring Catherine O'Hara Catherine O'Hara Starring
ScreenplayJohn Hughes Produced byJohn Hughes CinematographyJulio Macat MusicJohn Williams Prod. DesignJohn Muto Studio20th Century Fox SeriesHome Alone

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Nov 16-18 1 $17.1M — 1,202 $14,211 $17.1M
2 Nov 23-25 1 $21.0M +22.9% 1,284 $16,345 $48.3M
3 Nov 30-Dec 2 1 $14.4M −31.5% 1,342 $10,720 $66.7M
4 Dec 7-9 1 $14.2M −1.1% 1,764 $8,068 $84.2M
5 Dec 14-16 1 $11.6M −18.4% 2,017 $5,759 $99.3M
6 Dec 21-25 1 $15.1M +29.8% 2,108 $7,153 $118.6M
7 Dec 28-Jan 1 1 $25.1M +66.8% 2,141 $11,746 $152.1M
8 Jan 4-6 1 $12.6M −49.8% 2,173 $5,810 $168.7M
9 Jan 11-13 1 $9.8M −22.3% 2,157 $4,549 $181.4M
10 Jan 18-21 1 $11.1M +12.8% 2,112 $5,241 $194.8M
11 Jan 25-27 1 $7.3M −34.3% 2,106 $3,451 $203.5M
12 Feb 1-3 1 $8.2M +13.0% 2,009 $4,089 $213.6M
13 Feb 8-10 3 $6.0M −27.0% 1,986 $3,021 $221.2M
14 Feb 15-18 Presidents' Day 4 $7.4M +22.9% 1,815 $4,064 $230.2M
15 Feb 22-24 4 $4.8M −34.5% 1,775 $2,721 $236.4M
16 Mar 1-3 5 $4.2M −12.6% 1,670 $2,528 $241.7M
17 Mar 8-10 7 $3.3M −21.5% 1,590 $2,085 $245.9M
18 Mar 15-17 9 $2.7M −17.6% 1,413 $1,933 $249.6M
19 Mar 22-24 8 $2.8M +1.6% 1,757 $1,580 $253.1M
20 Mar 29-31 8 $2.4M −12.4% 1,762 $1,381 $256.8M
21 Apr 5-7 9 $2.0M −19.7% 1,588 $1,230 $260.1M
22 Apr 12-14 9 $1.8M −6.1% 1,465 $1,252 $262.5M
23 Apr 19-21 9 $1.6M −10.2% 1,449 $1,137 $264.7M
24 Apr 26-28 12 $1.1M −31.9% 1,248 $899 $266.2M
25 May 24-27 11 $1.9M +73.1% 912 $2,129 —
26 May 31-Jun 2 9 $1.4M −26.9% 873 $1,626 $273.4M
27 Jun 7-9 11 $983.9K −30.7% 774 $1,271 $274.9M
28 Jun 14-16 10 $868.8K −11.7% 714 $1,216 $276.3M
29 Jun 21-23 12 $740.4K −14.8% 713 $1,038 $277.5M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $11.1M
$17.1M
$21.0M
$14.4M
$14.2M
$11.6M
$15.1M
$25.1M
$12.6M
$9.8M
$11.1M
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · +12.8%
+22.9%
W1→2
−31.5%
W2→3
−1.1%
W3→4
−18.4%
W4→5
+29.8%
W5→6
+66.8%
W6→7
−49.8%
W7→8
−22.3%
W8→9
+12.8%
W9→10
Steepest −49.8%Biggest gain +66.8%

Profitability

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

Domestic vs International Split

Records held

All records
#5 Most weeks at #1All-time 12 weeks #6 Biggest 9th weekendsAll-time $9.8M #8 Most weekends in the top 10All-time 25 weekends #14 Biggest original filmsAll-time $285.8M

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