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Home Alone

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

A family comedy without the family.

Home Alone Box Office

Opening Weekend
$17.1M
3-day opening
Domestic Total
$278M
Final
Worldwide Total
$477M
$199M international
Domestic Legs16.2x
Budget$18.0M
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Box office performance
Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
Nov 16-18 1 $17.08M $17.08M 1,202 $14.2K 1
Nov 23-25 1 $20.99M +22.9% $48.29M 1,284 $16.3K 2
Nov 30-Dec 2 1 $14.39M -31.5% $66.75M 1,342 $10.7K 3
Dec 7-9 1 $14.23M -1.1% $84.17M 1,764 $8.1K 4
Dec 14-16 1 $11.62M -18.4% $99.31M 2,017 $5.8K 5
Dec 21-25 1 $15.08M +29.8% $118.64M 2,108 $7.2K 6
Dec 28-Jan 1 1 $25.15M +66.8% $152.10M 2,141 $11.7K 7
Jan 4-6 1 $12.63M -49.8% $168.70M 2,173 $5.8K 8
Jan 11-13 1 $9.81M -22.3% $181.41M 2,157 $4.5K 9
Jan 18-21 1 $11.07M +12.8% $194.76M 2,112 $5.2K 10
Jan 25-27 1 $7.27M -34.3% $203.49M 2,106 $3.5K 11
Feb 1-3 1 $8.22M +13.0% $213.55M 2,009 $4.1K 12
Feb 8-10 3 $6.00M -27.0% $221.18M 1,986 $3.0K 13
Feb 15-18 Presidents' Day 4 $7.38M +22.9% $230.16M 1,815 $4.1K 14
Feb 22-24 4 $4.83M -34.5% $236.36M 1,775 $2.7K 15
Mar 1-3 5 $4.22M -12.6% $241.66M 1,670 $2.5K 16
Mar 8-10 7 $3.32M -21.5% $245.88M 1,590 $2.1K 17
Mar 15-17 9 $2.73M -17.6% $249.56M 1,413 $1.9K 18
Mar 22-24 8 $2.78M +1.6% $253.06M 1,757 $1.6K 19
Mar 29-31 8 $2.43M -12.4% $256.78M 1,762 $1.4K 20
Apr 5-7 9 $1.95M -19.7% $260.08M 1,588 $1.2K 21
Apr 12-14 9 $1.84M -6.1% $262.46M 1,465 $1.3K 22
Apr 19-21 9 $1.65M -10.2% $264.65M 1,449 $1.1K 23
Apr 26-28 12 $1.12M -31.9% $266.20M 1,248 $899 24
May 24-27 11 $1.94M +73.1% 912 $2.1K 25
May 31-Jun 2 9 $1.42M -26.9% $273.41M 873 $1.6K 26
Jun 7-9 11 $984K -30.7% $274.94M 774 $1.3K 27
Jun 14-16 10 $869K -11.7% $276.27M 714 $1.2K 28
Jun 21-23 12 $740K -14.8% $277.50M 713 $1.0K 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
Produced byJohn Hughes
CinematographyJulio Macat
MusicJohn Williams
Prod. DesignJohn Muto
StarringMacaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci, Daniel Stern, John Heard, Roberts Blossom, Catherine O'Hara
Studio20th Century Fox

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