Home Alone

Home Alone is a popular 1990 holiday film starring Macaulay Culkin as Kevin McCallister, an eight year-old who is mistakenly left behind when his family flies to France for a Christmas vacation.

The film made Macaulay Culkin famous. The film also features Joe Pesci and Daniel Stern as the "Wet Bandits," a bumbling pair of burglars who try to rob the McCallister home, believing it to be an easy mark with the family absent. The duo, unfortunately for themselves, run into numerous booby traps set by the resourceful Kevin throughout the house. Catherine O'Hara and John Heard also co-star.

The main characters include:

• Kevin McCallister - (Macaulay Culkin) an eight year old kid living in Chicago whose parents accidentally leave him at home when they go on a family vacation.

• Harry Lime - (Joe Pesci) the smarter of the two criminals known as the "Wet Bandits," whose plan it is to loot every house on the McCallister's wealthy suburban neighborhood before the residents come home from their Christmas vacations.

• Marv Merchants - (Daniel Stern) the sillier of the two "Wet Bandits"

After accidentally getting left behind when his family goes on a Christmas vacation in France, Kevin McCallister experiences what it is like to be independent for the first time. This independence has some good sides (such as being able to sleep in his parents' king-sized bed) and some bad sides (such as having to go into the scary basement alone). The last third of the movie deals with Kevin's discovery of the Wet Bandits' plans to loot his house and how he stops them from achieving this goal by using Rube Goldberg-style traps and humiliations before the cops arrive and arrest them.

Home Alone earned $533 million at the box office worldwide, with $285 million coming from the United States, alone. These box office receipts have made Home Alone the highest grossing live-action comedy of all time, ahead of such films as Bruce Almighty and Meet the Fockers.

During its opening weekend in the United States, the film earned $17 million -- two million dollars more than its $15 million budget.

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