Home Alone

Theatrical - Wide 1990-11-16

Cast Macaulay Culkin Joe Pesci Daniel Stern John Heard Roberts Blossom
Directed by Chris Columbus
Written by John Hughes

Box Office Gross: $476,684,675

Running Time: 103 minutes

Language: English

Production Company: Hughes Entertainment, 20th Century Fox

Genres: Comedy Family

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Eight-year-old Kevin McCallister makes the most of the situation after his family unwittingly leaves him behind when they go on Christmas vacation. When thieves try to break into his home, he puts up a fight like no other.

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