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Snow is not the only thing that is starting to appear at this time of the season. Home Alone is starting to make an appearance on the screens of televisions around the world too. The original Home Alone is a beloved movie in almost every corner of the globe. It spawned several sequels, which garnered a lot of positive attention from critics and audiences. So if you want to show off your knowledge of this series on a movie night or a Home Alone trivia quiz, it might be the best time to catch up on some Home Alone facts. But is there really anything new to learn about this old classic? There certainly is.
Facts about Home Alone look at various topics, from behind-the-scenes to the things we see in the movie. Some focus on the cast, while others look at the secrets behind the story itself. Yet, a lot of fun facts about Home Alone focus on the things that we see portrayed in the movie itself. From an innocent-looking picture to the snow, there are a lot of things that you might not know about the props and elements used in the movie. As with any film, there is a lot of work done behind the scenes. Thus, many interesting facts about Home Alone surround the story and the people behind it. Home Alone movies are just an untapped pool of facts that are incredibly fun to learn.
So if you want to check the facts about the movie that started the Home Alone series, we got you covered. Since the first movie is a classic among Christmas movies, it’s important to get the facts about it straight. So cozy up in your chair, make yourself a cup of hot chocolate and enjoy the list of Home Alone movie facts below. If there is a fact you didn’t know or which piqued your interest — upvote it so that others can see it quicker. If you have some more to add to the fact — be sure to comment down below.
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#1
In fact, "Home Alone" held a Guinness World Record for more than 27 years. It won the weekend box office race, earning $17,081,997 at 1202 cinemas and remained in the top 10 until June of the following year, holding onto the top spot for a whole 12 weeks. It broke records as the highest-grossing movie of 1990 and the highest-grossing live-action comedy ever in the United States, according to Guinness World Records.
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#2
The holiday-themed snow in the movie wasn't intended to be part of the plan. A blizzard on the second day of filming required the production to keep the McCallisters' Chicago suburb coated in synthetic snow even after the real snow had melted away, though originally, there wasn’t any budget dedicated to synthetic snow.
LoneTomato 2 years ago
They used powered mashed potato flakes, if I remember correctly. Huge nasty mess as it warmed up and the flakes mixed with melting snow.
#3
Thought that tarantula in the movie was fake? It is as real as real can be. Daniel Stern agreed to do it, but he would only permit one take. Also, Stern had to mimic the scream and have the sound added later to avoid startling the spider. To make this fact even scarier, the tarantula was still able to hurt the actor, if he wasn’t careful.
#4
You shouldn’t even bother searching for a full version of "Angels With Filthy Souls". Why? It’s not real. It’s a creation of fiction in "Home Alone". "Angels With Filthy Souls" is a made-up movie which appears in the first film. In "Home Alone 2", the fragment of a fake sequel "Angels With Even Filthier Souls" is shown too. Even a real movie sequel can’t tell the same joke… just need to change it a bit.
#5
When you star in a classic, it’s common to watch it over and over, but Macaulay Culkin is not a fan of rewatching "Home Alone". The reason for it is quite valid. He just can’t watch it from the point of a simple viewer. Some scenes that crack a smile for us, are usually just annoying for him.
#6
Joe Pesci took an extra step to make a particular scene more realistic and fun. During the filming of a scene where he bit Kevin’s finger, he actually did bite it. Macaulay Culkin said, "During one of the rehearsals, he bit me, and it broke the skin." Sounds quite painful.
#7
Making a "family-friendly" film like "Home Alone" wasn't Joe Pesci's cup of tea. It's natural that Pesci, who is most known for playing in the films like "Raging Bull", "Goodfellas", and "Casino", wasn't quite acclimated to the entire family-friendly environment on the set of "Home Alone" and used a few f-bombs as a result. Columbus advised Pesci to use the word "fridge" instead of his penchant for using the swear word.
#8
The initial screenplay did not include the Old Man Marley character, the moral foundation of the movie. The reportedly frightening neighbor who ends up teaching Kevin about the value of family was added in the later drafts of the screenplay. Columbus, who believed the movie needed a deeper dosage of sentimentality, suggested adding him.
#9
In the movie "Home Alone", the part of Kevin McCallister was created with Macaulay Culkin in mind. The director, Chris Columbus, still put more than 100 additional mischievous preteens through a series of auditions for the role. Which was really in vain because Culkin excelled in the job.
#10
Allegedly, Kevin's line "Do you guys give up or are you thirsty for more?" directed at Harry and Marv was actually improvised on set. Who could have known that a young child could be so cold-blooded towards some amateur criminals?
#11
Even so many years after production was finished, Macaulay Culkin, who played Kevin, still calls Catherine O'Hara, who played his mom, “Mommy.” In 2012, when the two co-stars ran into each other, Culkin called O'Hara “Mommy,” and she answered him with a friendly “Baby.”
#12
The real owners of the McAllister residence actually stayed there throughout the five months of filming. Yet, they were primarily restricted to the home's main suite. It didn’t stop the production or cause any disruptions.
#13
The McCallister house from the film "Home Alone" has grown to be a popular tourist destination. The kitchen, main staircase, and ground-floor landing seen in the movie were all filmed in this five-bedroom house, which is located at 671 Lincoln Avenue in Winnetka, Illinois. The house was held by John and Cynthia Abendshien when it served as one of the film's locations, and they sold it for $1.585 million in 2012.
#14
In the movie "Home Alone", Joe Pesci went full method acting on Macaulay Culkin. Joe Pesci tried his best to stay away from Macaulay Culkin on the set so that the young actor would be terrified of him to obtain the most genuine portrayal possible. And considering that the young actor is still physically scarred from one unintentional altercation, nobody can blame him for feeling a little frightened.
#15
Without a fun little conspiracy idea, no blockbuster film would be complete. Apparently, some believed that Elvis Presley, who passed away in 1977, made a cameo appearance in the movie. Well, no matter how badly we wish for The King to return, this theory was debunked by film’s cinematographer Julio Macat and executive producer Tarquin Gotch.
#16
"Home Alone" is named differently in other countries. If you are ever in Argentina around the time "Home Alone" plays, don’t be surprised when you see it called Oh, the "Poor Angel". In Italy? "Mom, I Lost the Plane". Poland also has its version called Kevin "Alone in the House". Creative, let’s give them that!
#17
In 2018, "Home Alone" was parodied by Macaulay Culkin. For a Google Assistant commercial, Macaulay Culkin, now 42, visited the McCallister home and reenacted some of his most memorable "Home Alone" scenes with a modern twist. It’s better than it sounds, even if they didn’t include the more memorable pranks.
#18
While real snow might fall outside our windows, in "Home Alone", the snow we see is not always real. A lot of things were used to imitate the fluffy and flaky snow we see on screen, one of them being ground-up potato flakes. It can be seen at the end of the movie when snow begins to fall outside the house.
#19
It’s important to think not only of the physical safety of a child actor, but also make sure his mental state is alright too. During a scene where Kevin picks up a copy of Playboy, a magazine that has a lot of, let’s say, not-appropriate-for-children content, a few pages were taped together. This was done to throw a joke at the dirty-minded, but also to prevent any psychological harm done to Macaulay Culkin.
#20
An additional, post-credits scene in which Harry and Marv watch "Angels with Filthy Souls" on TV while imprisoned was supposed to be included yet wasn’t. In fact, several other scenes were cut from the final version.
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