Home Alone was a small holiday comedy that its own studio almost dropped. After it opened in November 1990, it stayed at number one for 12 consecutive weekends and became one of the most profitable films of its time.
Nobody made a big fuss when it came out. Warner Bros. wanted a $1.2 million cut from the budget, but the producers said no, and the studio shut down production the very next day. It didn’t stay shut for long, though. Fox accepted John Hughes’s offer to finance the film, and the final budget came to $18 million.
Home Alone Box Office Success That Nobody Saw Coming
Now, the director wasn’t an obvious pick either. Chris Columbus has said he “desperately needed a job” after a flop. His last film, Heartbreak Hotel, came out in 1988, and he worried Hughes would never hire him again. However, two weeks later, the Home Alone script showed up, per Yahoo.
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The box office story started quietly with an opening of about $17 million in the US (per Box Office Mojo), the biggest pre-holiday fall opening on record. Then it didn’t drop off as most films do. It grew, and the next weekend it brought in above $20 million, the second-best Thanksgiving weekend ever.
Even the people who made it didn’t see this coming. Going in, they mostly hoped it wouldn’t flop. Columbus said the famous shaving lotion scream on the poster was a …read more
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