Ever wonder how much money Kevin McCallister's dad spent throughout the class of the two films? That's what we're here to find out!

With Thanksgiving behind usa and the well-nigh holly jolly holiday of them all on the horizon, it'due south that fourth dimension of the twelvemonth when we all start watching the Home Lone movies on echo. The moving-picture show franchise has become a holiday staple—information technology just doesn't feel like Christmas unless we can share in the wacky adventures of Kevin McAllister.

One big question that comes up often about the Habitation Alone movies is how much money Kevin spends on his adventures and what exactly practice the McAllisters practice? The films never tell us exactly what it is they do to support that kind of lifestyle. From keeping their family in such a nice home to affording lavish vacations effectually the world, it'south boggled our minds for years.

Only at present, we may finally have some answers! Thank you to the sleuths of the internet, they've been able to summate just how much coin Kevin'south dad spent in the films, and we have to say, the amount is staggering.

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Breakdown of what Peter McCallister might have spent in the original 1990 moving picture:

The movie starts out with a behemothic pizza delivery to feed the hungry mob in the McAllister house, and the pizza guy charges them $122.50 for 10 pizzas. Most pizza deliveries these days run about $15 and do not include a delivery fee or tip. Then, adjusting it all for today'southward prices, that pizza order would cost at least double today, to almost $250.

Tickets to Paris, French republic, from Chicago, during the week of Christmas, would be anything just cheap. The family flew American Airlines, and we looked but could not notice a fare lower than several thousand dollars in either autobus or business grade. Our most recent request showed a $5,500 circular-trip fare for i adult in coach and over $thirteen,000 for get-go class. The McCallister'due south flew 15 people—four in first course and xi in jitney. This trip would cost over $fifty,000 if it were booked today, and that does not include the hotel the family unit stayed in France!

The family home is impressive, obviously, that is why those lovable thieves target it. Had they been successful, they would have had a pretty payday! The actual 4,243-foursquare-human foot abode the flick filmed in is in Winnetka, Illinois, and sold for $1,585,000 in 2012. It'southward estimated to be worth almost $ii one thousand thousand today.

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Equally we picket Kevin foil the par of dimwitted thieves, ane cannot help but detect the sheer amount of destruction and damage done to the nearly $2-1000000 dwelling. It is estimated that fixing the impairment—including the destroyed staircase, Buzz's room, and the flooding of the kitchen and basement—would cost upwards of $220,000. The replacement cost of the lost tarantula would run about $100.

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Breakdown of what Peter McCallister might have spent in the 1992 sequel:

In the 2nd moving-picture show, the family heads to Miami, while Kevin ends up in New York where he lives it up in the big metropolis and racks up quite a bill.

To start, the family (once again) traveled at Christmastime, one of the well-nigh expensive times of the year. The flights from Chicago to Miami would run a lot less than the Paris trip but still cost a pretty penny. In today'due south market, it could exist washed on American Airlines for most $10,000.

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Kevin's suite at the Plaza Hotel would cost every bit much equally a mortgage. The Purple Suite runs around $thirty,000 a dark, and while the suite Kevin got was probable not that one, he was put up in one of the "finest suites", which would cost well-nigh $3,000 for the 1-room penthouse and butler service.

The Mcallister family, on the other manus, spent a night at the Villa de Dolphine in Miami, a far less fancy establishment due to Kevin having all his dad's greenbacks and credit cards with him. At near $100 a night, the family would have spent at least $700 to get enough beds for everyone to sleep on, and that's with no one getting their own.

Kevin'due south room service bill was $967.43, equally per his dad'due south freakout, which, with some inflation for today's prices about $1,800—that's almost double!

Uncle Rob's house is Kevin's headquarters for foiling the Wet—erm, Gummy Bandits. While the brownstone was under renovation, that does non mean it cleans itself. Labor and time would be spent cleaning and repairing any damage that happened during Kevin's time there. At that place were nigh two dozen cans of pigment spilled, which costs about $50 a can, and then at least $1,000 or so would be needed to replace merely the paint solitary. That's non counting for the multiple fires, property damage, and more than.

Duncan'south Toy Chest, the larger-than-life toy store Kevin visits in the movie, was based on FAO Schartwz. Kevin picks up a map, a toy, and a pen knife there, and spent $23.75. Nosotros can assume the same purchases would cost near $fifty or so at today's prices.

Airfare for the family from Miami to New York, on Christmas Eve, would start at about $75 per economy ticket, and around $300 for a nonstop flying. And then, adding to that the family had to go dorsum to Chicago from Miami, so there would likely be at to the lowest degree $5,000 more in airfare for all those flights.

Kevin besides spends time playing tourist in New York; he buys fireworks and somehow makes it to the acme of the Earth Trade Eye. One can assume he either spent a lot of cash, or somehow swindled his style into all the acme spots, and into costless cab fare.

So, as you lot can see Kevin Mcallister was 1 expensive kid, and his parents, for whatever reason, did not larn their lesson the showtime time they forgot him! The occupation of Kevin'due south parents is never truly revealed in the films, merely based on everything we bankrupt down to a higher place, they had to be doing something pretty lucrative.

There'south also some debate over who actually paid for the flights. Several fan theories believe that Uncle Rob was the money behind the trips and that he paid for almost of information technology. After all, Rob has homes in both Paris and New York, and never seems to be worried well-nigh money.

Fun fact: a promotional novel of the film published in 1991 tells readers that Mr. McCallister is a businessman, possibly a day trader and that Mrs. McAllister is in fashion. That would explain the many mannequins kept in the firm that Kevin used to create his party scene.

While the mystery of how Kevin McAllister'south parents paid the bills may never fully be known, the films have delighted families for ages and will continue to do so for generations to come. Who doesn't love a skilful Christmas story about a clever kid and a lot of mischief?

What is your favorite part of the Home Alone films? What do you recollect Kevin's dad did for a living? Share all your favorite Home Alone theories with us in the comments—and remember to count those kids!