SCREEN PROFITS REPORT
Home Alone
1990 · Chris Columbus · John Hughes · 1 hr 43 min
An eight-year-old troublemaker, mistakenly left home alone, must defend his home against a pair of burglars on Christmas Eve.
Cast Salaries
Cast Salaries
| Cast | Year | Salary | Inflation adjusted salary | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Macaulay Culkin | 1990 | $100,000"Home Alone" (1990): $100,000source | $246,289 | (rep) |
| Joe Pesci | 1990 | $4,500,000According to a celebrity net-worth summary, he was paid $4.5 million for the first Home Alone.source | $11,083,015 | (rep) |
| Daniel Stern | 1990 | $300,000Stern got paid $300,000 (£236,000) for his role in the first movie...source | $738,868 | (rep) |
| John Heard | 1990 | $262,989 | $647,714 | (est) |
| Catherine O'Hara | 1990 | $469,145 | $1,155,454 | (est) |
Box Office
Box Office Reported grosses are direct imports. Inflation-adjusted values use imported adjusted totals when available, otherwise they use the yearly U.S. CPI table you maintain in WordPress.
Inflation-adjusted values are shown in 2025 dollars when CPI data is available.
| Category | Year | Reported | Inflation Adjusted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Domestic Domestic theatrical box office gross. | 1990 | $285,761,243 | $703,799,113 |
| International International theatrical box office gross. | 1990 | $4,172,836 | $10,277,245 |
| Worldwide Combined worldwide theatrical box office gross. | 1990 | $290,086,585 | $696,252,194 |
Earnings / Profitability
Earnings / Profitability
Estimated revenues and expenses for films based on currently imported reported and estimated fields. Inflation-adjusted values use the CPI table when direct adjusted values are not present in the export.
| Category | Year | Reported | Inflation Adjusted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenues | |||
| Theatrical Net Revenue Estimated distributor theatrical revenue using the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. | 1990 | $144,466,299 (est) | $355,804,910 (est) |
| Digital Rentals Estimated digital rental revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. | 1990 | $0 | $0 |
| Digital Purchases Estimated digital purchase revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. | 1990 | $0 | $0 |
| Physical Rentals Estimated physical rental revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. | 1990 | $43,426,686 | $106,955,244 |
| Physical Purchases Physical Purchases: VHS $17,415,675 | 1990 | $17,415,675 | $42,892,928 |
| TV & Streaming Revenue Estimated ancillary TV and streaming revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. | 1990 | $71,777,811 (est) | $176,781,004 (est) |
| Total Revenues Total of the revenue streams currently available or derived in this ScreenProfits profitability view. | 1990 | $277,086,471 | $682,434,086 |
| Expenses | |||
| Budget Production budget. | 1990 | $18,000,000 | $43,202,754 |
| Print & Advertising (P&A) P&A Estimated using Machine Learning sourceSource: ML P&A estimate (peer+ridge)Machine-learned P&A estimate based on peer comps and regression inputs. Reestimate Prior Estimate | Covid Mult: 1 | Peer Count: 1 | Reg Box Pred: $38,768,649 | Reg Main Pred: $23,135,137 | 1990 | $22,500,000 (est) | $55,415,073 (est) |
| Participations Talent and producer participation payouts. Parsed from source context when available, otherwise estimated from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. | 1990 | $22,805,348 (est) | $56,167,112 (est) |
| Residuals Residual and related distribution expense line. Parsed from source context when available, otherwise estimated from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. | 1990 | $6,372,989 (est) | $15,695,984 (est) |
| Interest & Overhead Interest and overhead allocation. Parsed from source context when available, otherwise estimated from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. | 1990 | $2,160,000 (est) | $5,319,847 (est) |
| Total Expenses Total of budget, P&A, participations, residuals, and interest/overhead in this ScreenProfits profitability view. | 1990 | $71,838,337 | $175,800,770 |
| Movie Net Profit or Loss Estimated movie net profit/loss from the current ScreenProfits revenue and expense model. | 1990 | $205,248,134 | $506,633,315 |
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Deep Dives & Reports
Deep Dives & Reports
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