The trouble with Home Alone



Aituk7 said:
Aye and the family clearly all despise each other. They're going on holiday and still can't stop calling each other jerks and winding each other up.


Aye, from the U.S aswell...... is it ever revealed what they do for a living?
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Well i think the money comes from parents. Peters other brother has the property in new york that is getting gutted and renovated. Would cost a fortune no doubt.
Frank pissed all his up the wall with an earlier failed marriage that then turned into a gambling addiction. Now works in the local electricals store
 
Baloo said:
Can I just clarify that it’s Peter’s brother who pays for the trip to Paris for everyone, not Peter. Thanks.
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Even if it is Rob McAllister in the first one, the second one is all Pete.

Here's an article working out the cost.

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By Diana Bruk, Delish.com

When you watched "Home Alone" as a kid, you were delighted by the way it captures the magic of Christmas and let you indulge in the fantasy of being as innocent as a child but as independent as an adult, but most importantly, how wonderful it is to have your family around for the holidays (no matter how obnoxious they can be). But when you watch the film as an adult, you can't help but ask yourself one very Grinchy question: How did the McCallister parents afford that house and a vacation to Paris for nine people?

Seriously, that house alone sold for $1.585 million in 2012. The films never reveal what it is that Mr. McCallister does for a living, but his expenses indicate it must be something pretty snazzy. Here's the rough estimates after a scrutinizing rewatch:

"Home Alone," 1990
Fifteen tickets from Chicago to Paris at Christmas, 11 coach and four first-class ones for the adults.

A non-stop, roundtrip flight on American Airlines (the airline they flew) would cost a whopping $35,320. That's not taking into account that airline prices have fallen in the last 30 years, so it probably would have been even more expensive back then.

The pizza boy says it's $122.50, which would be about $228 today. That better be some good pizza.

Moving on to the things Kevin destroyed, his dad would probably need to replace the staircase after Kevin doused it in tar and rebuild the shelves he tore out of the wall in Buzz's room, which together would cost somewhere between $900 and $1,500 at the very least.

"Home Alone 2," 1992
There is some debate about whether Kevin's dad or his uncle actually paid for the trip, given that his mom's phrasing is a bit confusing. If Uncle Rob was the one that flew them out, you really have to wonder what it is he does for a living, especially since he and Aunt Georgette have an insanely opulent penthouse apartment in Paris as well as a huge brownstone on Central Park West in Manhattan.

The sequel, however, is all pops.

Fourteen tickets from Chicago to Miami at Christmas, four first-class ones for the adults and 10 coach (how did we lose one kid?).

American Airlines must have had a deal with the movie, since the family seemed to use the airline again in spite of how utterly useless they were at getting a mom home to her kid in an emergency, but one way or another this would have added up to about $9, 927.

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A night in one of the Plaza Hotel's "finest suites."



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"Home Alone," Hughes Entertainment,Twentieth Century Fox



Even though Kevin asked for one of the "finest suites," it's unlikely they would have put them into something as grand as The Royal Suite, which can run up to $30,000 a night and is often reserved for VIP guests. Most likely, he would have been placed in a one-bedroom penthouse suite, which includes butler service and comes to $2,915 for the night.

pretty extensive theory on the internet that claims Peter McCallister is a mobster.

So what do you think the McCallister parents did? Besides forget their kid not once but twice, that is.
 
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What A Waster said:
Performs the same trick a year later but fills a nearby toilet full of kerosene. Poor Joe Pesci thinks it's water to try and put the fire out. Pre mediated attempted murder
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True but thinking on didn't Joe Pesci dismember a chap that he had shot but who was still alive, with his mam's carving knife while the guy lay in the boot of Pesci's car?
 

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