Title: Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
Original Title: Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
Year: 1992
Info
- Country: USA
- Language: English French
- Length: 120 Minutes (2 hour)
- Budget: $28,000,000
- Genre: Comedy Family Crime
- Topic: Christmas
- Studios: 20th Century Studios
- Distributor: Hispano Foxfilm
- Age rating: PG (Parental guidance)
Release Dates
- UK: December 11 1992
- United States: November 19 1992
Plot
'Home Alone 2: Lost in New York' is an American comedy directed by Chris Columbus and written by John Hughes. It is the sequel of the popular 'Home Alone', and also starrs Macaulay Culkin.
The action takes us once again to the McCallister's household, which in this occasion is preparing a trip to spend Christmas in Miami. Kevin (Culkin) is not convinced to travel to a tropical climate in this special time of the year, and it let his parents know. In the end, Kevin ends up grounded after making a scene in the school play, although his older brother Buzz was the one to blame.
The day of the trip, the family oversleeps again and arrive late to the airport. In a moment of confusion, Kevin separates from his parents and ends up boarding a flight to New York, where he lands alone. There, he uses his father's credit card to stay at the luxurious Plaza Hotel before trying to visit one of his uncles, the only relative he has in the city.
On the other hand, Harry and Marv, the dangerous thieves of the first movie, have escaped prison and are now on the loose in New York City, where they accidentally meet Kevin once again. When Kevin arrives to his uncle's house he finds a mansion in renovation where nobody is living. Kevin then uses the empty house to fill it with traps to catch Harry and Marv one more time.
The movie was a big box office hit at the time, grossing more than 359 million dollars worldwide for a budget of 28 millions. Even after being released at the end of the year, it finished as the third most grossing film of 1992, only behind 'Aladdin' and 'The Bodyguard'.
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Trivia
Twin Towers gone and back
In one of the scenes, Kevin visits the Twin Towers after arriving at New York City. After the 9/11 attacks in 2001, the television broadcasts of the movie removed this scene out of respect for the victims. However, in 2018, the original cut was restored.
An important salary increase
Macaulay Culkin earned 4,5 million dollars por his acting in the movie, plus a 5% of the total gross of the film. This fact makes him the 11 year-old best paid in the history of cinema. For the first movie he only made 110.000 dollars.
Fake New York
Although a great part of the movie is shot in New York City in real sceneries, some changes were made. For instance, the scene in the swimming pool at the Plaza was shot in the Four Seasons Hotel in Chicago, because the Plaza doesn't have a swimming pool. The house where all the action happens, however, was built in a set in Hollywood.
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