Home Alone: How Rich Were the McCallisters?!

[@jo_verabradleyfan4743]

Uncle Rob also owned that brownstone in NYC. He was rolling in dough.

[@paololim3513]

Indeed. I’d like to think Uncle Rob is the most financially successful of the three. I wouldn’t put it past Uncle Frank to be reasonably affluent but the one most reluctant to share any of it.

[@TheGoodOlBoyzChannel]

@@paololim3513uncle frank was the richest of them all, he lived like Warren buffet

[@jeffreyscarbroughboardgame2822]

Yeah and he's remodeling it

[@tudorjason]

Back then, NYC wasn't a great place. Those brownstones weren't as desirable.

[@duckpwnd]

@@paololim3513 I always guessed that Frank probably has a more typical job like an accountant. He probably earns a decent living, he's just not rich like his brothers and therefore he's justified in being cheap.

[@DanknDerpyGamer]

It's amazing that there are people who STILL miss that Peter's brother/Kevin's uncle Rob paid for the trip to Paris. THANK YOU FOR ACTUALLY MENTIONING THIS!!!!!!!!!!!

[@TasteTestTitan]

It’s amazing that you just proved how boring your life is 😂 Joking

[@DanknDerpyGamer]

@@TasteTestTitan 😂

[@paololim3513]

Although it is logical to suggest Peter may have paid for his family's fare to try to fly back home from Paris. I mean it's not Rob's fault they left Kevin behind.

[@Beltzer0072]

And how does Kevin repay him? By blowing up his home in New York lol!

[@DanknDerpyGamer]

@@Beltzer0072 The way the camera cuts from Harry trying to dunk his head in the toilet, to the exterior, and that explosion, still cracks me up.

[@frankm.2850]

At least half the fun of this movie is watching Pesci desperately trying to not drop the F word CONSTANTLY in a PG movie

[@jonwallace6204]

Pesci was a perfect cast for the role.

[@TertiumNondatur-e2j]

@@jonwallace6204 pesci was downright scary and sinister in this movie (for a child). Perfect cast.

[@JustaGuy_Gaming]

You also can't ignore that they seemingly went on this trips every year. Most families might go on vacations like this once every few years. The McCallisters did it for a Christmas holiday. Makes you wonder what they did for summer break or any longer vacation.

[@rb5078]

In the 90s it was normal for American families to go on one or two week-long vacations every year. Maybe not to Paris, but we still vacationed every year.

[@wintermonroe2894]

This is true 💯​@@rb5078

[@JustaGuy_Gaming]

@@rb5078 I think the major difference was both the extend of the vacation, aka how luxury their trip was in terms of first class seating for most the adults, high end places to stay. Taxi services to the air port etc. Oh and of course the entire extended family went on the trip with the single Parents paying for said trip. Basically it was a lot of people going on vacation, and far as we could tell no one else was pitching in to help pay for it.

[@l.chrisjones7775]

They appeared to be rich but it seemed that Kevin also learned to be frugal. He was using coupons.

[@joeldiaz141]

Good point.

[@corbman9049]

"Wouldn't want to spoil your trip Mr.Cheapscate".

[@Radiodaze1073]

Cheapskate

[@Alexinytown]

😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮 What a troubled young man.

[@matthewkiggin5456]

😂

[@mchllwoods]

It's "cheapskate". Take that you little trout sniffer.😂😂😂😂

[@ElijahSmith-fr2sl]

Are you referring to uncle Frank

[@WeWokeTheGiants]

Everyone living on that block was rich. Not just the McCallister's.

[@maryperry6573]

Obviously.. it’s not one home on the block genius

[@l.chrisjones7775]

The bad guys were casing the whole block at the beginning of the movie. But they seemed extra obsessed with that one house.

[@psfilmsbob]

​@@l.chrisjones7775for literally no reason. There's nothing at all that wouldn't have been in every other home on the block.

[@johtajakansio]

The scary old man was a reclusive millionaire

[@octavianicole6958]

Thank you

[@RenegadeGamer89]

Ironically the McCallisters were wealthier than the actors who played them.

[@ronniesimmonds9782]

At least until after the movie released and blew up

[@aSome1]

well...sometimes actors play roles of extremely wealthy people, not an one of a kind event...

[@notanyonespecific]

So basically Home Alone was a prequel to Richie Rich

[@LordEmperorHyperion]

Richie Rich is just a amateur spoil brat, Crazy Rich ASIANS are far better and richer in trillions richer than him.

[@thoughtstorn854]

😂

[@onebadn8]

0:50 Honestly, I never really thought about how much they had. I just knew they were rich and I wasn't. But that didn't stop me then or now from LOVING the movie.

[@Mrs.Currie]

I didn't grow up rich either, but I don't understand the recent preoccupation with the family's income. Many movies show wealthy families.

[@frankm.2850]

Nor does knowing its a defense of castle doctrine, which is a sociopathic concept

[@onebadn8]

@@Mrs.Currie Agreed. In the 80s and 90s families on tv and in movies were just rich. It was kinda the default setting. And even if they weren't rich, the sets always looked so perfect that it gave the image of wealth. At least that's how I think I perceived it.

[@fawkkyutuu8851]

​​​​​​​​@@Mrs.Currie In retrospect , given the hard times so many more people are In , I think more and more people are now realizing how unrealistically idyllic , over the top , above the norm , so many iconic family portrayals and their homes/neighborhoods/general living situations were , because they were more so passed off as typical middle class/suburban families , but what was shown on the screen even back then during better financial times was often still a little too nice and picture-perfect , It was very overly hollywoodized , one dimensional safe family setups , that usually felt closer to rich or very comfortable upper middle class than average. There's so many family movies that were using homes worth millions then and now , and not just the Mccalisters , but the home from Mrs Doubtfire etc , tons more iconic ones. From a creative suspension of disbelief film point of view , I think people are just alot more awake now and In tune with reality , and aren't nearly as desensitized by scenic Hollywood movie magic anymore to turn their brain off and buy into it so easily , so theyre able to revaluate classics like this with a more critical eye , probably wondering how some things about them ever seemed so normal for so long without questioning , because so many of these families and character backdrops seem too richly ideal , and just shouldn't have believably worked or felt as relatable as they did for so long , despite still being timelessly enjoyable.

[@jamesgravil9162]

@@onebadn8 "In the 80s and 90s families on tv and in movies were just rich." Even the Simpsons. When the show first aired, Homer was supposed to be a lower-middle-class loser, but he would be considered fairly well-off today. He is able to support a wife and three kids on a single income, has a nice house and two cars, goes drinking at Moe's every night, has plenty of free time to watch TV and engage in various hobbies, and takes his family on regular vacations - sometimes even to Europe! That would be impossible for most people on an ordinary income these days. Even nuclear safety technicians. If you want to see the decline of the American middle-class over the last thirty years, watch The Simpsons.

[@deadfairfield]

Uncle Frank and Aunt Leslie are 100% the richest. Uncle Frank has the life of hoarding wealth and continuing to take handouts to stay super wealthy.

[@bigdogg5372]

The best way to do it

[@sabrinaladyswallowtail]

Uncle Frank is proof that the “trickle down” theory of economics doesn’t work.

[@duckpwnd]

Uncle Frank is basically like Smaug and guards his hoard of gold and jewels.

[@leonbarrett-fs5yb]

Peter McAllister was an architect. Kevin probably learned how to draw the floor plans from him. also Kevin knows about building materials so makes me think he picked up some knowledge from his dad. 😊

[@jhomrich89]

It's also worth noting that the house was doubled in size during previous renovations and now has a sports court and other features it didn't have before. And in 1990 probably wasn't even a 1 million dollar house.

[@MatildaJourney]

Mr McAllister’s brother paid for the trip

[@samwetherhold08]

The trip to Paris, yes. Not the flights or hotels in the second film.

[@WeWokeTheGiants]

​@@samwetherhold08 Back then airfare wasn't expensive, because TSA didn't exist, 9/11 didn't happen and a lot of people were flying more often so it made airfare really affordable.

[@paololim3513]

@@samwetherhold08 I’d still argue Rob is the richest of the siblings.

[@jonnyminogue]

Sadly, they lost it all and were forced to move into a motel in the town they bought as a joke.

[@SadiaKausar-xz8by]

Sure

[@NanobanaKinako]

No wonder why the MacAllisters are the prime target for Wet Bandits and Mr. MacAllister freak out over $970 hotel bill while they spend more than 10 times of that in travel cost.

[@jamesmccraw3486]

One fan theory was that Kevin’s father was a Chicago crime boss who worked for the Mafia. That would have been cool.

[@OriginalJoe]

And Joe Pesci did not work in organized crime.

[@nathancruz9172]

I still watch the first 2 home alone movies every Christmas 🎄

[@saharnazari404]

A must-watch Xmas staple! Never gets old😂

[@dianastc3710]

Is not Christmas without it for me, I was born in 1990

[@fuzzypanda1684]

Trying to say he ran up the bill with paint cans and bb guns just sounds ridiculous. Especially when you don't even try to justify it with a price list.

[@JustaGuy_Gaming]

True it wasn't a very well documented video to be honest. That said the damage done to the house was pretty extensive, mostly due to the flooding and possibly spilled paint forcing entire walls or carpet to be redone or replaced. The heater put on the door nob also likely ruined that door, never mind the risk of a house fire as the metal was in contact with Wood.

[@Matt-yg8ub]

@@JustaGuy_Gaming but Kevin manages to clean up all the paint by the next morning so… I’m not sure if $15,000 is really a good estimate. Sure the front door had to be fixed but he didn’t do a ton of damage to the rest of the house.

[@JustaGuy_Gaming]

@@Matt-yg8ub I am fairly sure the water damage is near total for the basement. Though if they aren't using it a livable space it might be salvageable. But basically it was as if a flood went through the thing, it was several feet of water. Every thing in the basement is mostly ruined, plus you have to deal with water damage and mold issues. Drying it out would not be easy in the middle of winter either.

[@Lookin4LoveInAllTheWrongPlaces]

@@JustaGuy_Gaming What flooding.?

[@leonbarrett-fs5yb]

All that stuff was probably found at home he didn’t go out buying it

[@minchomania]

15k to repair the house? nothing really happens to add up that much

[@Redchannelconditions]

Exactly. Couple of hundred cash in hand under the counter to a local tradesman. Maybe a tarnished door knob, some damage to the curtains and door with the blow torch. The steps would need to be scraped down for the tar. Minor repair to the bannisters where the wire was pulled across. Very little damage; you’re right.

[@popra432]

Yep, I say max 3-4k in today money...😅

[@MetroXLR-99]

I watched the OG Home Alone on Christmas Day when I visited my 70+ mother at a Nursing Home, and no joke: Halfway in, the question of how wealthy the McCallisters were was brought up by her.

[@Morgil27]

I was actually just thinking about this the other day while watching the movie. Harry even specifically mentions that the McCallister house is the largest and most luxurious looking house on the entire block.

[@michaeltravelingtheworld4688]

It's is in real life. I live 45 min drive away and I've been there and that's true. However, the McCalister house has got nothing on the houses on Sheridan Road (road that runs along Lake Michigan). It actually looks much smaller in person than in the movie.

[@chrism3784]

@@michaeltravelingtheworld4688 Most houses do. The interior clips in the movie weren't even filmed in that house. Except 1, the one where he is about to go down the stairs, I believe that was filmed in that actual house because the door had to be opened to see outside

[@bryanrizzo9377]

They didn't lose their kid...they just forgot him at home by mistake...well atleast in the first movie. In part 2 they lost Kevin...hence the title "lost in New York."

[@MsClaudiaDuran]

Funny how Catherine O'Hara is always typecast as a 1%er. She just looks like East Coast Old Money.

[@bobcharlotte8724]

The percentage sign goes after the number. The dollar sign goes before the number. This simple detail makes me question the whole video.

[@LordSluggo]

The dollar sign going after the number is becoming increasingly common in the day-to-day world The percentage sign was a surprise, though

[@brooklynnrose115]

When Kevin was left behind and I remember the mother saying she would take a private plane back home.

[@bradyboyfloyd]

Didn't even mention Peter's gold JLC watch or the Burberry coat!

[@XCHADHIGGINSX]

Awesome idea and execution for a video!

[@PhantomFilmAustralia]

Home Alone 2, the entire family (minus Kevin) counting 13 flies from Chicago to Miami on return tickets, then fly from Miami to New York at peak Christmas prices, yet the very rich Peter McAllister blows his stack at Kevin for spending only $967 on room service.

[@l.chrisjones7775]

And it seemed Kevin was conscious about being frugal and looking for and using coupons, he he may have been taught about some frugality.

[@LadyDeirdre]

I'd put them in the multimillionaire income bracket.

[@davidc4408]

As a kid i thought they were just middle class. Nothing special

[@TertiumNondatur-e2j]

not american here; when I was a kid I thought this was how the us were like and everybody lived in mansions and took planes all the time to go on vacation.

[@TalesBeyondBoundaries]

I dont think they bought the first class tickets. They got to the gate late and the attendant said "take whatever seat was available"

[@ahwhite2022]

The Home Alone phenomenon was more than the movies with the specific name. We also had James Bond and M home alone together in Scotland (Skyfall) and John Rambo home alone at his Arizona Ranch in Last Blood.

[@lelandunruh7896]

My family is now relatively wealthy, but when Home Alone came out we lived in a 900-square-foot two-bedroom one-bathroom house in a neighborhood with ocassional drive-by shootings and a prostitution problem. Also, I didn't take a flight until 1999. The McAllisters may as well have been the Rockefellers!

[@RTX_5090_8K]

prostitution is a necessity, not a problem. Cannabis and beer on the streets are the norm. take note: home alone 1990 is of extremely poor taste.

[@stephensperr1379]

The dad was probably on the Chicago Board of Options Exchange.

[@sashngs]

She wears a fake Rolex, that's gotta mean something?

[@paololim3513]

Now that I think about it, a key part of the film’s success was the era in which it was released. If it was set in an era when smartphones were a “must have” gadget the concept would not work.

[@brunobastos5533]

do not forget peter is Caroline from 2broke girls father , that let half New Your penniless

[@tahoebrocksmith723]

2,000 from Chicago to Paris in economy is def not true… I’ve flown numerous times between Chicago and Europe and never had it been that much even in premium economy.

[@bodyloverz30]

In the 80's & 90's it was bab's!

[@kuromyou7969]

Premium economy leaving next week is $2800.

[@kimberleyhunter6815]

I think the McCallisters, et al, didn’t do ten pizza nights that often. They did that night because everyone was staying in that house overnight, because they were all supposed to fly to Florida the next day. I guess the McCallisters lived the closest to the airport. And ordering ten pizzas and paying for them was easier than cooking enough food for everyone.

[@gshaunsweeney]

Why do you keep putting the $ in the wrong place. It's $100 not 100$.

[@checkedoff]

2:21 and percent in the wrong place too

[@TheStormMage]

So, you say Dollars 100 instead of 100 Dollars?

[@gshaunsweeney]

@@TheStormMage $100 = one hundred dollars

[@OfficialFunwithFinance]

Good catch, thanks, will fix this moving forward.

[@SLVRFOX88]

I always do 100$ just because I like that way

[@generalposlijebitke6688]

Pizzas were 12$ each, in 1990... Thats like 28$ now... For one pizza... And they buy 10...

[@CramStoker]

No surprise Macaulay Culkin was picked to play Richie Rich. He basically played the same role in Home Alone

[@skylineXpert]

the house was 1 million in the 1980s this year It got sold for 5.25 wont be surprised If they had a combined income of 500k or more. when I left for florida In 1996 from denmark It was almost 1000$ for a 3 year old...

[@donatrandom]

They was rich, but not Richie Rich ,rich 😏

[@Wheretheportlandorarealadiesat]

Hahhahah

[@michaelstephens360]

Peter was actually a rival burglar

[@Ryanmazzarellaedc]

Do people really miss that they say his brother is flying everyone out

[@DanknDerpyGamer]

A lot of people miss it, and IMO it's really frustrating actually given just how clearly it was established.

[@tommoore4128]

Didn’t watch the whole video , eh?

[@tguit-fiddler5692]

@@tommoore4128 Thats what I was thinking lmfao.

[@SaraColon-k8j]

The McCallister kids also seem to go to a Catholic or Episcopal school.

[@RunOfTheHind]

Being from the UK, I wasn't aware that it was such an outstanding house. Going off other films of the age, it just seemed like an average upper or upper-upper working class US neighbourhood to me? I therefore didn't imagine that they were particularly rich. Very well-off, for sure, but not rich-rich. Working class people who had just done very well...hence my chain of stores theory... I always imagined the dad was the owner of a self-built state-wide chain of DIY stores, now franchised out. Mr McAllister seemed too relaxed for a stock trader or someone purely motivated by wealth. The brother in Paris tho - yes, he's the international stock trader. Maybe he lent Pete the money to start or grow his chain when things started picking up? The money's not inherited wealth tho, coz Frank seems like an average smoe. I imagine he works for Pete as a middle manager.

[@catara.]

It was an upper class house, the whole neighborhood was nice but not rich. In the original scenario their cars were Ford Taurus and Ford wagon, but some other name offered more money to be in the movie apparently. Super rich people would drive something more expensive. The interior of the house is nice, classic, but also mostly not super rich. Kids rooms are average, laundry room is in the dirty basement full of stuff (its looks like dad is doing most of the repairs around the house alone) I think they were exactly as you said, upper work class.

[@jarrodnewman0514]

"Can you really put a price on out smarting the Wet Bandits in the most iconic ways?" In the Capitalism society world we live in... YES!

[@matthewkiggin5456]

Don’t forget the sticky bandets

[@pookieadw]

A couple of odd things though.. why does Kate have a fake Rolex? Seems sort of odd when he woman asks 'oh is that a real rolex' and Kate replies 'umm do you think it is?'. Some people speculate the dad is a mobster thats why he immediately asks Harry if he is 'under arrest' when he is inside of their home.

[@loriloristuff]

They lived in Winnetka, not Chicago. Winnetka is upscale, North Shore.

[@logantaggart4069]

You never know Kevin’s Dad could secretly be an entrepreneur

[@sharp52092]

I always imagined Kevin's dad, Peter worked at a bank or law firm. Maybe Kate also worked too. Especially since all the kids are school age.

[@robbinruffino1201]

You really need to know where the $ and % signs go: $ before the price numbers % after the percentage numbers Also commas are not ‘points’ 1,05$ million is $1.05 million

[@by_katrin]

So rich, and the only pet is a spider. If I were that rich, I'd have an entire zoo! By the way: I have always asked myself this question. Best wishes from Switzerland ♥

[@Chris-pt1bl]

I hope that that they can get the original cast together and make one more film would be so awesome if they could 😅 😊

[@shallowgal462]

Why are the $ and % signs placed in the wrong spot every single time they appear?

[@j.chappel1160]

It’s sorta funny as only over that last few years, I’ve heard so many people asking “what did the McAllister’s do for a living?”

[@CoasterVeshremy2020]

You completely forgot about Kevin’s grocery store bill 😂

[@ivanpadilla1936]

Funny how back in the day this was upper middle class now it’s considered a ultra rich lifestyle 😂😂😂

[@ladiorange]

Could he have used Air points

[@baldguy3960]

Going to the sequel, even the writers knew International travel was a reach and kept it domestic.

[@freestylefreak1818]

No wonder why Warren Vandergeld was MC Hammer broke! (I'm guessing only a few people will get this refrence)

[@leonbarrett-fs5yb]

😂 I get this reference, white chicks.

[@leszek6288]

I used to fly to Europe in the 90s and economy class tickets were around $500

[@1981lashlarue]

My sister flew from Cincinnati to Paris in December of 1990 and I remember my parents saying it was $500.

[@Matt-xk8ms]

Of course in 1990 $500 was still a lot of money. My parent mortgage was $250 a month in 1990

[@tahoebrocksmith723]

Never paid more than a grand ever to fly from Chicago to Europe in the 2010s or now

[@maryperry6573]

Giant home, Burberry trench coats, giant family trip to PARIS including over 6+ people….

[@JohnJohn-ts6ux]

Interesting video but really can you drop down the music next time when you do another video for something movie annoying the music

[@tudorjason]

Kate mentions when she meets Harry in the foyer near the beginning that Rob is paying for their trip. It's safe to say he paid for the tickets.

[@frankm.2850]

Uncle Frank stealing the airline silverware still pisses me off. Oh, and his mocking and abuse of a literal child. The dude is a scumbag and he NEVER experiences any consequences for his shitty, cruel behavior

[@johnolmos8670]

I really hate that families in 90s movies were portrayed as wealthy and able to do things that poor families cannot

[@fireupthesky]

I remember when I was a kid at that time and thinking I will never get to ride on a plane as travelling is for super rich people.

[@unclej2763]

Peter had to have been such a rich father to afford the trips in either film in which the McCallisters appeared. Like, whether they were going to Paris in the first film, but while accidentally leaving Kevin at home. Or they were going southbound to Miami in the second one while Kevin gets himself separated in the airport and accidentally flies to Manhattan in New York. But the only real way I can wonder how rich the family was is the end of the second film, where Kevin costs his father a $967 room service bill at the Plaza Hotel.

[@DanknDerpyGamer]

In the first film, it was (very clearly) established that Peter's brother / Kevin's uncle Rob gave them the trip.

[@maurosanchez5720]

When I first watch home alone I already know that Kevin's own family are rich people because they live in a big size house called mansion.

[@PolandInMaps]

There house isn't a mansion, it's big, but not mansion sized. It's a regular middle class house in the United States during those times.

[@adanalyst6925]

@@PolandInMapsthat is not a middle class home for the 80s. It’s upper-middle class at least. Home of a Dr or lawyer or highly paid financial planner or senior management or something. Difference between now and then is the mom probably didn’t have to work for them to afford it.

[@tim3172]

@@PolandInMaps There house? Where house?

[@Toddster-fo9bv]

Loaded up the Wazoo, that Chicago house goes for over 20 million , all those 5 kids, another 5 million on diapers 🎉🎉🎉

[@Vidgmchtr]

I can’t trust the facts when the percent and dollar signs are in the wrong spots for EVERY NUMBER LISTED

[@GoonieLord]

Uncle Rob paid for the first trip to Paris. Uncle Frank being super cheap paid for the crappy trip to Florida in the 2nd movie

[@billbrasky8860]

No he didn’t… he may have picked the motel the family stayed at, but remember when the shuttle vans arrived at the house and everyone was leaving to get in them he said to Kate “Gee I know I shouldn’t complain about a free vacation but you guys give the worst golldarn wake up calls”. Pulse earlier when the family tried to force Kevin to apologize about the Christmas choir performance, uncle Frank said “You better not wreck my trip you little sourpuss your dad is paying good money for it” Total free loader

[@Vernestw]

frank didn't pay for the Florida trip Kevin's dad paid for the trip!

[@GoonieLord]

@313buddha I forgot! 🤣

[@chrism3784]

Uncle Frank never paid for diddly squat in his life, lol. that's why we wasn't married to a catch like his brother

[@Matt-xk8ms]

Aye when they’re late for the plane in the 2nd uncle Frank’s mentions how he’s greatfull for the trip but they give horrible wake-up calls

[@coopsnz1]

Home alone house is on 2000sqm metre ! Even luxury mansion built in mid 2000 in sydney 26km from cbd sell 10 million aud today

[@austinpoe313]

One or two things, Your looking at this in 1990 dollars when the fact is they would have probably brought the house years earlier. lets assume they bought it around the time of the oldest daughter who looks to be 17-18ish maybe more. house much cheaper then. no alarm system, no housekeeper though its possible they had one. based on the over all look of the house and the way they all act. id say middle to upper middle class white collar family. like most people probably living a little beyond there means. Now the Brother in Paris, he's loaded.

[@eddieschwab864]

If they were going from Chicago to Paris they should have been on a 747 now I would say also a 707 or a A380 but 707 was near its end of service although some long-range routes were still using them but I don't think the A380 was in service yet but a DC-10 to cover that distance, I don't think so

[@matthewmastrobuono582]

You can’t really compare the cost of the house from the fame of the movie to what the McAllisters would have paid. They wouldn’t have paid the movie fame rise of the neighborhood. If they were real it wouldn’t have been a movie

[@rb5078]

The dollar sign goes before the amount not after it.

[@nsmccoy224]

I'm thinking that they were making closer to $2M or $3M annually, back then. Some people are naturally talented at making big money, or they could have inherited it. If your theory of being successful at stocks is right, then it would have been easy for them to be at the 2M-3M level. Although, one theory is Mr. M was a mob boss. And, I kinda like that theory.

[@elylioney6390]

I like ur theory

[@nsmccoy224]

@elylioney6390 I wish I could take credit. I heard it in a video about theories regarding the movie. I can't remember what it was called

[@Melissa0774]

Looking back, I realize how weird it was that a rich family like that wouldn't have had cell phones. You'd think they would've worked that into the story line, somehow. Like maybe they couldn't use their cell phones to just call Kevin when the landline was out from the storm because his cell phone also got lost or broken or something happened to the tower, or something.

[@WeWokeTheGiants]

Cellphones weren't a thing when this movie was made..

[@Melissa0774]

@@WeWokeTheGiants Yes they absolutely were. And it was mostly upper class rich people who had them. This movie took place in the early 90's, not the 70's. It would've been a big, clunky Motorola flip phone with a long antenna, but they would've had it. It was a status symbol.

[@petersarubbi]

​@@Melissa0774 So, you want The McCallister family to all have cell phones in 1990... There were 5 kids plus the parents... (not counting the aunt, uncle, and cousin)... The Motorola DynaTac cost about $5000 in 1990.. So, 35K for them all to have cell phones... Peter and Kate did well but they were not ultra rich... and Uncle Rob paid for the family's vacation... giving them all cell phones in 1990 was simply not believable 😁

[@chrism3784]

@@Melissa0774 In 1990 cellphones weren't that much a thing, and yes maybe some rich people had them, the adults, almost no kids were going around with cell phones, even rich kids. As far as adults some didn't have them or they had them as part of their cars, the carphone! Looking in their garage then didn't have rich people cars. Some rich adults simply just didn't want one and instead had a beeper. If they did have a cell phone, it was no good to them in Europe. Possible Mrs. McCallister could have used it when she returned to the states if she had one. Likely in this movie they just simply were adults who didn't have or wanted a cell phone. In real life most likely would have just been Mr. McCallister with one since he was a business man or just a beeper

[@Matt-xk8ms]

They did exist but I can tell you from experience my dads boss had one for work in the early 90s and if you take inflation into consideration a cell phone ( talk only no such thing as texting then) would be $14,000 by todays standards. My father in law had a “bag phone” basically a radio phone in the 90s as well. It was a cheaper option but also was essentially a small backpack with a battery and house phone sized phone . What’s funny is this movie also takes place pre-consumer internet. P-P direct phone link existed but internet as you know today was a few years away. I grew up in the prenet/precell phone world and it funny to think that this movie couldn’t happen today with our connected world.

[@Matt-xk8ms]

I’ve always wondered about this even when I was 10 and this movie was released I remembering thinking how does someone pay for over a dozen people to fly to Paris let alone home again 3 days later and think about how much the mom spent getting last second flights to how many airports to get home. Not to mention the house they live in. I’m in my 40s now have 4 kids my wife is a stay at home mom and I have a great job and could never ever pay for something like this

[@doctordl7757]

I don't think they were rich, I think they were just Upper middle class & at that time that's all you needed to be financially stable.

[@coopsnz1]

Middle class 5 million home fk all today

[@epicon6]

The movie house recently sold for $5,7 million. I feel like they could have gotten even $15 million for it.

[@ElvinMah-l1p]

The MC was extremely loaded for sure

[@motormouthalmighty]

put it this way.his great grandfather put his penny farthing pocket money in bitcoin,in mid 1965 and by 1990,the family were ordering pigs in blankets and sage and onion stuffing with all the trimmings in gast food outlets.macdonalds staff just used to stand there with their mouths open ,in utter disbelief.they couldn't even cover the order.they had to hand over a bowl of gruel or bone broth soup with an apology note ,sellotaped to the bowl,informing them that there was nothing that anybody could do for them..none of them had even seen a ten dollar bill in the entire history of their family trees.the mcallisters could have bought a one billionth of a share in amazon and still had enough liquid capital to buy a double cheeseburger with all the relish and a green gherkin for good luck!.and their great grandfather started that business with just two and a half pence in the early 1930s ,pushing a wheelbarrow around selling sweatpeas to football hooligans and homeless vagabonds who no longer cared where they found themselves!

[@bluejem1315]

His brother paid for the Paris trip, they didn't live in a mansion they lived in a ranch style house.

[@SpookyBrixx]

Ranch houses are one floor

[@bluejem1315]

@ i didn’t know that

[@scottbuckley823]

Well we know kate is involved in fashion due to the mannequins in the house. Of we take home alone 4 as cannon we see peters new girlfriend knows royalty.so my guess hes in finance like wealth management or accounts

[@robbstone1660]

Have I been out of school so long that the “$” is now put at the end of the number??? I remember it being in front…or is it the Mandela effect?

[@youpeopl_music3220]

Didn’t the dad say something about his brother paying for the trip?

[@alexyu1236]

The vacation was explained was given to them or something like that

[@jonwallace6204]

I forgot John Candy was even in this movie.

[@jordancambridge4106]

They have 11 children. They had to be more than multi millionaires.

[@samwetherhold08]

All 3 McAllister brothers, collectively, yeah. We know for certain that Peter (Kevin's dad) has 5 kids. His brother Frank, also has 5 kids. We know that brother Rob has at least a daughter. It's not said if Rob has more kids than the oldest daughter in the first film.

[@Korre84]

Kevin's Mom was the first OF worker.

[@tudorjason]

I think the McCallister house would be considered a mcmansion.

[@goombabear]

I doubt they were rich. Like most of those baby boomers, they were overextended financially. My parents are baby boomers born in the 1940s who lived way below their means. They lived on 20% of their income. My in-laws who were born in the late 1950s lived beyond their means. They still had a mortgage when they were 65, despite making a good salary. That's why my father-in-law will have to work until his 70s before being able to retire, but my dad was able to retire in his 50s.