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Home Alone

Home Alone is a 1990 American Christmas comedy film directed by Chris Columbus and written and produced by John Hughes. The first film in the Home Alone franchise, the film stars Macaulay Culkin as Kevin McCallister, an eight-year-old boy who defends his suburban Chicago home from a home invasion by a pair of robbers after his family accidentally leaves…

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Box office
$476.7 million
Budget
$18 million
Cinematography
Julio Macat
Country
United States
Directed by
Chris Columbus
Distributed by
20th Century Fox

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Home Alone

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related to Sequels and franchise · 34
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related to Critical response · 25
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related to Legacy · 25
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related to Box office · 20
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related to Home media · 19
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related to Development · 18
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related to Novelization · 10
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related to Accusations of plagiarism · 7
Home Alone → French, January, Père Noël, René Manzor, Santa Claus, The, United States
related to Theatrical · 7
Home Alone → It, Little Lady, November, Originally, Thanksgiving, The, Three Men
Starring · 5
Home Alone → Catherine O'Hara, Daniel Stern, Joe Pesci, John Heard, Macaulay Culkin

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Home AloneBox office$476.7 million1.00infobox
Home AloneBudget$18 million1.00infobox
Home AloneCinematographyJulio Macat1.00infobox
Home AloneCountryUnited States1.00infobox
Home AloneDirected byChris Columbus1.00infobox
Home AloneDistributed by20th Century Fox1.00infobox
Home AloneEdited byRaja Gosnell1.00infobox
Home AloneLanguageEnglish1.00infobox
Home AloneMusic byJohn Williams1.00infobox
Home AloneProduced byJohn Hughes1.00infobox
Home AloneProduction companies20th Century Fox1.00infobox
Home AloneProduction companiesHughes Entertainment1.00infobox
Home AloneRelease datesNovember 10, 1990 (1990-11-10) (sneak preview)1.00infobox
Home AloneRelease datesNovember 16, 1990 (1990-11-16) (United States)1.00infobox
Home AloneRunning time103 minutes1.00infobox
Home AloneStarringMacaulay Culkin1.00infobox
Home AloneStarringJoe Pesci1.00infobox
Home AloneStarringDaniel Stern1.00infobox
Home AloneStarringJohn Heard1.00infobox
Home AloneStarringCatherine O'Hara1.00infobox
Home AloneWritten byJohn Hughes1.00infobox
Home Aloneis a1990 American Christmas comedy film directed by Chris Columbus and written and produced by John Hughes0.90text

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