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Macaulay Culkin almost bought the Home Alone house and had a unique plan for the property

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Updated 12:59 20 Dec 2024 GMTPublished 12:56 20 Dec 2024 GMT

Macaulay Culkin almost bought the Home Alone house and had a unique plan for the property

The iconic Christmas house almost became the real home of a grown-up Kevin McCallister

Tom Earnshaw

Tom Earnshaw

Macaulay Culkin has revealed he considered buying the iconic McCallister house from Home Alone with his eyes set on one thing if the purchase were to ever go through.

Culkin is best known for starring as Kevin McCallister in the 1990 classic Christmas film, Home Alone.

Making more than $476 million at the box office, it was a smash hit worldwide as Kevin went head to head with two hapless criminals, Harry and Marv (Daniel Stern and Joe Pesci) looking to steal everything of value from their Chicago home.

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This was, of course, after Kevin's parents Peter and Kate (John Heard and Catherine O'Hara) forgot to take the little lad with them to Paris, where the wider McCallister family was set to celebrate Christmas.

Following on from the financial and cultural success of Home Alone, the band got back together in 1992 for Home Alone 2: Lost In New York.

In the sequel, Harry and Marv happen to run into Kevin in the Big Apple after he accidentally boards the wrong plane with his family headed to Miami, Florida (what are the chances, eh?).

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Now 44, Culkin has revealed he considered buying the actual McCallister home; which is in the affluent Chicago neighbourhood of Winnetka, Illinois.

Macaulay Culkin still loves talking about Home Alone (Taylor Hill/FilmMagic)
Macaulay Culkin still loves talking about Home Alone (Taylor Hill/FilmMagic)

During December, the father-of-two has been touring the United States to do Q&As at local screenings of Home Alone.

The events have been sold out, with phones and video strictly banned during the question and answering sessions.

But according to the New York Times, while at a screening in Chicago's Rosemont Theatre Culkin said he had 'half a mind to buy' the house.

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The real life Home Alone house (Redfin)
The real life Home Alone house (Redfin)

Speaking during the Q&A, Culkin said the purchase would have been 'just for giggles' with the audience cheering in appreciation for such an act.

And that's because he said he would not actually move into the house should he ever make an offer that is accepted.

Instead, the 44-year-old said he would turn the property into a 'movie fun house' where ordinary folk could sled down the staircase just as he did in the iconic film.

Macaulay Culkin in Home Alone (20th Century Studios)
Macaulay Culkin in Home Alone (20th Century Studios)

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Will it happen, though? It doesn't look likely.

"I got kids. I'm busy, man," he said, with his children still very young having been born in 2021 and 2022.

Culkin's theatre run finished on 15 December.

He's not been the only McCallister sibling keeping busy this Christmas, with five of his on-screen siblings reuniting this month in a move that definitely left us all feeling a lot older.

Featured Image Credit: Ron Galella, Ltd. / Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images / 20th Century Fox

Topics: Celebrity, Film, Home Alone, Macaulay Culkin, Property, US News

Tom Earnshaw
Tom Earnshaw

Tom joined LADbible Group in 2024, currently working as SEO Lead across all brands including LADbible, UNILAD, SPORTbible, Tyla, UNILAD Tech, and GAMINGbible. He moved to the company from Reach plc where he enjoyed spells as a content editor and senior reporter for one of the country's most-read local news brands, LancsLive. When he's not in work, Tom spends his adult life as a suffering Manchester United supporter after a childhood filled with trebles and Premier League titles. You can't have it all forever, I suppose.

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