
The film received positive reviews from critics. The film became the highest-grossing film of 1990, grossing $476,684,675 worldwide.

Kevin manages to trap the bandits and they get arrested, just as his family return home. Kevin makes it seem like the house is not empty and fills the house with a collection of homemade booby traps.

While his parents realize their mistake and scramble to get back to the United States, Harry and Marv, a pair of thieves known as the "Wet Bandits", attempt to burglarize the house. His family is en route to France for a holiday trip. He thinks his wish came true and that he is finally alone without his obnoxious family. He wakes up the next day to discover that he is the only one left in the house. She warns him to be careful what he wishes for and he ignores it. After events transpire between him and his family, he wishes that he had no family when his mother is punishing him for what he feels are unjustified reasons. He is the youngest of five children who is frequently tormented by his older brothers and sisters. Home Alone is primarily a coming-of-age story about an 8-year-old boy named Kevin McCallister ( Macaulay Culkin).

