Mom, I missed the plane It's certainly an unmissable holiday cult that deserves to be seen and re-watched, especially this holiday season, but one question that has come up again and again over the years is that which has to do with the real legacy of the McCallister family at its heart The film is written and produced by John Hughes and produced by Chris Columbus.
A question that The New York Times tried to answer by reporting data from the Federal Reserve that the family of Kevin McCallister, Macaulay Culkin's unforgettable character, is among the 1% of Chicago residents who can afford such an apartment Luxury villa in the Chicago suburb of Winnetka, in the northern part of the American city.
According to economists at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, the scenario would be the same today, with the building affordable to a family with an income of $305,000 in 1990 and about $665,000 in 2022. Zillow estimated in 2022 that the house was worth about $2.4 million, so it's no surprise that bungling thieves Harry (Joe Pesci) and Marv (Daniel Stern) have fallen into little Kevin's clutches , targeting the McCallister house to rob them.
Given the significant financial outlay of taking 15 family members on vacation to Paris for Christmas, fans have long speculated about how wealthy the McCallister family actually was. The villa belonged to a couple named John and Cynthia Abendshien: the production contract for the set was for six weeks, but ran for four months and the owners were accommodated in a luxury hotel at production expense.
The villa was sold for 1.58 million dollars, today the value has increased to 2.3 million. According to the NY Times, Kevin's father is a businessman who works in the stock market and his mother is a fashion designer, considering there are mannequins and sewing machines in the house.
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Source: New York Times
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