Flying to Paris at Christmas and staying in a villa – how can the family afford that?
In keeping with the Christmas season, “Kevin – Home Alone” may be on the television again in many households. Now the director of the film revealed, Chris Columbuswhat Kevin’s family actually does for a living.
The 1990 film is about the McCallisters’ son, Kevin (Macaulay Culkin). The family wants to travel to Paris with their other relatives over the Christmas holidays, but in the Christmas stress they forget to take the eight-year-old boy with them. Kevin’s parents, played by Catherine O’Hara and John Heard, appear relatively wealthy. Because they live in a large villa in a suburb of Chicago. How can the parents afford such a property?
Kate McCallister as a “very successful fashion designer”
“At the time, John and I had a conversation about it and we decided what jobs they should be,” Columbus said on the Awards Chatter podcast on Wednesday (December 25). During the patrol you can spot some mannequins, sewing machines and fabrics in the house. The director explained: “We thought that the mother was a very successful fashion designer because we had mannequins in the basement at the time.”
Peter McCallister: Businessman or Criminal?
As for the father, Peter McCallister, the 66-year-old is no longer sure what exactly was in the role description. Nevertheless, he continued to explain in the conversation: “The father could, based on John Hughes’ [Filmproduzent von „Kevin – Allein zu Haus“] personal experience, have worked in advertising.”
This description would also fit the novelization of Home Alone, in which the mother is described as a fashion designer and the father as a businessman. However, there is also a theory from the fan community in which Peter McCallister is said to be the head of an organized criminal gang and that is how he got his money. The theory can be supported by several film scenes – including the scene in which the alleged police officer pays a visit to the family. Peter’s reaction is intended as evidence here: “Am I under arrest or something?”
The family should have earned that for the Chicago villa
As early as 2023, the “New York Times” tried to calculate the income the McCallister parents would need to afford this villa. They came up with a minimum annual income of 277,000 euros. Given today’s circumstances, this income would have to be around 603,000 euros, as her property is in a very expensive suburb of Chicago. According to the newspaper’s estimates, the villa would be worth the equivalent of 2.3 million euros today.