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Home Alone 2: Lost in New York

May 20, 2023

For the video game, see Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (video game).

Home Alone 2: Lost in New York is a 1992 American Christmas comedy film directed by Chris Columbus and written and produced by John Hughes. The sequel to the 1990 film Home Alone and the second film in the Home Alone franchise, the film stars Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci, Daniel Stern, John Heard, Tim Curry, Brenda Fricker, and Catherine O'Hara. It follows Kevin McCallister as he is separated from his family on their holiday vacation to Florida, this time in New York City where he has another encounter with the Wet Bandits after their escape during a prison riot.

Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
Theatrical release poster
Directed byChris Columbus
Written byJohn Hughes
Based onCharacters
by John Hughes
Produced byJohn Hughes
Starring
CinematographyJulio Macat
Edited byRaja Gosnell
Music byJohn Williams
Production
company
Distributed by20th Century Fox
Release date
  • November 20, 1992 (1992-11-20)
Running time
120 minutes[1]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$28 million[2]
Box office$359 million[3]

Hughes finished writing the film by February 1991, after signing a six-picture deal with 20th Century Fox. Culkin's return was confirmed in May, and the rest of the cast was finalized soon after. Principal photography took place between December 1991 and May 1992, and was done on location in Illinois and New York, including at the Rockefeller Center and the original World Trade Center.

Home Alone 2: Lost in New York was theatrically released in the United States by 20th Century Fox on November 20, 1992. It received mixed reviews from critics, who praised the performances while criticizing its darker tone and violence, as well as its similarities to the first film. The film grossed over $359 million worldwide, becoming the third-highest-grossing film of 1992. A stand-alone sequel with a new cast, Home Alone 3, was released in 1997.

Home Alone 2: Lost in New York is the final Home Alone movie to feature the cast from the first film. However, Devin Ratray reprised his role as Buzz McCallister in the sixth film in the franchise Home Sweet Home Alone.

Plot

The McCallister family is preparing to spend Christmas in Miami, and gathers at Kate and Peter's Chicago home. Their youngest son, Kevin, views Florida as contradictory to Christmas, due to its tropical climate and lack of Christmas trees.

At a school Christmas pageant, during Kevin's solo, his older brother Buzz embarrasses him; Kevin retaliates by pushing him, which causes the entire choir to fall, ruining the pageant. At home, Buzz makes a false apology to Kevin, which the family accepts. Kevin refuses to apologize for his actions and berates his family for believing Buzz's lies and for wanting to spend Christmas in Florida. He storms off to the attic, wishing to have his own vacation alone.

The next morning, the family oversleeps and rushes to the airport. Kevin is with them, but he becomes separated from them while carrying Peter's bag and accidentally boards a flight to New York City. Upon arrival, he decides to tour the city and encounters a homeless woman tending to pigeons in Central Park, who scares him off. He uses Peter's credit card to check in at the Plaza Hotel, not knowing that the Wet Bandits have also reached the city after escaping from prison.

On Christmas Eve, Kevin visits a toy store whose kindly owner, Mr. Duncan, plans to donate the day's sale proceeds to a children's hospital. After Kevin makes a donation, Mr. Duncan gives him a pair of ceramic turtledoves in thanks, instructing him to give one to another person as a gesture of eternal friendship. The concierge at the Plaza confronts Kevin about his use of Peter's credit card, now reported as stolen; Kevin flees the hotel but is caught by the Wet Bandits. Marv mentions his and Harry's plan to rob the toy store before Kevin escapes in an encounter with a female passerby.

Earlier, upon landing in Miami, the McCallister family discover that Kevin is missing and file a police report. After the police trace Peter's credit card, the family flies immediately to New York. Meanwhile, Kevin goes to his uncle's townhouse, only to find it vacant and undergoing renovations. In Central Park, Kevin encounters and eventually befriends the pigeon lady, who takes him to Carnegie Hall. She explains how her life collapsed when her lover left her; Kevin encourages her to trust people again. After considering her advice that he perform a good deed to make up for his misdeeds, and recalling Mr. Duncan's intent to donate to the hospital, he decides to prevent the toy store robbery.

Kevin rigs the townhouse with booby traps, catches Harry and Marv in the process of robbing the store, and breaks its front window to set off the burglar alarm. After taking their picture, he lures them to the townhouse where they repeatedly injure themselves in the traps. Kevin evades them, calls the police from a pay phone to alert them to the pair's presence, and flees toward Central Park. Harry and Marv catch him after he slips on ice and prepare to shoot him, but the pigeon lady throws a bucket of birdseed onto them, attracting a massive flock of pigeons and incapacitating the pair until the police arrive to arrest them. Kevin slips away, leaving photographic and tape-recorded evidence against Harry and Marv, and Mr. Duncan recovers the donation money and finds a note from Kevin explaining the broken window. The family arrives in New York, and Kate, remembering Kevin's fondness for Christmas trees, finds him making a wish at the Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree.

On Christmas morning, a truckload of free gifts arrives at the McCallisters' hotel room, sent from a grateful Mr. Duncan for foiling the robbery. Kevin reconciles with his family and gives one of his turtledoves to the pigeon lady, cementing their friendship.

Cast

  • Macaulay Culkin as Kevin, a 10-year-old boy with a penchant for creating harmful inventions
  • Joe Pesci as Harry, a thief
  • Daniel Stern as Marv, a thief and Harry's partner
  • Catherine O'Hara as Kate, Kevin's mother
  • John Heard as Peter, Kevin's father
  • Devin Ratray as Buzz, Kevin's oldest brother who often gets him into trouble even though he instigates trouble with Kevin.
  • Hillary Wolf as Megan, Kevin's oldest sister
  • Maureen Elisabeth Shay as Linnie, Kevin's older sister; she was previously portrayed by Angela Goethals in the first film
  • Michael C. Maronna as Jeff, Kevin's older brother
  • Gerry Bamman as Uncle Frank, Kevin's uncle and Peter's older brother
  • Terrie Snell as Aunt Leslie, Kevin's aunt
  • Jedidiah Cohen as Rod, Kevin's older cousin and the older son of Frank and Leslie
  • Senta Moses as Tracy, Kevin's older cousin and the eldest daughter of Frank and Leslie
  • Daiana Campeanu as Sondra, Kevin's older cousin and the second daughter of Frank and Leslie
  • Kieran Culkin as Fuller, Kevin's youngest cousin and the younger son of Frank and Leslie
  • Anna Slotky as Brooke, Kevin's younger cousin and the youngest daughter of Frank and Leslie
  • Tim Curry as Mr. Hector[4][5] (credited as "Concierge"), the concierge at the Plaza Hotel who is suspicious of Kevin
  • Brenda Fricker as the Pigeon Lady, an unnamed woman who lives in Central Park, spending her life feeding pigeons, who befriends Kevin while he is lost in New York
  • Eddie Bracken as Mr. Duncan, the proprietor of Duncan's Toy Chest
  • Dana Ivey as Hester Stone (credited as "Desk Clerk"), the desk clerk at the Plaza Hotel
  • Rob Schneider as Cedric[4][6] (credited as "Bellman"), the bellhop at the Plaza Hotel
  • Leigh Zimmerman as Fashion Model
  • Ralph Foody as Johnny (credited as "Gangster"), a gangster from the fictional film Angels with Even Filthier Souls, a sequel to Angels with Filthy Souls from the previous film
  • Clare Hoak as Gangster - "Dame", Johnny's girlfriend from the fictional film Angels with Even Filthier Souls
  • Monica Devereux as Hotel Operator
  • Bob Eubanks as Ding-Dang-Dong Host
  • Rip Taylor as Celeb #1
  • Jaye P. Morgan as Celeb #2
  • Jimmie Walker as Celeb #3
  • Ally Sheedy as New York Ticket Agent
  • Rod Sell as Officer Bennett
  • Ron Canada as Cop in Times Square
  • Donald Trump as himself, owner of the Plaza Hotel

Production

In February 1991, the Los Angeles Times reported that John Hughes was to sign a six-picture deal with 20th Century Fox; among the projects was a sequel to Home Alone.[7] In May 1991, Culkin was paid $4.5 million plus 5 percent of the film's gross to appear in the sequel,[8] compared to $110,000 for the original. The production budget was $28 million.[2]

Principal photography took place from December 9, 1991 to May 1, 1992, over a course of 144 days;[9][10] the film was shot in Winnetka, Illinois; O'Hare International Airport in Chicago; Evanston, Illinois; and New York City.[11] According to the director, Chris Columbus, Donald Trump, the owner of the Plaza Hotel at the time, allowed the crew to shoot scenes in the hotel lobby and one of its suites in exchange for a cameo in the film in addition to the standard fee for film productions.[12]

Pesci suffered burns to his head while filming the scene in which Harry's hat is set on fire.[13]

Music

John Williams returned to score Home Alone 2. While the film featured the first film's theme song "Somewhere in My Memory", it also contained its own theme entitled "Christmas Star". Two soundtrack albums of the film were released on November 20, 1992, with one featuring Williams' score and the other featuring contemporary Christmas songs featured in the film. Ten years later, a 2-disc Deluxe Edition of the film score soundtrack was released.

Release

Marketing

Numerous video games based on Home Alone 2 were released by THQ for such systems as the Sega Genesis, the Nintendo Entertainment System, the Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Game Boy and personal computers, mostly in late 1992. A separate hand-held game was released by Tiger Electronics. Numerous board games were also released, some based around play cards, while another was a close emulation of the classic Mouse Trap.[14][15]

The Talkboy cassette recorder was produced as a tie-in for the movie by Tiger Electronics based on specifications provided by John Hughes and the movie studio, and sold particularly well after the film was released on home video.[16][17] Additional promotional partners included American Airlines through which the McCallisters make their trip via the airline's two Boeing 767-200s, the Coca-Cola Company, Jack in the Box, Hardee's, and Roy Rogers Restaurants.[18]

Home media

The film was first released by Fox Video on VHS and LaserDisc on July 27, 1993. It was later released on DVD on October 5, 1999 as a basic package.[19] The film was released on Blu-ray on October 6, 2009 with no special features,[20] and was released alongside Home Alone in a collection pack on October 5, 2010.[21] The film was reissued again on DVD and Blu-ray on October 6, 2015, alongside all five Home Alone franchise films, titled Home Alone: 25th Anniversary Ultimate Collector's Christmas Edition.[22]

Reception

Box office

Home Alone 2 opened with $31.1 million from 2,222 theaters, averaging $14,008 per site.[23][24] It broke the short-lived record set one week earlier by Bram Stoker's Dracula for having the largest November opening weekend.[25] The film went on to hold this record until 1994 when it was taken by Interview with the Vampire.[26] Additionally, it achieved the highest opening weekend for a Chris Columbus film and would hold that record until it was surpassed by Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone in 2001.[27] It started off better than Home Alone, grossing $100 million in 24 days compared to 33 days for the original.[28] However the final box office gross was lower with $173.6 million in the United States and Canada and a worldwide total of $359 million,[3] compared to $476 million for the first film.[29] The film was released in the United Kingdom on December 11, 1992, and topped the country's box office that weekend.[30] The film is the third-highest-grossing film released in 1992 behind The Bodyguard and Aladdin.[31] In the United States and Canada, it grossed more than The Bodyguard and ranked second.[32]

Critical response

On Rotten Tomatoes the film has an approval rating of 35% based on 57 reviews, with an average rating of 4.5/10. The site's critical consensus reads: "A change of venue – and more sentimentality and violence – can't obscure the fact that Home Alone 2: Lost in New York is a less inspired facsimile of its predecessor."[33] On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 46 out of 100 based on 22 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[34] Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A−" on an A+ to F scale, a grade lower than the "A" earned by its predecessor.[35][36]

Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times gave the film two out of four stars and stated that "cartoon violence is only funny in cartoons. Most of the live-action attempts to duplicate animation have failed, because when flesh-and-blood figures hit the pavement, we can almost hear the bones crunch, and it isn't funny."[37] Kenneth Turan, reviewing for the Los Angeles Times, wrote: "Whatever was unforced and funny in the first film has become exaggerated here, whatever was slightly sentimental has been laid on with a trowel. The result, with some exceptions, plays like an over-elaborate parody of the first film, reminding us why we enjoyed it without being able to duplicate its appeal."[38] Dave Kehr of the Chicago Tribune wrote the sequel "plays like a coarsened, self-parodying version of the original, in which the fantasy elements have become grubbier and more materialistic, the sentimentality more treacly and aggressive, and the slapstick violence—already astonishingly intense in the first film—even more graphic and sadistic."[39] Brian Lowry of Variety noted the sequel's derivativeness when compared to the original film, but wrote the "action sequences are well-choreographed, if, perhaps, too mean-spirited even in light of their cartoonish nature".[40]

Janet Maslin for The New York Times acknowledged that "Home Alone 2 may be lazily conceived, but it is staged with a sense of occasion and a lot of holiday cheer. The return of Mr. Culkin in this role is irresistible, even if this utterly natural comic actor has been given little new to do. Mr. Pesci and Mr. Stern bring great gusto to their characters' stupidity, to the point where they are far funnier just walking and talking than they are being hurt."[41] Reviewing for Time magazine, Richard Schickel noted "Home Alone 2 precisely follows the formula that made its predecessor the biggest grossing comedy in human history. But no, it is not a drag, and it is not a rip-off. Look on it as a twice-told fairy tale." He praised Hughes and Chris Columbus and felt "the details of the situations are developed vividly and originally. And they are presented with an energy and a conviction that sequels usually lack."[42] Duane Byrge of The Hollywood Reporter wrote that while the "sequel is merely a superimposition of the original, kids will be delighted" by it. He further praised Culkin as "breezily winning", felt Pesci and Stern deserved combat medals, and Curry served as "a terrific foil for Kevin's pranks".[43]

In recent years, online reviewers have looked more favorably on the film. John Nugent of Empire magazine, in a 2022 article entitled 'Why Home Alone 2: Lost In New York Is Better Than Home Alone', argued that the film was "a sequel that effectively also functions as a remake, a film that recognises the greatness of what came before and wisely hews as close to that winning formula as possible."[44] Also writing in 2022, Reid Goldberg of Collider noted: "A significant part of the film's appeal... is that it's unapologetic in taking everything they loved about the first film to a higher level."[45]

Other media

Sequels

See also: Home Alone 3, Home Alone 4: Taking Back the House, Home Alone: The Holiday Heist, and Home Sweet Home Alone

A third film with a new cast, Home Alone 3, followed in 1997. Two television movies, Home Alone 4: Taking Back the House and Home Alone: The Holiday Heist, aired in 2002 and 2012, respectively. Home Sweet Home Alone, the sixth film in the series, was released in 2021.

Novelization

Home Alone 2 was novelized by Todd Strasser and published by Scholastic in 1992 to coincide with the film. The "point" version, which has the same storyline, was also novelized by A.L. Singer. It has an ISBN of 0-590-45717-9. An audiobook version was also released read by Tim Curry (who played the concierge in the film).

As in the novelization of the first film, the McCallisters live in Oak Park, Illinois and the crooks are named as Harry Lime and Marv Murchins.[citation needed] The novel also takes place one year after the events of the first film, but the ages of Kevin and his siblings are given as being two years older than the first film.

In the beginning of the novelization, a prologue, which ends up being Marv's nightmare in prison, he and Harry sneak away from the cops and return to Kevin's house to seek revenge on Kevin. Kevin bolts into the garage with Marv and Harry in hot pursuit. Harry and Marv end up triggering extra traps that Kevin had set up in the garage. Kevin watches as Marv ends up triggering a trap where a running lawnmower falls on his head (this was a trap featured in Home Alone 3).[citation needed]

See also

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For the video game see Home Alone 2 Lost in New York video game Home Alone 2 Lost in New York is a 1992 American Christmas comedy film directed by Chris Columbus and written and produced by John Hughes The sequel to the 1990 film Home Alone and the second film in the Home Alone franchise the film stars Macaulay Culkin Joe Pesci Daniel Stern John Heard Tim Curry Brenda Fricker and Catherine O Hara It follows Kevin McCallister as he is separated from his family on their holiday vacation to Florida this time in New York City where he has another encounter with the Wet Bandits after their escape during a prison riot Home Alone 2 Lost in New YorkTheatrical release posterDirected byChris ColumbusWritten byJohn HughesBased onCharactersby John HughesProduced byJohn HughesStarringMacaulay Culkin Joe Pesci Daniel Stern John Heard Tim Curry Brenda Fricker Catherine O HaraCinematographyJulio MacatEdited byRaja GosnellMusic byJohn WilliamsProductioncompanyHughes EntertainmentDistributed by20th Century FoxRelease dateNovember 20 1992 1992 11 20 Running time120 minutes 1 CountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglishBudget 28 million 2 Box office 359 million 3 Hughes finished writing the film by February 1991 after signing a six picture deal with 20th Century Fox Culkin s return was confirmed in May and the rest of the cast was finalized soon after Principal photography took place between December 1991 and May 1992 and was done on location in Illinois and New York including at the Rockefeller Center and the original World Trade Center Home Alone 2 Lost in New York was theatrically released in the United States by 20th Century Fox on November 20 1992 It received mixed reviews from critics who praised the performances while criticizing its darker tone and violence as well as its similarities to the first film The film grossed over 359 million worldwide becoming the third highest grossing film of 1992 A stand alone sequel with a new cast Home Alone 3 was released in 1997 Home Alone 2 Lost in New York is the final Home Alone movie to feature the cast from the first film However Devin Ratray reprised his role as Buzz McCallister in the sixth film in the franchise Home Sweet Home Alone Contents 1 Plot 2 Cast 3 Production 4 Music 5 Release 5 1 Marketing 5 2 Home media 6 Reception 6 1 Box office 6 2 Critical response 7 Other media 7 1 Sequels 7 2 Novelization 8 See also 9 References 10 External linksPlot EditThe McCallister family is preparing to spend Christmas in Miami and gathers at Kate and Peter s Chicago home Their youngest son Kevin views Florida as contradictory to Christmas due to its tropical climate and lack of Christmas trees At a school Christmas pageant during Kevin s solo his older brother Buzz embarrasses him Kevin retaliates by pushing him which causes the entire choir to fall ruining the pageant At home Buzz makes a false apology to Kevin which the family accepts Kevin refuses to apologize for his actions and berates his family for believing Buzz s lies and for wanting to spend Christmas in Florida He storms off to the attic wishing to have his own vacation alone The next morning the family oversleeps and rushes to the airport Kevin is with them but he becomes separated from them while carrying Peter s bag and accidentally boards a flight to New York City Upon arrival he decides to tour the city and encounters a homeless woman tending to pigeons in Central Park who scares him off He uses Peter s credit card to check in at the Plaza Hotel not knowing that the Wet Bandits have also reached the city after escaping from prison On Christmas Eve Kevin visits a toy store whose kindly owner Mr Duncan plans to donate the day s sale proceeds to a children s hospital After Kevin makes a donation Mr Duncan gives him a pair of ceramic turtledoves in thanks instructing him to give one to another person as a gesture of eternal friendship The concierge at the Plaza confronts Kevin about his use of Peter s credit card now reported as stolen Kevin flees the hotel but is caught by the Wet Bandits Marv mentions his and Harry s plan to rob the toy store before Kevin escapes in an encounter with a female passerby Earlier upon landing in Miami the McCallister family discover that Kevin is missing and file a police report After the police trace Peter s credit card the family flies immediately to New York Meanwhile Kevin goes to his uncle s townhouse only to find it vacant and undergoing renovations In Central Park Kevin encounters and eventually befriends the pigeon lady who takes him to Carnegie Hall She explains how her life collapsed when her lover left her Kevin encourages her to trust people again After considering her advice that he perform a good deed to make up for his misdeeds and recalling Mr Duncan s intent to donate to the hospital he decides to prevent the toy store robbery Kevin rigs the townhouse with booby traps catches Harry and Marv in the process of robbing the store and breaks its front window to set off the burglar alarm After taking their picture he lures them to the townhouse where they repeatedly injure themselves in the traps Kevin evades them calls the police from a pay phone to alert them to the pair s presence and flees toward Central Park Harry and Marv catch him after he slips on ice and prepare to shoot him but the pigeon lady throws a bucket of birdseed onto them attracting a massive flock of pigeons and incapacitating the pair until the police arrive to arrest them Kevin slips away leaving photographic and tape recorded evidence against Harry and Marv and Mr Duncan recovers the donation money and finds a note from Kevin explaining the broken window The family arrives in New York and Kate remembering Kevin s fondness for Christmas trees finds him making a wish at the Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree On Christmas morning a truckload of free gifts arrives at the McCallisters hotel room sent from a grateful Mr Duncan for foiling the robbery Kevin reconciles with his family and gives one of his turtledoves to the pigeon lady cementing their friendship Cast EditMacaulay Culkin as Kevin a 10 year old boy with a penchant for creating harmful inventions Joe Pesci as Harry a thief Daniel Stern as Marv a thief and Harry s partner Catherine O Hara as Kate Kevin s mother John Heard as Peter Kevin s father Devin Ratray as Buzz Kevin s oldest brother who often gets him into trouble even though he instigates trouble with Kevin Hillary Wolf as Megan Kevin s oldest sister Maureen Elisabeth Shay as Linnie Kevin s older sister she was previously portrayed by Angela Goethals in the first film Michael C Maronna as Jeff Kevin s older brother Gerry Bamman as Uncle Frank Kevin s uncle and Peter s older brother Terrie Snell as Aunt Leslie Kevin s aunt Jedidiah Cohen as Rod Kevin s older cousin and the older son of Frank and Leslie Senta Moses as Tracy Kevin s older cousin and the eldest daughter of Frank and Leslie Daiana Campeanu as Sondra Kevin s older cousin and the second daughter of Frank and Leslie Kieran Culkin as Fuller Kevin s youngest cousin and the younger son of Frank and Leslie Anna Slotky as Brooke Kevin s younger cousin and the youngest daughter of Frank and Leslie Tim Curry as Mr Hector 4 5 credited as Concierge the concierge at the Plaza Hotel who is suspicious of Kevin Brenda Fricker as the Pigeon Lady an unnamed woman who lives in Central Park spending her life feeding pigeons who befriends Kevin while he is lost in New York Eddie Bracken as Mr Duncan the proprietor of Duncan s Toy Chest Dana Ivey as Hester Stone credited as Desk Clerk the desk clerk at the Plaza Hotel Rob Schneider as Cedric 4 6 credited as Bellman the bellhop at the Plaza Hotel Leigh Zimmerman as Fashion Model Ralph Foody as Johnny credited as Gangster a gangster from the fictional film Angels with Even Filthier Souls a sequel to Angels with Filthy Souls from the previous film Clare Hoak as Gangster Dame Johnny s girlfriend from the fictional film Angels with Even Filthier Souls Monica Devereux as Hotel Operator Bob Eubanks as Ding Dang Dong Host Rip Taylor as Celeb 1 Jaye P Morgan as Celeb 2 Jimmie Walker as Celeb 3 Ally Sheedy as New York Ticket Agent Rod Sell as Officer Bennett Ron Canada as Cop in Times Square Donald Trump as himself owner of the Plaza HotelProduction EditIn February 1991 the Los Angeles Times reported that John Hughes was to sign a six picture deal with 20th Century Fox among the projects was a sequel to Home Alone 7 In May 1991 Culkin was paid 4 5 million plus 5 percent of the film s gross to appear in the sequel 8 compared to 110 000 for the original The production budget was 28 million 2 Principal photography took place from December 9 1991 to May 1 1992 over a course of 144 days 9 10 the film was shot in Winnetka Illinois O Hare International Airport in Chicago Evanston Illinois and New York City 11 According to the director Chris Columbus Donald Trump the owner of the Plaza Hotel at the time allowed the crew to shoot scenes in the hotel lobby and one of its suites in exchange for a cameo in the film in addition to the standard fee for film productions 12 Pesci suffered burns to his head while filming the scene in which Harry s hat is set on fire 13 Music EditJohn Williams returned to score Home Alone 2 While the film featured the first film s theme song Somewhere in My Memory it also contained its own theme entitled Christmas Star Two soundtrack albums of the film were released on November 20 1992 with one featuring Williams score and the other featuring contemporary Christmas songs featured in the film Ten years later a 2 disc Deluxe Edition of the film score soundtrack was released Release EditMarketing Edit Numerous video games based on Home Alone 2 were released by THQ for such systems as the Sega Genesis the Nintendo Entertainment System the Super Nintendo Entertainment System Game Boy and personal computers mostly in late 1992 A separate hand held game was released by Tiger Electronics Numerous board games were also released some based around play cards while another was a close emulation of the classic Mouse Trap 14 15 The Talkboy cassette recorder was produced as a tie in for the movie by Tiger Electronics based on specifications provided by John Hughes and the movie studio and sold particularly well after the film was released on home video 16 17 Additional promotional partners included American Airlines through which the McCallisters make their trip via the airline s two Boeing 767 200s the Coca Cola Company Jack in the Box Hardee s and Roy Rogers Restaurants 18 Home media Edit The film was first released by Fox Video on VHS and LaserDisc on July 27 1993 It was later released on DVD on October 5 1999 as a basic package 19 The film was released on Blu ray on October 6 2009 with no special features 20 and was released alongside Home Alone in a collection pack on October 5 2010 21 The film was reissued again on DVD and Blu ray on October 6 2015 alongside all five Home Alone franchise films titled Home Alone 25th Anniversary Ultimate Collector s Christmas Edition 22 Reception EditBox office Edit Home Alone 2 opened with 31 1 million from 2 222 theaters averaging 14 008 per site 23 24 It broke the short lived record set one week earlier by Bram Stoker s Dracula for having the largest November opening weekend 25 The film went on to hold this record until 1994 when it was taken by Interview with the Vampire 26 Additionally it achieved the highest opening weekend for a Chris Columbus film and would hold that record until it was surpassed by Harry Potter and the Sorcerer s Stone in 2001 27 It started off better than Home Alone grossing 100 million in 24 days compared to 33 days for the original 28 However the final box office gross was lower with 173 6 million in the United States and Canada and a worldwide total of 359 million 3 compared to 476 million for the first film 29 The film was released in the United Kingdom on December 11 1992 and topped the country s box office that weekend 30 The film is the third highest grossing film released in 1992 behind The Bodyguard and Aladdin 31 In the United States and Canada it grossed more than The Bodyguard and ranked second 32 Critical response Edit On Rotten Tomatoes the film has an approval rating of 35 based on 57 reviews with an average rating of 4 5 10 The site s critical consensus reads A change of venue and more sentimentality and violence can t obscure the fact that Home Alone 2 Lost in New York is a less inspired facsimile of its predecessor 33 On Metacritic the film has a weighted average score of 46 out of 100 based on 22 critics indicating mixed or average reviews 34 Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of A on an A to F scale a grade lower than the A earned by its predecessor 35 36 Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun Times gave the film two out of four stars and stated that cartoon violence is only funny in cartoons Most of the live action attempts to duplicate animation have failed because when flesh and blood figures hit the pavement we can almost hear the bones crunch and it isn t funny 37 Kenneth Turan reviewing for the Los Angeles Times wrote Whatever was unforced and funny in the first film has become exaggerated here whatever was slightly sentimental has been laid on with a trowel The result with some exceptions plays like an over elaborate parody of the first film reminding us why we enjoyed it without being able to duplicate its appeal 38 Dave Kehr of the Chicago Tribune wrote the sequel plays like a coarsened self parodying version of the original in which the fantasy elements have become grubbier and more materialistic the sentimentality more treacly and aggressive and the slapstick violence already astonishingly intense in the first film even more graphic and sadistic 39 Brian Lowry of Variety noted the sequel s derivativeness when compared to the original film but wrote the action sequences are well choreographed if perhaps too mean spirited even in light of their cartoonish nature 40 Janet Maslin for The New York Times acknowledged that Home Alone 2 may be lazily conceived but it is staged with a sense of occasion and a lot of holiday cheer The return of Mr Culkin in this role is irresistible even if this utterly natural comic actor has been given little new to do Mr Pesci and Mr Stern bring great gusto to their characters stupidity to the point where they are far funnier just walking and talking than they are being hurt 41 Reviewing for Time magazine Richard Schickel noted Home Alone 2 precisely follows the formula that made its predecessor the biggest grossing comedy in human history But no it is not a drag and it is not a rip off Look on it as a twice told fairy tale He praised Hughes and Chris Columbus and felt the details of the situations are developed vividly and originally And they are presented with an energy and a conviction that sequels usually lack 42 Duane Byrge of The Hollywood Reporter wrote that while the sequel is merely a superimposition of the original kids will be delighted by it He further praised Culkin as breezily winning felt Pesci and Stern deserved combat medals and Curry served as a terrific foil for Kevin s pranks 43 In recent years online reviewers have looked more favorably on the film John Nugent of Empire magazine in a 2022 article entitled Why Home Alone 2 Lost In New York Is Better Than Home Alone argued that the film was a sequel that effectively also functions as a remake a film that recognises the greatness of what came before and wisely hews as close to that winning formula as possible 44 Also writing in 2022 Reid Goldberg of Collider noted A significant part of the film s appeal is that it s unapologetic in taking everything they loved about the first film to a higher level 45 Other media EditSequels Edit See also Home Alone 3 Home Alone 4 Taking Back the House Home Alone The Holiday Heist and Home Sweet Home Alone A third film with a new cast Home Alone 3 followed in 1997 Two television movies Home Alone 4 Taking Back the House and Home Alone The Holiday Heist aired in 2002 and 2012 respectively Home Sweet Home Alone the sixth film in the series was released in 2021 Novelization Edit Home Alone 2 was novelized by Todd Strasser and published by Scholastic in 1992 to coincide with the film The point version which has the same storyline was also novelized by A L Singer It has an ISBN of 0 590 45717 9 An audiobook version was also released read by Tim Curry who played the concierge in the film As in the novelization of the first film the McCallisters live in Oak Park Illinois and the crooks are named as Harry Lime and Marv Murchins citation needed The novel also takes place one year after the events of the first film but the ages of Kevin and his siblings are given as being two years older than the first film In the beginning of the novelization a prologue which ends up being Marv s nightmare in prison he and Harry sneak away from the cops and return to Kevin s house to seek revenge on Kevin Kevin bolts into the garage with Marv and Harry in hot pursuit Harry and Marv end up triggering extra traps that Kevin had set up in the garage Kevin watches as Marv ends up triggering a trap where a running lawnmower falls on his head this was a trap featured in Home Alone 3 citation needed See also EditList of Christmas films List of films featuring fictional filmsReferences Edit HOME ALONE 2 LOST IN NEW YORK PG British Board of Film Classification November 4 2017 Archived from the original on September 19 2020 Retrieved November 10 2015 a b Putzer Gerald January 3 1993 Sequels are B O Winners Variety Archived from the original on October 12 2019 Retrieved October 12 2019 a b Home Alone 2 Lost in New York at Box Office Mojo a b John Willis 2000 Screen World 1993 Comprehensive Pictorial and Statistical Record of the 1992 Movie Season Hal Leonard Tim Curry s 10 Most Memorable Roles From Rocky Horror Picture Show to IT Photos 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