How did the Wet Bandits survive all the wild traps that Kevin sent their way?

And what on earth did the McCallisters do to afford such a lavish homeanda pricey Christmas trip to Paris?

The New York Timesis attempting to answer that last question, conductinga deep-dive into the McCallister family finances.

Macaulay Culkin and Joe Pesci in ‘Home Alone’

‘Home Alone’.Everett Collection

The Fed says that the McCallisters were definitely part of the 1 percent.

(A Zillow estimate priced the house at about $2.4 million in 2022.)

Those numbers today would put the McCallisters in the top 1 percent of Chicago-area earners.

Home Alone House

The McCallisters' house in ‘Home Alone’.Nam Y Huh/AP/Shutterstock

Read the full breakdown over atThe New York Times.

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