Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York is a 1992 American comedy film written and produced by John Hughes and directed by Chris Columbus. It is the second film in the Home Alone series and the sequel to the 1990 film Home Alone. A sequel featuring a new cast of characters, Home Alone 3, followed in 1997. The film grossed over USD 173 million in revenue in the United States and USD 359 million worldwide against a budget of USD 28 million.
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Home Alone 2: Lost in New York is a 1992 American comedy film written and produced by John Hughes and directed by Chris Columbus. It is the second film in the Home Alone series and the sequel to the 1990 film Home Alone. A sequel featuring a new cast of characters, Home Alone 3, followed in 1997. The film was released on November 20, 1992, and grossed over USD 173 million in revenue in the United States and USD 359 million worldwide against a budget of USD 28 million. Filming for Home Alone 2 took place from December 1991 to May 1992 in Chicago and New York City, including at Rockefeller Center and the original World Trade Center. It was shot in Winnetka, Illinois; O’Hare International Airport in Chicago; Evanston, Illinois’ O’Neill International Airport; and Evanston’s O’Leary International Airport. The movie was released in the U.S. by Universal Pictures on November 19, 1992. The sequel was released worldwide on November 25, 1992 by Universal Studios. The final installment of the series was released December 25, 1997. It starred Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci, Daniel Stern, John Heard, Tim Curry, Brenda Fricker and Catherine O’hara. The plot involves two burglars, Harry and Marv, who attempt to rob a toy store. The McCallister family is preparing to spend Christmas in Miami, and gathers at Peter and Kate’s Chicago home.
Their youngest son, Kevin, sees Florida as contradictory to Christmas, due to its lack of Christmas trees. Kevin flees the hotel and uses Peter’s credit card to check-in. Meanwhile, Kevin meets a homeless woman tending pigeons in Central Park, which frightens him. After considering the pigeon lady’s advice that he perform a good deed to make up for his misdeeds, he decides to prevent Harry and. Marv from robbing the toy store and lures them into Central Park. Kevin then sets off fireworks to signal the police, who arrest Marv and Harry and arrest Kevin. On Christmas Day, a truckload of gifts arrive at the McCallisters’ hotel room. Kevin reconciles with his family and goes to Central Park to give the pigeons the second turtledove, cementing their friendship. He then goes to his uncle’s townhouse, only to find the house vacant and undergoing renovations. Kevin learns that the proceeds from the store’s Christmas sales will be donated to a children’s hospital, and provides a donation. He also meets a philanthropic owner, Mr. Duncan, who offers Kevin a pair of ceramic turtles as a gift, instructing him to give one to another person as a gesture of eternal friendship.
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