Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992)
62%RT Audience Score: 62%
Awards & Nominations: 3 wins & 3 nominations
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
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York is the perfect sequel for those who love to see bad guys get what they deserve. Kevin is back and better than ever, using his wit and resourcefulness to outsmart the bumbling burglars. And let’s not forget about the iconic scene where Kevin orders room service like a boss. It may not be as realistic as the first film, but who cares when you’re having this much fun? Plus, it’s a great reminder to always double-check your boarding pass before getting on a plane.
Production Company(ies)
Otto Preminger Films,
Distributor
20th Century Fox
Release Type
Theatrical, Theatrical (Wide)
Filming Location(s)
World Trade Center, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
MPAA / Certificate
Rated PG for comic action and mild language
Year of Release
1992
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Color:Color
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Sound mix:Dolby Stereo
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Aspect ratio:1.85 : 1
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Runtime:2h 0m
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Language(s):English, French, Spanish, Latin
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Country of origin:United States
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Release date:Release Date (Theaters): Nov 20, 1992 Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Oct 5, 1999
Genre(s)
Holiday/Comedy
Keyword(s)
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Worldwide gross: $358,994,850
Worldwide gross (inflation-adjusted): $768,437,649
Worldwide gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): 156
Worldwide tickets sold (est.): 83,799,089
US/Canada gross: $173,585,516
US/Canada gross (inflation-adjusted): $371,564,232
US/Canada gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): 132
US/Canada opening weekend: $31,126,882
US/Canada opening weekend (inflation-adjusted): $66,627,886
US/Canada opening weekend ranking (inflation-adjusted): 146
Budget and Earnings Details
Production budget (est.): $28,000,000
Production budget (inflation-adjusted): $59,934,715
Production budget ranking: 678
Marketing and distribution budget (inflation-adjusted est.): $32,274,844
Box office net earnings to date (inflation-adjusted est.): $676,228,090
ROI to date (est.): 733%
ROI ranking: 169
Barbara Hershey – Myra Fleener
Dennis Hopper – Shooter
Sheb Wooley – Cletus
Fern Persons – Opal Fleener
Brad Boyle – Whit
Director(s)
Chris Columbus
Writer(s)
John Hughes
Producer(s)
John Hughes
Film Festivals
Awards & Nominations
3 wins & 3 nominations
Academy Awards
All Critics (57) | Top Critics (16) | Fresh (20) | Rotten (37)
Culkin is breezily winning once again as the self-reliant kid alone, while Pesci and Stern deserve combat metals (especially Stern) to the bricks and slings they endure.
November 20, 2019
Duane Byrge
Hollywood Reporter
TOP CRITIC
It’s much more violent than the first film’s comparable set of dirty tricks. And Kevin, removed from his embattled home, seems much more cavalier, possibly even meaner than his bullying older brother, Buzz (Devin Ratray).
June 11, 2019
Janet Maslin
New York Times
TOP CRITIC
The pleasures here are entirely cruel, with an unhealthy concentration on the suffering of the victims, on the thudding impact of various objects against their heads, on their howls of agony.
June 11, 2019 | Rating: 2/4
Dave Kehr
Chicago Tribune
TOP CRITIC
It is going to make a ton of money, but you never feel that’s the only reason it was made. It respects itself and it respects us, and there’s no reason to begrudge its success.
June 11, 2019
Richard Schickel
TIME Magazine
TOP CRITIC
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.
June 11, 2019
Kenneth Turan
Los Angeles Times
TOP CRITIC
This is, inevitably perhaps, not as funny as the original — the law of diminishing returns applying here as with most sequels — although even the most demanding of viewers should find something to their liking.
June 10, 2019 | Rating: 3/5
Mark Salisbury
Empire Magazine
TOP CRITIC
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York manages to up the stakes while Kevin has to fend for himself in a very different environment.
December 20, 2021
Danielle Solzman
Solzy at the Movies
Sorely lacks the situational specificity and just the vague whiff of ‘this could actually happen’ from the previous film.
January 9, 2021 | Rating: 2/5
PJ Nabarro
Patrick Nabarro
…the movie admittedly boasts (and benefits from) an ongoing emphasis on appealing, engaging elements…
December 23, 2020 | Rating: 2.5/4
David Nusair
Reel Film Reviews
This sequel has lots of color and Christmas warmth to recommend it. Its portrait of urban American is ridiculously romanticized, though, and the climatic fight with two silly-sinister bad guys is as nasty as it is cartoonish.
June 11, 2019
David Sterritt
Christian Science Monitor
Though equal to its original in quantity of sadistic slapstick, this anticipated sequel is dull and strikingly uninspired.
June 11, 2019
People Staff
People Magazine
Home Alone 2: Alone in New York is a rollicking return to the pesky juvenile high jinks, broad slapstick antics and tender sentimentality that made the first film a phenomenon — and it does it all even better.
June 11, 2019
Roger Hurlburt
South Florida Sun-Sentinel…
Plot
Kevin McCallister (Macaulay Culkin) is back. But this time he’s in New York City with enough cash and credit cards to turn the Big Apple into his own playground. But Kevin won’t be alone for long. The notorious Wet Bandits, Harry (Joe Pesci) and Marv (Daniel Stern), still smarting from their last encounter with Kevin, are bound for New York City too, plotting a huge holiday heist. Kevin’s ready to welcome them with more battery of booby traps the bumbling bandits will never forget.
Trivia
Goofs / Tidbits
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