Macaulay Culkin will never have to work again thanks to Home Alone

It's now a Christmas classic. Not only in Germany does "Kevin - Alone at Home" run regularly on television on the public holidays. The film from the year 1990 is often broadcast around the world on the holidays. To this day, the comedy is both a curse and a blessing for its leading actor.

"I had made so much money by the age of 12 that I never had to work again," says Macaulay Culkin. The child star played Kevin McAllister in the John Hughes comedy. To this day, the now 41-year-old is asked about this role. Among other things, he should repeatedly imitate the famous scene in which he grabs his cheeks with both hands. "I don't do that anymore," he said in an interview with Ellen DeGeneres.

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After the success as a child star, numerous other films followed for Culkin - and then the crash. His career came to an abrupt end after a few failures. Culkin made headlines with drug and alcohol abuse. But now the actor leads a happy life as a father. Also thanks to his previous success.

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To this day, he can still live well on the earnings from "Home Alone". "I'll never have to work for my food again," said Culkin, whose net worth is estimated at $15 million. At the time, the film grossed an incredible 476 million US dollars at a production cost of only 18 million dollars and is still considered one of the most successful comedies to this day.

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Culkin has been in a relationship with actress Brenda Song since 2017 and became in April 2021 father of a son. In addition to a few supporting roles as an actor - including roles in "American Horror Story" - Culkin kills time as a musician and artist. Commercially so far without resounding success. But the cash register rings at Culkin thanks to "Home Alone". Every year again.