The Movie 'Home Alone' Would Cost Over $1 Million to Recreate Today

Kevin McCallister's elaborate defense system in Home Alone (1990) is a childhood staple, but have you ever wondered what it would actually cost? Engineers and legal experts have estimated that recreating all the booby traps from Home Alone would cost approximately $967,000 to over $1 million today.

This includes the paint cans, the blowtorches, the BB gun setup, and — most expensively — the legal liability for the injuries caused. The two burglars (Harry and Marv) would have sustained injuries equivalent to severe burns, multiple fractures, and potentially fatal head trauma in real life.