10 things you didn't know about 'Home Alone

It's been almost two decades since "Home Alone" came out, yet the film is still widely beloved. There are some facts that even "Home Alone" fans might not knowlike the fact Macaulay Culkin's brother had a guest appearance. It turns out, parts of the movie were improvised.The holidays wouldn't be the same without the "Home Alone" franchise. There are very few people who can resist the shenanigans of a young Macaulay Culkin who finds himself left behind when his family heads to Paris for Christmas break. Thwarting potential burglars and learning to fend for himself as a young kid, there's so much to love about this film. There's also plenty you might not know about it. Continue reading for 10 things you probably didn't know about "Home Alone."Macaulay Culkin keeps in touch with his on-screen mom.In a 2015 interview with Us Weekly, Catherine O'Hara revealed that she and Macaulay Culkin still talk after all these years. The best part about the on-screen mother-son duo's relationship is that Culkin still jokingly called O'Hara "Mommy" when he saw her unexpectedly.Warner Bros. initially had the rights for the screenplay.Although the film was ultimately produced by Hughes Entertainment and presented by Twentieth Century Fox, Warner Bros. initially had rights to the project. According to what Mark Radcliffe, an associate producer on the film, told Chicago magazine, a budget dispute occurred three weeks before production was to start and the crew was worried about having to lay everyone off. Twentieth Century Fox picked up the rights and production continued as planned.It took weeks to find the right house for the film.As any good location scouting goes, it took several weeks for Columbus and his crew to find the right house to star as the backdrop for "Home Alone," according to Entertainment Weekly.Ultimately, Columbus chose a house in Winnetka, Illinois because it was both warm and menacing. The house was sold in 2012 for $1.585 million, according to the Chicago Tribune. See the rest of the story at Business Insider
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