Home Alone ushered in a golden era for children's movies that were also enjoyable (or at least watchable) for adults. Elite titles that dropped between 1990-1995 include: Home Alone I and II Hook Heavyweights Mighty Ducks I, II, and to a lesser extent III Rookie of the Year Little Big League Space Jam Indian in the Cupboard Little Giants Matilda Little Rascals My Girl Angels in the Outfield Blank Check My top three: Home Alone II, Hook, Mighty Ducks
it was not meant to be an exclusive list. if anything, those omissions further illustrate what a powerhouse of an era it was.
Every decade has a bucketful of children’s movies that crush with adults at the box office. From Snow White, to Sound of Music, to ET, children’s movies routinely top the list of highest-grossing films of all time. The 90s weren’t particularly noteworthy for the genre; it’s just the decade we’re most familiar with and to which we feel the strongest connection.
I mean, probably just avoided inheritance tax and did real estate or some other bourgeois such thing. Edit: Rob didn’t own the brownstone in UWS; his brother did. Get it together.