‘Home Alone’: THR’s 1990 Review On Nov. 16, 1990, 20th Century Fox unveiled the John Hughes-produced film in theaters, where it would go on to gross $285 million.

In the eyes of "Home Alone" fans, the 1990 Christmas hit can do no wrong. But some did recently uncover a wild detail that previously went unnoticed.

When Home Alone was released 25 years ago, on Nov. 16, 1990, it was both a sleeper hit and not. On one hand, the movie that TIME would soon call “the undisputed conqueror of the Christmas movie ...