The success of Home Alone was completely unexpected and it became an absolute box office smash hit. Naturally, when it came to making the sequel, the budgets were bigger, expectations higher and the release was highly anticipated.

With all the main cast coming back to reprise their characters, they all saw a pay rise, but nobody more than Macaulay Culkin. The star of the movie made $4.5 million to play Kevin once more, the biggest salary ever paid to a 12-year-old.