You can't truly celebrate the holidays without watching the Home Alone movies and because the movies are over 30 years old at this point, we can now thank TikTok for figuring out how much everything would have cost if it were set in 2023!
Thanks to TikTok user @sellitlikelyons we now know just how much Kevin McCallister was balling on a budget when he goes to the grocery store by himself after his parents leave him home alone.
Apparently Kevin spends $19.83 for the 10 items he buys, even using a $1 coupon for orange juice, but those same groceries in 2023 are nowhere close to the same price as they would have cost $68 which is a 248% increase. Here is what each item would cost if the film was set in 2023:
- TV dinner - $5
- Loaf of Wonder Bread - $3
- Frozen mac and cheese - $3.50
- One half gallon of milk - $4.60
- Tide laundry detergent - $13
- Toilet paper - $8
- Half gallon of orange juice - $4.50
- Pack of Army men - $9
- Pack of Saran Wrap - $4.50
- Dryer sheets - $8.79
Can we go back to the 90s please??