Macaulay Culkin for Best Villain for his performance). He also appeared, while a student at the School of American Ballet, in a filmed version of "The Nutcracker" as the title role in 1993, which was staged by Peter Martins from the 1954 George Balanchine New York City Ballet version of the work. He was in the films "Getting Even with Dad" (1994), "The Pagemaster" (1994) and "Richie Rich" (1994), which were all only mildly successful at the box office. In 1994, Macaulay took a break from acting after his 15th film in seven years. Desiring a "normal life", he went to a
Home Alone course in theaters, "Home Alone" was the third-highest-grossing film of all time worldwide, as well as in the United States and Canada behind only "Star Wars" ($322 million at the time) and "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial" ($399 million at that time), according to the home video box. In total, its cinema run grossed $477,561,243 worldwide. Box Office Mojo estimates that the film sold over 67.7 million tickets in the US. According to William Goldman, the film's success prompted the creation of a Hollywood verb: "to be "Home Aloned"", meaning to have a film's box office reduced by the impact of "Home