<Tr> <Th> Budget </Th> <Td> $32 million </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Box office </Th> <Td> $79.1 million </Td> </Tr> <P> Home Alone 3 (stylized as HOME ALONe3) is a 1997 American family comedy film written and produced by John Hughes . It is the third film in the Home Alone series and the first not to feature actor Macaulay Culkin and the cast from the previous films (1990, 1992), director Chris Columbus, and composer John Williams . The film is directed by Raja Gosnell (in his directorial debut), who served as the editor of both original films and stars Alex D. Linz as Alex Pruitt, an 8 - year - old resourceful boy who is left home alone and has to defend his home from a band of criminals . The film was followed by a made - for - television sequel, Home Alone 4, in 2002 . </P> <P> Peter Beaupre, Alice Ribbons, Burton Jernigan, and Earl Unger are four internationally wanted hitmen working for a North Korean terrorist organization who have stolen a $10 million missile - cloaking computer chip . The thieves put it inside a remote control car to sneak it past security at San Francisco International Airport . However, a luggage mix - up occurs, causing a passenger, Mrs. Hess, to inadvertently take the thieves' bag containing the remote control car while she is returning home to Chicago . The four thieves arrive in Chicago and later systematically search every house in Mrs. Hess' suburban neighborhood to find the chip . </P>

Who played the boy in home alone 3