The 'Home Alone' family would have been one-percenters, Fed economists have calculated

"Home Alone's" 8-year-old hero, Kevin McCallister, defends his family's home from burglars when they accidentally leave him at home alone over the holidays. 20th Century Fox

• The classic holiday film "Home Alone" has people asking: How could the parents afford that house?
• The New York Times turned to Federal Reserve economists to crunch the numbers on the McCallisters.

Home Alone has become a holiday classic since it was released more than three decades ago.

If you haven't seen it (spoiler alert), the 1990 film follows the McCallister family, who accidentally leave their 8-year-old son Kevin (Macaulay Culkin) at home when they fly to Paris over the holidays. Kevin, meanwhile, fends off a pair of burglars trying to break into into his family's home.

But recently, many have been been asking questions about the family's finances — especially how they afforded a massive house and five kids. Beside that, the film drops several hints to suggest that the McCallisters were well off, such as when they fly first-class on their trip to France.

So, The New York Times went ahead and asked economists at the Federal Reserve to estimate: How wealthy were the McCallisters?