Disney+ and Hulu Shatter an Unexpected Guinness World Record
Disney+ and Hulu just smashed a Guinness World Record with a holiday stunt celebrating 35 years of Macaulay Culkin’s Home Alone — find out the title they claimed and how they pulled it off.
Disney+ and Hulu just did the most on-brand holiday flex imaginable: they built a full-size gingerbread version of the McCallister house from 'Home Alone' and snagged a Guinness World Records title in the process. Yes, that house. Yes, out of gingerbread. And yes, it is absurdly large.
The record, the house, the sugar crash
As part of the 35th anniversary celebration of 'Home Alone,' the streamers unveiled a recreation of the McCallister home that Guinness World Records has officially certified as the largest gingerbread house ever. An on-site judge verified it at a whopping 44,838 cubic feet, topping the previous record of 39,201.8 cubic feet set in 2013 by the Traditions Club.
The build went up in Los Angeles and was unveiled on December 18, 2025. Because nothing says holiday spirit like turning an entire pantry into architecture.
- Built in: 8 days
- Size: 34 feet long, 58 feet wide, and over 22 feet tall
- Volume: 44,838 cubic feet (new world record)
- Previous record: 39,201.8 cubic feet (set in 2013 by the Traditions Club)
- Ingredients: 7,350 pounds of all-purpose flour and over 6,600 eggs
- Construction materials: 4,200 gingerbread brick tiles, almost 1,800 roof tiles
- Edible adhesives and finish: 20 gallons of edible glue, 10 pounds of fondant
Where you can see it
The McCallister Gingerbread House is open to the public tonight at Hollywood and Vine in Los Angeles. If you are nearby and your idea of holiday fun is staring down a structurally sound cookie, you know where to go.
Quick franchise refresher
The first 'Home Alone' dropped in 1990, directed by Chris Columbus from a concept by John Hughes, and turned Macaulay Culkin into a phenomenon. It was the highest-grossing film of that year with $476.6 million worldwide and eventually expanded into a six-film franchise. Culkin only starred in the first two.
The most recent entry was the Disney+ reboot 'Home Sweet Home Alone' in 2021. If you remember seeing 2012 attached to that title somewhere, that date is off — the reboot premiered in 2021.