Macaulay Culkin’s Home Alone was the high-grossing Christmas movie of all time with a worldwide record of $476 million. That was until the Christmas that has just passed, which saw one festive movie make over $500 million. Ironically, that prize goes to The Grinch. No, not the Jim Carrey version from almost 20 years ago, but the animated remake starring Benedict Cumberbatch. According to Variety, the film only cost Illumination and Universal $75 million to make, so it’s certainly a healthy profit.

You won’t BELIEVE which film has topped Home Alone as highest-grossing Christmas movie

Aside from the Christmas record, The Grinch was 2018’s third-biggest animated movie behind Incredibles 2 ($1.2 billion) and Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation ($527 million). The Grinch was the last adaptation of a Dr Seuss book during the lifetime of the author’s widow Audrey Geisel. Audrey was an executive producer on the film and died in December 2018. Despite losing the top stop, Home Alone is as popular as ever, with Culkin reenacting scenes from the Christmas classic in a Google Assistant ad last month.

The Grinch is now the biggest Christmas movie of all time