A Christmas Story fans in the Cleveland area should keep their eyes open if they are in the market for a new house, as the home from the classic film is up for sale. The house was reported to be up on the market by WKYC Channel 3, which got a closer look at the owner, Brian Jones, who put up the sign in the front yard to signal that people can own the home from the 1983 film.
Jones put the house from A Christmas Story up for sale this morning (November 14) through realtor Hoff & Leigh, which is located at 3159 West 11th Street in the Tremont neighborhood. No price on the home was disclosed.
“It’s an interesting property to not only own, but you also have to take care of as a piece of Americana,” Jones said.
The house from A Christmas Story is in a neighborhood in honor of the classic film. On the official website, it is available to rent a room for a stay Airbnb style, along with the Bumpus home, which is located to the left of the main house. There is also a gift shop in the neighborhood and The Museum, which features props, costumes, and more things that were used in the film.
A Christmas Story House goes up for sale in time for the holidays
A cycle of films goes through households all over the place when the season kicks in, and A Christmas Story is one of the go-to movies to put on while making sugar cookies and drinking eggnog. It was written and directed by Bob Clark with co-writers Leigh Brown and Jean Shepherd, who wrote the book the film was based on. The film starred Peter Billingsley, Melinda Dillon, Darren McGavin, Scott Schwartz, and was narrated by Shepherd.
The film followed Ralphie Parker (Billingsley) during the lead-up to Christmas. All he wanted was the Red Ryder Range 200 BB gun that his parents and everyone else in his life opposed.
Its original release grossed $19 million worldwide from its approximate $3.3 million budget, making for a modest box office return for a film that was released at the time only in the U.S. It has had multiple rereleases over the decades, bumping it to hit the $20 million mark
