List of Saturday Night Live feature films
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The American sketch comedy TV series Saturday Night Live, which debuted on NBC in 1975, has been the genesis of 12 feature-length films. These films are based on some of the more popular sketches and characters from the show and have achieved varying levels of success. The first foray into film came with the successful Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi vehicle, The Blues Brothers (1980), which earned over $115 million on a $27 million budget.[1]
In 1990, Lorne Michaels oversaw the writing of a sketch anthology feature film titled The Saturday Night Live Movie with many of the show's then-current writing staff, including Al Franken, Tom Davis, Greg Daniels, Jim Downey, Conan O'Brien, Robert Smigel, and George Meyer, contributing. The screenplay only got as far as a Revised First Draft dated July 26, 1990 before being abandoned.[2]
The success of Wayne's World (1992) encouraged Michaels to produce more film spin-offs, based on several popular sketch characters.[citation needed] Michaels revived 1970s characters for Coneheads (1993), followed by It's Pat (1994); Stuart Saves His Family (1995); A Night at the Roxbury (1998); Superstar (1999), and The Ladies Man (2000). Most of these films were box office and critical failures, notably It's Pat, which did so badly at the box office that the studio that made the film, Touchstone Pictures, pulled it only one week after releasing it.[3]
Characters from The Muppet Movie and Office Space appeared on SNL before the films, but had already appeared on other television shows before SNL.
Films
[edit]| Film | Year | Details | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saturday Night Live sketches based on | Director(s) | Writer(s) | Distributor(s) | ||||
| The Blues Brothers | 1980 | The Blues Brothers by Dan Aykroyd & John Belushi | John Landis | Dan Aykroyd & John Landis | Universal Pictures | ||
| Wayne's World | 1992 | Wayne's World by Mike Myers | Penelope Spheeris | Mike Myers, Bonnie Turner & Terry Turner | Paramount Pictures | ||
| Coneheads | 1993 | Coneheads by Dan Aykroyd | Steve Barron | Tom Davis, Dan Aykroyd, Bonnie Turner & Terry Turner | |||
| Wayne's World 2 | 1993 | Wayne's World by Mike Myers | Stephen Surjik | Mike Myers, Bonnie Turner & Terry Turner | |||
| It's Pat | 1994 | Pat by Julia Sweeney | Adam Bernstein | Julia Sweeney, Jim Emerson & Stephen Hibbert | Buena Vista Pictures | ||
| Stuart Saves His Family | 1995 | Stuart Smalley by Al Franken | Harold Ramis | Al Franken | Paramount Pictures | ||
| Blues Brothers 2000 | 1998 | The Blues Brothers by Dan Aykroyd & John Belushi | John Landis | Dan Aykroyd & John Landis | Universal Pictures | ||
| A Night at the Roxbury | 1998 | The Roxbury Guys by Chris Kattan & Will Ferrell | John Fortenberry | Will Ferrell, Chris Kattan & Steve Koren | Paramount Pictures | ||
| Superstar | 1999 | Mary Katherine Gallagher by Molly Shannon | Bruce McCulloch | Steve Koren | |||
| The Ladies Man | 2000 | Leon Phelps, The Ladies Man by Tim Meadows | Reginald Hudlin | Tim Meadows, Dennis McNicholas & Andrew Steele | |||
| MacGruber | 2010 | MacGruber by Will Forte, John Solomon & Jorma Taccone | Jorma Taccone | Will Forte, John Solomon & Jorma Taccone | Universal Pictures | ||
| Please Don't Destroy: The Treasure of Foggy Mountain | 2023 | Please Don't Destroy by Martin Herlihy, John Higgins, & Ben Marshall | Paul Briganti | Martin Herlihy, John Higgins, & Ben Marshall | |||
Reception
[edit]Box office performance
[edit]| Film | Release date (United States) |
Budget (estimated) |
Box office revenue | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | Elsewhere | Worldwide | |||
| The Blues Brothers[1] | June 20, 1980 | $27 million | $57,229,890 | $58,000,000 | $115,229,890 |
| Wayne's World | February 14, 1992 | $20 million | $121,697,323 | $61,400,000 | $183,097,323 |
| Coneheads | July 23, 1993 | $33 million | $21,274,717 | — | $21,274,717 |
| Wayne's World 2 | December 10, 1993 | $40 million | $48,197,805 | — | $48,197,805 |
| It's Pat | August 26, 1994 | $8 million[4] | $60,822 | — | $60,822 |
| Stuart Saves His Family | April 14, 1995 | $6.3 million | $912,082 | — | $912,082 |
| Blues Brothers 2000 | February 6, 1998 | $28 million | $14,051,384 | — | $14,051,384 |
| A Night at the Roxbury | October 2, 1998 | $17 million | $30,331,165 | — | $30,331,165 |
| Superstar | October 8, 1999 | $14 million | $30,636,478 | — | $30,636,478 |
| The Ladies Man | October 13, 2000 | $24 million | $13,616,610 | $126,602 | $13,743,212 |
| MacGruber | May 21, 2010 | $10 million | $8,525,600 | $797,295 | $9,259,314 |
| Please Don't Destroy: The Treasure of Foggy Mountain | November 17, 2023 | — | — | $14,582 | $14,582 |
Critical response
[edit]| Year | Film | Rotten Tomatoes | Metacritic | CinemaScore[5] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | The Blues Brothers | 73% (90 reviews)[6] | 60% (12 reviews)[7] | — |
| 1992 | Wayne's World | 78% (88 reviews)[8] | 57% (14 reviews)[9] | A− |
| 1993 | Coneheads | 35% (31 reviews)[10] | 49% (20 reviews)[11] | B+ |
| 1993 | Wayne's World 2 | 61% (44 reviews)[12] | 60% (21 reviews)[13] | A- |
| 1994 | It's Pat | 0% (11 reviews)[14] | — | — |
| 1995 | Stuart Saves His Family | 30% (27 reviews)[15] | 54% (16 reviews)[16] | — |
| 1998 | A Night at the Roxbury | 11% (55 reviews)[17] | 26% (14 reviews)[18] | C− |
| 1998 | Blues Brothers 2000 | 46% (46 reviews)[19] | — | B− |
| 1999 | Superstar | 32% (74 reviews)[20] | 42% (28 reviews) [21] | C+ |
| 2000 | The Ladies Man | 11% (73 reviews)[22] | 22% (23 reviews) [23] | C− |
| 2010 | MacGruber | 48% (151 reviews)[24] | 43% (24 reviews)[25] | C− |
| 2023 | Please Don't Destroy: The Treasure of Foggy Mountain | 44% (32 reviews)[26] | 49% (13 reviews)[27] | — |
References
[edit]- ^ a b "The Blues Brothers (1980)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
- ^ Script Review: THE SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE MOVIE from filmbuffonline.com
- ^ "Live, From New York, It's the Worst Movies From the Cast of SNL". filmcritic.com. Archived from the original on 2010-05-27.
- ^ It's Pat: Julia Sweeney's gender-bending character goes to Hollywood, but can he ... er ... she ... er ... er ... Pat cross over?, a September 1994 article from Rolling Stone>
- ^ "CinemaScore". CinemaScore. Archived from the original on April 13, 2022. Retrieved April 16, 2022.
- ^ "The Blues Brothers". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 2019-07-31.
- ^ "The Blues Brothers". Metacritic.
- ^ "Wayne's World". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 2021-09-21.
- ^ "Wayne's World". Metacritic. Retrieved 2019-07-31.
- ^ "Coneheads". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 2019-07-31.
- ^ "Coneheads". Metacritic. Retrieved 2019-07-31.
- ^ "Wayne's World 2". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 2019-07-31.
- ^ "Wayne's World 2". Metacritic. Retrieved 2019-07-31.
- ^ "It's Pat". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 2019-07-31.
- ^ "Stuart Saves His Family". Rotten Tomatoes.
- ^ "Stuart Saves His Family". Metacritic.
- ^ "A Night at the Roxbury". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 2019-07-31.
- ^ "A Night at the Roxbury". Metacritic. Retrieved 2019-07-31.
- ^ "Blues Brothers 2000". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 2019-07-31.
- ^ "Superstar". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 2019-07-31.
- ^ "Superstar". Metacritic.
- ^ "The Ladies Man". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 2019-07-31.
- ^ "The Ladies Man". Metacritic. Retrieved 2019-07-31.
- ^ "MacGruber". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 2019-07-31.
- ^ "MacGruber". Metacritic. Retrieved 2019-07-31.
- ^ "Please Don't Destroy: The Treasure of Foggy Mountain". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 2023-12-13.
- ^ "Please Don't Destroy: The Treasure of Foggy Mountain". Metacritic. Retrieved 2023-12-13.