List of Saturday Night Live feature films

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Saturday Night Live has made several efforts to develop some of the more popular sketches into feature-length films, with varying degrees of commercial and critical success. The first foray into film came with the successful Aykroyd and 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. 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). Some did moderately well, though others did not—notably, It's Pat, which did so badly at the box office that the studio that made the film, Touchstone Pictures (owned by The Walt Disney Company, which also owns NBC's rival ABC), pulled it only one week after releasing it,[3] and Stuart Saves His Family, which lost $14 million.[citation needed] Many of these films were produced by Paramount Pictures. The films based on The Blues Brothers were produced by Universal Studios, which merged with NBC in 2004 to form NBC Universal (Universal also has a joint venture with Paramount for international distribution of the two studios' films).

Films[]

Film Details
Saturday Night Live sketches based on Director(s) Writer(s) Distributor(s)
The Blues Brothers The Blues Brothers by Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi John Landis Dan Aykroyd and John Landis Universal Pictures
Wayne's World Wayne's World by Mike Myers Penelope Spheeris Mike Myers, Bonnie Turner and Terry Turner Paramount Pictures
Coneheads Coneheads by Dan Aykroyd Steve Barron Tom Davis, Dan Aykroyd, Bonnie Turner and Terry Turner
Wayne's World 2 Wayne's World by Mike Myers Stephen Surjik Mike Myers, Bonnie Turner and Terry Turner
It's Pat Pat by Julia Sweeney Adam Bernstein Julia Sweeney, Jim Emerson and Stephen Hibbert Buena Vista Pictures
Stuart Saves His Family Stuart Smalley by Al Franken Harold Ramis Al Franken Paramount Pictures
Blues Brothers 2000 The Blues Brothers by Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi John Landis Dan Aykroyd and John Landis Universal Pictures
A Night at the Roxbury The Roxbury Guys by Chris Kattan and Will Ferrell John Fortenberry Will Ferrell, Chris Kattan and Steve Koren Paramount Pictures
Superstar Mary Katherine Gallagher by Molly Shannon Bruce McCulloch Steve Koren
The Ladies Man Leon Phelps, The Ladies Man by Tim Meadows Reginald Hudlin Tim Meadows, Dennis McNicholas and Andrew Steele
MacGruber MacGruber by Will Forte, John Solomon and Jorma Taccone Jorma Taccone Will Forte, John Solomon and Jorma Taccone Universal Pictures

Reception[]

Box office performance[]

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 N/A $21,274,717
Wayne's World 2 December 10, 1993 $40 million $48,197,805 N/A $48,197,805
It's Pat August 26, 1994 $8 million[4] $60,822 N/A $60,822
Stuart Saves His Family April 14, 1995 $6.3 million $912,082 N/A $912,082
Blues Brothers 2000 February 6, 1998 $28 million $14,051,384 N/A $14,051,384
A Night at the Roxbury October 2, 1998 $17 million $30,331,165 N/A $30,331,165
Superstar October 8, 1999 $14 million $30,636,478 N/A $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

Critical response[]

Year Film Rotten Tomatoes Metacritic CinemaScore
1980 The Blues Brothers 83% (54 reviews)[5] 60% (12 reviews)[6] N/A
1992 Wayne's World 84% (50 reviews)[7] 57% (14 reviews)[8] A−[9]
1993 Coneheads 35% (31 reviews)[10] 49% (20 reviews)[11] B+[9]
1993 Wayne's World 2 61% (44 reviews)[12] 60% (21 reviews)[13] A-[9]
1994 It's Pat 0% (11 reviews)[14] N/A N/A
1995 Stuart Saves His Family 30% (27 reviews)[15] 54% (16 reviews)[16] N/A
1998 A Night at the Roxbury 11% (55 reviews)[17] 26% (14 reviews)[18] C−[9]
1998 Blues Brothers 2000 46% (46 reviews)[19] N/A B−[9]
1999 Superstar 32% (74 reviews)[20] 42% (28 reviews) [21] C+[9]
2000 The Ladies Man 11% (73 reviews)[22] 22% (23 reviews) [23] C−[9]
2010 MacGruber 48% (151 reviews)[24] 43% (24 reviews)[25] C−[9]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b "The Blues Brothers (1980)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
  2. ^ Script Review: THE SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE MOVIE from filmbuffonline.com
  3. ^ "Live, From New York, It's the Worst Movies From the Cast of SNL". filmcritic.com. Archived from the original on 2010-05-27.
  4. ^ 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>
  5. ^ "The Blues Brothers". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 2019-07-31.
  6. ^ "The Blues Brothers". Metacritic.
  7. ^ "Wayne's World". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 2019-07-31.
  8. ^ "Wayne's World". Metacritic. Retrieved 2019-07-31.
  9. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h "Cinemascore". CinemaScore. Archived from the original on 2018-12-20. Retrieved 2019-08-02.
  10. ^ "Coneheads". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 2019-07-31.
  11. ^ "Coneheads". Metacritic. Retrieved 2019-07-31.
  12. ^ "Wayne's World 2". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 2019-07-31.
  13. ^ "Wayne's World 2". Metacritic. Retrieved 2019-07-31.
  14. ^ "It's Pat". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 2019-07-31.
  15. ^ "Stuart Saves His Family". Rotten Tomatoes.
  16. ^ "Stuart Saves His Family". Metacritic.
  17. ^ "A Night at the Roxbury". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 2019-07-31.
  18. ^ "A Night at the Roxbury". Metacritic. Retrieved 2019-07-31.
  19. ^ "Blues Brothers 2000". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 2019-07-31.
  20. ^ "Superstar". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 2019-07-31.
  21. ^ "Superstar". Metacritic.
  22. ^ "The Ladies Man". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 2019-07-31.
  23. ^ "The Ladies Man". Metacritic. Retrieved 2019-07-31.
  24. ^ "MacGruber". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 2019-07-31.
  25. ^ "MacGruber". Metacritic. Retrieved 2019-07-31.
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