List of Saturday Night Live feature films
Introduction The American sketch comedy TV series ''Saturday Night Live'', which debuted on NBC in 1975 and remains in production as of 2023, 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.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.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). Most of the 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.
Films  Film Details Saturday Night Live sketches based on Director(s) Writer(s) Distributor(s) ''The Blues Brothers'' The Blues Brothers by Dan Aykroyd & John Belushi John Landis Dan Aykroyd & John Landis Universal Pictures ''Wayne's World'' Wayne's World by Mike Myers Penelope Spheeris Mike Myers, Bonnie Turner & Terry Turner Paramount Pictures ''Coneheads'' Coneheads by Dan Aykroyd Steve Barron Tom Davis, Dan Aykroyd, Bonnie Turner & Terry Turner ''Wayne's World 2'' Wayne's World by Mike Myers Stephen Surjik Mike Myers, Bonnie Turner & Terry Turner ''It's Pat'' Pat by Julia Sweeney Adam Bernstein Julia Sweeney, Jim Emerson & 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 & John Belushi John Landis Dan Aykroyd & John Landis Universal Pictures ''A Night at the Roxbury'' The Roxbury Guys by Chris Kattan & Will Ferrell John Fortenberry Will Ferrell, Chris Kattan & 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 & Andrew Steele ''MacGruber'' MacGruber by Will Forte, John Solomon & Jorma Taccone Jorma Taccone Will Forte, John Solomon & Jorma TacconeUniversal Pictures ''Please Don't Destroy: The Treasure of Foggy Mountain'' Please Don't Destroy by Martin Herlihy, John Higgins, & Ben Marshall Paul Briganti Martin Herlihy, John Higgins, & Ben Marshall
Reception ===Box office performance=== Film Release date(United States) Budget(estimated) Box office revenue United States Elsewhere Worldwide ''The Blues Brothers''    $27 million    $57,229,890  $58,000,000  ''Wayne's World''     $20 million  $121,697,323 $61,400,000   ''Coneheads''    $33 million  $21,274,717      ''Wayne's World 2''    $40 million  $48,197,805      ''It's Pat''    $8 million  $60,822       ''Stuart Saves His Family''    $6.3 million  $912,082     ''Blues Brothers 2000''    $28 million  $14,051,384      ''A Night at the Roxbury''    $17 million  $30,331,165      ''Superstar''    $14 million  $30,636,478       ''The Ladies Man''    $24 million  $13,616,610  $126,602    ''MacGruber''    $10 million  $8,525,600  $797,295    ''Please Don't Destroy: The Treasure of Foggy Mountain''        $14,582   ===Critical response=== Year Film Rotten Tomatoes Metacritic CinemaScore 1980 ''The Blues Brothers'' 73% (90 reviews) 60% (12 reviews)  1992 ''Wayne's World'' 78% (88 reviews) 57% (14 reviews)  1993 ''Coneheads'' 35% (31 reviews) 49% (20 reviews)  1993 ''Wayne's World 2'' 61% (44 reviews) 60% (21 reviews) A- 1994 ''It's Pat'' 0% (11 reviews)   1995 ''Stuart Saves His Family'' 30% (27 reviews) 54% (16 reviews)  1998 ''A Night at the Roxbury'' 11% (55 reviews) 26% (14 reviews)  1998 ''Blues Brothers 2000'' 46% (46 reviews)   1999 ''Superstar'' 32% (74 reviews) 42% (28 reviews)   2000 ''The Ladies Man'' 11% (73 reviews) 22% (23 reviews)   2010 ''MacGruber'' 48% (151 reviews) 43% (24 reviews)  2023 ''Please Don't Destroy: The Treasure of Foggy Mountain'' 44% (32 reviews) 49% (13 reviews)
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