Saturday Night
“The revolution begins at 11:30.”
At 11:30pm on October 11, 1975, a ferocious troupe of young comedians and writers changed television forever. This is the story of what happened behind the scenes in the 90 minutes leading up to the first broadcast of Saturday Night Live.
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Studio
Columbia Pictures
Language
en
Status
Released
How Saturday Night performed
Budget
$25.0M
Worldwide Gross
$10.1M
Gross Profit
−$14.9M
Return
0.4× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$1M
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~45/55, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (32% of the domestic run, typical for Comedy) are MoviesRankd estimates. Profit is gross revenue minus production budget and excludes marketing — studios typically need ~2–2.5× budget to break even.
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Cast
Lorne Michaels
Gabriel LaBelle
Lorne Michaels
Rosie Shuster
Rachel Sennott
Rosie Shuster
Chevy Chase
Cory Michael Smith
Chevy Chase
Gilda Radner
Ella Hunt
Gilda Radner
Dan Aykroyd
Dylan O'Brien
Dan Aykroyd
Laraine Newman
Emily Fairn
Laraine Newman
John Belushi
Matt Wood
John Belushi
Garrett Morris
Lamorne Morris
Garrett Morris
Jane Curtin
Kim Matula
Jane Curtin
Michael O'Donoghue
Tommy Dewey
Michael O'Donoghue
Dick Ebersol
Cooper Hoffman
Dick Ebersol
Andy Kaufman / Jim Henson
Nicholas Braun
Andy Kaufman / Jim Henson
If you liked Saturday Night
After Hours
1985
Standing Up, Falling Down
2020
Not Okay
2022
Deconstructing Harry
1997
A Futile and Stupid Gesture
2018
Monty Python's The Meaning of Life
1983