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Saturday Night (2024 movie)

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Saturday Night
Directed byJason Reitman
Written by
Produced by
  • Jason Blumenfeld
  • Peter Rice
  • Jason Reitman
  • Gil Kenan
Starring
CinematographyEric Steelberg
Edited by
Music byJon Batiste
Production
companies
Distributed bySony Pictures Releasing
Release dates
  • August 31, 2024 (2024-08-31) (Telluride)
  • September 27, 2024 (2024-09-27) (United States)
Running time
109 minutes[1]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$25–30 million[2][3]
Box office$9.8 million[4][5]

Saturday Night is a 2024 American biographical comedy-drama movie directed by Jason Reitman. It is about the making and release of the first episode of NBC's Saturday Night, later known as Saturday Night Live.

The movie stars Gabriel LaBelle as the show's creator and producer, Lorne Michaels with Rachel Sennott, Cory Michael Smith, Ella Hunt, Dylan O'Brien, Emily Fairn, Matt Wood, Lamorne Morris, Kim Matula, Finn Wolfhard, Nicholas Braun, Cooper Hoffman, Andrew Barth Feldman, Kaia Gerber, Tommy Dewey, Willem Dafoe, Matthew Rhys, and J. K. Simmons also appearing.

Saturday Night had a limited theatrical release in the United States on September 27, 2024 to positive reviews.[6]

References

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  1. "Saturday Night (15)". BBFC. Retrieved January 22, 2025.
  2. Malhotra, Rahul (2024-09-29). "'Saturday Night' Nearly Breaks a Domestic Box Office Record in Debut Weekend". Collider. Retrieved 2024-09-30.
  3. D'Alessandro, Anthony (October 9, 2024). "'Terrifier 3' Looks To Slash 'Joker: Folie à Deux' At Weekend Box Office With $11M+ Opening – Preview". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved October 9, 2024.
  4. "Saturday Night". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved November 25, 2024.
  5. "Saturday Night – Financial Information". The Numbers. Archived from the original on September 30, 2024. Retrieved November 25, 2024.
  6. Debruge, Peter (2024-09-01). "Saturday Night Review: Jason Reitman Finds the Right Ensemble to Capture the Lunacy From Which SNL Was Born". Variety. ISSN 0042-2738. OCLC 60626328. Archived from the original on September 7, 2024. Retrieved 2024-09-06.