Editing Saturday Night Fever (section)

==Reception==
===Box office===
The film grossed $25.9 million in its first 24 days of release and grossed an average of $600,000 a day throughout January to March<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=May 10, 1978|page=4|title='Sat. Nite Fever' At $87,749,000}}</ref> going on to gross $94.2 million in the United States and Canada and $237.1 million worldwide.<ref name=mojo/> Adjusted for inflation, it is the highest-grossing R-rated film released in the U.S. in the 1970s, with a total box office gross of $673,899,098 in 2024.<ref name="FeverBoxOffice"></ref>

===Critical response===
''Saturday Night Fever'' received positive reviews and is regarded by many critics as one of the best films of 1977.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://alumnus.caltech.edu/~ejohnson/critics/siskel.html |title=Gene Siskel's Top Ten Lists 1969–1998 |publisher=Alumnus.caltech.edu |date=February 20, 1999 |access-date=April 11, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.filmsite.org/1977.html |title=Greatest Films of 1977: "melodramatic, out-dated blockbuster" |website=Filmsite.org |access-date=April 11, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Johanson |first=MaryAnn|url=http://www.film.com/features/story/10-best-movies-of-1977/14896015 |title=The 10 Best Movies of 1977 – Movies |website=Film.com |date=May 25, 2007 |access-date=April 11, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100620184640/http://www.film.com/features/story/10-best-movies-of-1977/14896015 |archive-date=June 20, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.films101.com/y1977r.htm |title=The Best Movies of 1977 by Rank |website=Films101.com |access-date=April 11, 2011}}</ref> {{RT prose|{{RT data|score}}|{{RT data|average}}|{{RT data|count}}|Boasting a smart, poignant story, a classic soundtrack, and a starmaking performance from John Travolta, ''Saturday Night Fever'' ranks among the finest dramas of the 1970s.|ref=yes|access-date=October 26, 2023}} {{Metacritic film prose|77|7|ref=yes|access-date=October 26, 2023}} It was added to ''[[The New York Times]]'' "Guide to the Best 1,000 Movies Ever Made", which was published in 2004.<ref>{{Cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/ref/movies/1000best.html | work=The New York Times | title=The Best 1,000 Movies Ever Made | date=April 29, 2003 | access-date=May 23, 2010 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131211043539/http://www.nytimes.com/ref/movies/1000best.html | archive-date=December 11, 2013 | df=mdy-all }}</ref> In 2010, the film was selected for preservation in the United States [[National Film Registry]] by the [[Library of Congress]] as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".

Film critic [[Gene Siskel]], who would later list this as his favorite movie, praised the film: "One minute into ''Saturday Night Fever'' you know this picture is onto something, that it knows what it's talking about." He also praised John Travolta's energetic performance: "Travolta on the dance floor is like a peacock on amphetamines. He struts like crazy."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/34591299/snf-review-energy-reality-make/|title=Energy, reality make 'Fever' dance|first=Gene|last=Siskel|work=Chicago Tribune|date=December 16, 1977|accessdate=May 20, 2022}}</ref> Siskel even bought Travolta's famous white suit from the film at a charity auction.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Ebert|first=Roger|date=March 7, 1999|url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/great-movie-saturday-night-fever-1977|work=[[Chicago Sun-Times]]|title=Saturday Night Fever (1977)}}</ref>

Film critic [[Pauline Kael]] wrote a gushing review of the film in ''[[The New Yorker]]'': "The way ''Saturday Night Fever'' has been directed and shot, we feel the languorous pull of the discotheque, and the gaudiness is transformed. These are among the most hypnotically beautiful pop dance scenes ever filmed ... Travolta gets so far inside the role he seems incapable of a false note; even the Brooklyn accent sounds unerring ... At its best, though, ''Saturday Night Fever'' gets at something deeply romantic: the need to move, to dance, and the need to be who you'd like to be. Nirvana is the dance; when the music stops, you return to being ordinary."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/4110/saturday-night-fever/#articles-reviews |website=Turner Classic Movies|title=Critics' Corner – Saturday Night Fever |access-date=2013-06-06}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine | magazine=[[The New Yorker]] | first=Pauline | last=Kael | author-link=Pauline Kael | pages=59–60 | date=December 26, 1977 | title=Nirvana }}</ref>

===Accolades===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|-
! Award
! Category
! Nominee(s)
! Result
! {{Abbreviation|Ref.|References}}
|-
| [[50th Academy Awards|Academy Awards]]
| [[Academy Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]]
| [[John Travolta]]
| {{nom}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1978 |title=The 50th Academy Awards (1978) Nominees and Winners |publisher=[[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]] |access-date=October 5, 2011}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[32nd British Academy Film Awards|British Academy Film Awards]]
| [[BAFTA Award for Best Original Music|Anthony Asquith Award for Original Film Music]]
| [[Bee Gees]]
| {{nom}}
| rowspan="2" align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://awards.bafta.org/award/1979/film |title=BAFTA Awards: Film in 1979 |publisher=[[British Academy Film Awards]] |access-date=June 3, 2021}}</ref>
|-
| [[BAFTA Award for Best Sound|Best Soundtrack]]
| Michael Colgan, [[Les Lazarowitz]], [[John Wilkinson (sound engineer)|John Wilkinson]], [[Robert W. Glass Jr.]], and [[John T. Reitz]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[DVD Exclusive Awards]]
| Best Audio Commentary, Library Release
| [[John Badham]] {{small|(for the ''25th Anniversary Edition'')}}
| {{nom}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dvdexclusive.com/article.asp?articleID=1841&categoryID=22 |title=DVD Premiere Awards 2002 Nominations & Winners |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050114192121/http://www.dvdexclusive.com/article.asp?articleID=1841&categoryID=22 |archive-date=January 14, 2005 |publisher=DVD Exclusive Magazine}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="4"| [[35th Golden Globe Awards|Golden Globe Awards]]
| colspan="2"| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy|Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy]]
| {{nom}}
| rowspan="4" align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.goldenglobes.com/film/saturday-night-fever |title=Saturday Night Fever |publisher=[[Golden Globe Awards]] |access-date=July 5, 2021}}</ref>
|-
| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy|Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy]]
| John Travolta
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score|Best Original Score – Motion Picture]]
| [[Barry Gibb]], [[Maurice Gibb]], [[Robin Gibb]], and [[David Shire]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song|Best Original Song – Motion Picture]]
| "[[How Deep Is Your Love (Bee Gees song)|How Deep Is Your Love]]" <br> Music and Lyrics by Barry Gibb, Maurice Gibb, and Robin Gibb
| {{nom}}
|-
| colspan="3"| [[Goldene Leinwand|Golden Screen Awards]]
| {{won}}
| align="center"| 
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[20th Annual Grammy Awards|Grammy Awards]] {{small|(1977)}}
| [[Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals|Best Pop Vocal Performance by a Group]]
| "How Deep Is Your Love" – Bee Gees
| {{won}}
| rowspan="2" align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.grammy.com/awards/20th-annual-grammy-awards |title=20th Annual GRAMMY Awards |publisher=[[Grammy Awards]] |access-date=May 1, 2011}}</ref>
|-
| [[Grammy Award for Producer of the Year, Non-Classical|Producer of the Year]]
| Barry Gibb, Maurice Gibb, Robin Gibb, [[Albhy Galuten]], and Karl Richardson
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan="6"| [[21st Annual Grammy Awards|Grammy Awards]] {{small|(1978)}}
| [[Grammy Award for Album of the Year|Album of the Year]]
| ''[[Saturday Night Fever (soundtrack)|Saturday Night Fever]]'' – Bee Gees, Broadway Eddie, [[Richard Finch (musician)|Richard Finch]], Albhy Galuten, <br> [[K.G. Productions]], [[Ron Kersey]], [[Arif Mardin]], [[Bobby Martin (producer)|Bobby Martin]], Bill Oakes, [[Freddie Perren]], <br> Karl Richardson, William Salter, [[Thomas J. Valentino]], [[Ralph MacDonald]], David Shire, <br> Don Renaldo, [[Yvonne Elliman]], [[K.C. and the Sunshine Band]], [[Kool & the Gang]], <br> [[Walter Murphy]], [[Tavares (music group)|Tavares]], and [[Trammps]]
| {{won}}
| rowspan="6" align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.grammy.com/awards/21st-annual-grammy-awards |title=21st Annual GRAMMY Awards |publisher=[[Grammy Awards]] |access-date=May 1, 2011}}</ref>
|-
| [[Grammy Award for Record of the Year|Record of the Year]]
| "[[Stayin' Alive]]" – Barry Gibb, Maurice Gibb, Robin Gibb, Albhy Galuten, and Karl Richardson
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Grammy Award for Song of the Year|Song of the Year]]
| "Stayin' Alive" – Barry Gibb, Maurice Gibb, and Robin Gibb
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals|Best Pop Vocal Performance by a Duo, Group or Chorus]]
| ''Saturday Night Fever'' – Bee Gees
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Grammy Award for Best Vocal Arrangement for Two or More Voices|Best Arrangement for Voices]]
| "Stayin' Alive" – Bee Gees
| {{won}}
|-
| Producer of the Year
| Barry Gibb, Maurice Gibb, Robin Gibb, Albhy Galuten, and Karl Richardson
| {{won}}
|-
| [[46th Annual Grammy Awards|Grammy Awards]] {{small|(2004)}}
| [[Grammy Hall of Fame]]
| ''Saturday Night Fever'' – Various Artists
| {{won|Inducted}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.grammy.com/awards/hall-of-fame-award |title=GRAMMY Hall of Fame |publisher=[[Grammy Awards]] |access-date=May 1, 2011}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[National Board of Review Awards 1977|National Board of Review Awards]]
| colspan="2"| [[National Board of Review: Top Ten Films|Top Ten Films]]
| {{draw|7th Place}}
| rowspan="2" align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://nationalboardofreview.org/award-years/1977/ |title=1977 Award Winners |publisher=[[National Board of Review]] |access-date=July 5, 2021}}</ref>
|-
| [[National Board of Review Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]]
| John Travolta
| {{won}}
|-
| [[National Film Preservation Board]]
| colspan="2"| [[National Film Registry]]
| {{won|Inducted}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.loc.gov/programs/national-film-preservation-board/film-registry/complete-national-film-registry-listing/ |title=Complete National Film Registry Listing |publisher=[[Library of Congress]] |access-date=December 16, 2015}}</ref>
|-
| [[1977 National Society of Film Critics Awards|National Society of Film Critics Awards]]
| [[National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]]
| rowspan="2"| John Travolta
| {{draw|3rd Place}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://nationalsocietyoffilmcritics.com/about-2/ |title=Past Awards |publisher=[[National Society of Film Critics]] |date=December 19, 2009 |access-date=July 5, 2021}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[1977 New York Film Critics Circle Awards|New York Film Critics Circle Awards]]
| colspan="2"| [[New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]]
| {{Runner-up}}
| rowspan="2" align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nyfcc.com/awards/?awardyear=1977 |title=1977 New York Film Critics Circle Awards |publisher=[[New York Film Critics Circle]] |access-date=July 5, 2021}}</ref>
|-
| [[New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]]
| [[Donna Pescow]]
| {{Runner-up}}
|-
| [[30th Writers Guild of America Awards|Writers Guild of America Awards]]
| [[Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Screenplay|Best Drama – Written Directly for the Screen]]
| [[Norman Wexler]]
| {{nom}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wga.org/awards/awardssub.aspx?id=1551 |title=Awards Winners |publisher=[[Writers Guild of America Awards]] |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121205095022/http://www.wga.org/awards/awardssub.aspx?id=1551 |archive-date=December 5, 2012 |access-date=June 6, 2010}}</ref>
|}

'''[[American Film Institute]] Lists'''
* [[AFI's 100 Years ... 100 Songs]]:
** [[Stayin' Alive]] – #9<ref>{{Cite web |title=AFI's 100 Years…100 Songs |url=https://www.afi.com/afis-100-years-100-songs/ |access-date=2023-09-26 |website=American Film Institute |language=en}}</ref>