Editing When Harry Met Sally... (section)

===Box office===
[[Columbia Pictures]] released ''When Harry Met Sally...'' using the "platform" technique which involves opening a film in a few select cities then letting word of mouth generate interest before gradually expanding distribution over subsequent weeks. On its opening weekend, the movie grossed $1,094,453 in 41 theatres,<ref name="boxoffice">{{cite web | url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=whenharrymetsally.htm | title=When Harry Met Sally... | website=Box Office Mojo | date=November 29, 2007 | access-date=November 29, 2007 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130802180737/http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=whenharrymetsally.htm | archive-date=August 2, 2013 | url-status=live }}</ref> the second highest-grossing opening weekend for a film on fewer than 50 screens, behind ''[[Star Wars (film)|Star Wars]]'' (1977).<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Daily Variety]]|date=September 20, 1994|page=24|title=All-Time Opening Weekends: 50 Screens or Less}}</ref> Billy Crystal was worried that the film would flop at the box office because it was up against several summer blockbuster films, like ''[[Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade]]'' and ''[[Batman (1989 film)|Batman]]''.<ref name= "keyser"/> The film opened in early July and went into wide release on July 21, 1989, grossing $8.8&nbsp;million in 775 theaters in its first weekend of national release.<ref name="boxoffice"/> The film later expanded to 1,174 theaters, and ultimately grossed $92.8&nbsp;million in North America, well above its $16&nbsp;million budget.<ref name= "boxoffice"/>