Editing Witness (1985 film) (section)

==Release==
''Witness'' had its world premiere at the [[Fulton Opera House]] in Lancaster, Pennsylvania in on February 7, 1985.<ref name=fulton>{{cite news|url=https://lancasteronline.com/features/throwback-thursday-witness-premiered-at-fulton-30-years-ago/article_50e9324c-b2d6-11e4-ae0c-17a87103bccf.html|work=[[LNP (newspaper)|LPN]]|title=Throwback Thursday: 'Witness' premiered at Fulton 30 years ago|last=Wright|first=Mary Ellen|date=February 12, 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220604040259/https://lancasteronline.com/features/throwback-thursday-witness-premiered-at-fulton-30-years-ago/article_50e9324c-b2d6-11e4-ae0c-17a87103bccf.html|archive-date=June 4, 2022}}</ref> The film was screened out of competition at the [[1985 Cannes Film Festival]].<ref name="festival-cannes.com">{{cite web |title=Festival de Cannes: Witness |url=http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/927/year/1985.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121002065446/http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/927/year/1985.html |archive-date=2012-10-02 |access-date=July 8, 2009 |work=festival-cannes.com}}</ref>

===Box office===
The film opened theatrically in 876 theaters in the United States on February 8, 1985, and grossed $4,539,990 in its opening weekend, ranking number two behind ''[[Beverly Hills Cop]]''. The film went on to become a [[sleeper hit]], topping the charts in its fifth week of release.<ref name=slash>{{cite web|work=[[/Film]]|url=https://www.slashfilm.com/871359/it-took-a-total-re-write-to-make-witness-an-oscar-winner/|title=It Took A Total Re-Write To Make Witness An Oscar Winner|date=May 23, 2022|last=Smith|first=Jeremy|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220525001408/https://www.slashfilm.com/871359/it-took-a-total-re-write-to-make-witness-an-oscar-winner/|archive-date=May 25, 2022}}</ref> It eventually earned a total of $68,706,993 in North America.<ref name="Mojo">{{cite web | title=Witness | url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=witness.htm | work=[[Box Office Mojo]] | publisher=[[Amazon (company)|Amazon.com]]}}</ref> Internationally, it grossed $47.4 million for a worldwide total of $116.1 million.<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=September 11, 1995|page=92|title=UIP's $25M-Plus Club}}</ref>

===Home media===
Paramount Home Entertainment released Witness on [[VHS]], with a [[DVD]] in initially in 1999 and then in 2005, along with a [[Blu-ray]] Disc in 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/Witness-BD-Blu-ray-Harrison-Ford/dp/B010QCI9I6/ref=mp_s_a_1_2?keywords=witness+1985&qid=1696900486&sr=8-2|title=Witness (1985) Blu-ray (BD)|website=Amazon |date=October 13, 2015 |accessdate=October 10, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/Witness-Harrison-Ford/dp/B00AEBB9UK/ref=mp_s_a_1_1_sspa?keywords=witness+1985&qid=1696900486&sr=8-1-spons&sp_csd=d2lkZ2V0TmFtZT1zcF9waG9uZV9zZWFyY2hfYXRm&psc=1&smid=A7QP4FXP92N6N|title=Witness (1985) DVD|website=Amazon |date=August 23, 2005 |accessdate=October 10, 2023}}</ref>
British boutique label [[Arrow Films]] released the film in the United States on [[Ultra-high-definition television|4K Ultra HD]] disc and remastered Blu-ray on October 31, 2023.<ref>{{cite web |title=Witness Ultra HD Limited Edition 4K ULTRA HD |url=https://www.arrowvideo.com/4k/witness-ultra-hd-limited-edition-4k-ultra-hd/14887485.html |accessdate=October 10, 2023 |website=Arrow Video}}</ref>