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When Harry Met Sally...

1989 • R • 1h 36m • Comedy, Drama, Romance • Columbia Pictures

Can two friends sleep together and still love each other in the morning?

🍅 90% 89% MC 76 LB 4.06 IMDb 7.7

Box office summary

Opening Weekend
$1.1M
3-day opening
Domestic Total
$92.8M
Final
Worldwide Total
$93M
$178K international
Domestic Legs84.8x
Budget$16M
1989 Rank#11
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Cast & Crew

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Rob Reiner Rob Reiner Director Billy Crystal Billy Crystal Starring Meg Ryan Meg Ryan Starring Carrie Fisher Carrie Fisher Starring Bruno Kirby Bruno Kirby Starring
ScreenplayNora Ephron Produced byRob Reiner, Andrew Scheinman CinematographyBarry Sonnenfeld Music byMarc Shaiman StudioColumbia Pictures
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The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Jul 14-16 11 $1.1M — 775 $1,412 $1.4M
2 Jul 21-23 3 $8.8M +708.3% 775 $11,415 $11.1M
3 Jul 28-30 4 $7.9M −11.2% 827 $9,503 $24.2M
4 Aug 4-6 4 $7.3M −7.0% 1,133 $6,451 $35.7M
5 Aug 11-13 5 $6.2M −15.2% 1,171 $5,292 $45.9M
6 Aug 18-20 5 $4.9M −21.0% 1,144 $4,281 $54.0M
7 Aug 25-27 4 $4.1M −17.2% 1,171 $3,464 $60.7M
8 Sep 1-3 4 $4.8M +19.5% 1,152 $4,210 $67.5M
9 Sep 8-10 4 $3.1M −35.8% 1,171 $2,659 $71.6M
10 Sep 15-17 4 $2.7M −14.7% 1,171 $2,268 $75.3M
11 Sep 22-24 5 $2.0M −23.1% 1,170 $1,746 $78.1M
12 Sep 29-Oct 1 6 $2.0M −4.0% 1,162 $1,688 $80.8M
13 Oct 6-8 6 $2.1M +6.4% 1,151 $1,813 $83.5M
14 Oct 13-15 9 $1.2M −41.1% 1,120 $1,098 $85.1M
15 Oct 20-22 11 $1.1M −9.4% 1,064 $1,047 $86.7M
16 Oct 27-29 13 $650.6K −41.6% 803 $810 $87.7M
17 Nov 3-5 12 $782.6K +20.3% 796 $983 $88.8M
18 Nov 10-12 12 $685.9K −12.4% 675 $1,016 $89.8M
19 Nov 17-19 12 $376.9K −45.1% 440 $857 $90.4M
20 Nov 24-26 11 $328.2K −12.9% 344 $954 $90.9M
21 Dec 1-3 11 $211.1K −35.7% 313 $674 $91.2M
22 Dec 8-10 11 $151.3K −28.4% 286 $529 $91.4M
23 Dec 15-17 12 $88.1K −41.7% 161 $547 $91.5M
24 Dec 22-24 38 $54.8K −37.8% 161 $340 $91.7M
25 Dec 29-31 16 $188.1K +243.2% 161 $1,168 $92.1M
26 Jan 5-7 13 $123.0K −34.6% 161 $764 $92.2M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $2.7M
$1.1M
$8.8M
$7.9M
$7.3M
$6.2M
$4.9M
$4.1M
$4.8M
$3.1M
$2.7M
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −14.7%
+708.3%
W1→2
−11.2%
W2→3
−7.0%
W3→4
−15.2%
W4→5
−21.0%
W5→6
−17.2%
W6→7
+19.5%
W7→8
−35.8%
W8→9
−14.7%
W9→10
Steepest −35.8%Biggest gain +708.3%

Profitability

Return on Budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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