ESCAPE ME NEVER

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US Release date: November 7 1947

First Melbourne Saturday Suburban: 14 January 1950

Genre: Drama

Country: USA.

Running time: 104 minutes.

Director: Peter Godfrey

Cast: Errol Flynn, Ida Lupino & Eleanor Parker

Australian Distributor: Warner Bros

Melbourne Premiere Venue:  Two weeks at Hoyts Plaza Theatre from 2 December 1949 as a feature only presentation.

Suburban Release Type: Hoyts 12-W-2

Rankings

		Rank
EF Points	99	206
EF PPE	2.30	232
Metres Travelled	435,569	208
Average MT	10,130	187
Engagements	43	204
Slots	45	241
Weeks	2	238
Weeks as % of engagements	4.65%	268
Saturdays	28	60
Sats as % of engagements	65.12%	36
Tuesdays	13	154
Tues as % of engagements	30.23%	187
First billed	8	179
Second billed	35	99
Feature only	0	34*

Hoyts Ratios

Engagements weeks 1-10	41
Ratio	95.35%
Difference to chain ratio	2.99%
Eng weeks 11-26	2
Ratio	4.65%
Difference to chain ratio	-0.74%
Eng weeks 27-52	0
Ratio	0.00%
Difference to chain ratio	-2.24%
Hoyts eng	33
Ratio	76.74%
Difference to chain ratio	10.96%
Independent eng	1
Ratio	2.33%
Difference to chain ratio	-9.17%
Suburban eng	9
Ratio	20.93%
Difference to chain ratio	-1.79%

NOTES: This one sat on the shelf for a while in the US and took a further two years to be released here. The resulting Memorial wide release was indicative of the film’s quality and the the lack of exhibitor faith. Ranking poorly on all metrics the star power just refused to fire and it was consigned to supporting It Happens Every Spring. 

Escape Me Never engagements

SUBURB	VENUE	CHAIN	DATE	W	D	B	CO-FEATURE
Caulfield	Crystal Palace	Suburban	14/1/50	1	S	2	It Happens Every Spring
Albert Park	Park	Hoyts	14/1/50	1	S	2	It Happens Every Spring
Brunswick	Alhambra	Hoyts	14/1/50	1	S	2	Along the Navajo Trail
Coburg	Town Hall	Hoyts	14/1/50	1	S	2	Along the Navajo Trail
Fitzroy	Regent	Hoyts	14/1/50	1	S	2	It Happens Every Spring
Malvern	New	Hoyts	14/1/50	1	S	2	It Happens Every Spring
North Fitzroy	Merri	Hoyts	14/1/50	1	S	2	It Happens Every Spring
Port Melbourne	Eclipse	Hoyts	14/1/50	1	S	2	It Happens Every Spring
Richmond	Cinema	Hoyts	14/1/50	1	S	2	It Happens Every Spring
South Yarra	Regent	Hoyts	14/1/50	1	S	2	It Happens Every Spring
Windsor	New	Hoyts	14/1/50	1	S	2	It Happens Every Spring
St.Kilda	Memorial	Hoyts	14/1/50	1	W	2	Johnny Stool Pigeon
Ascot Vale	Ascot	Suburban	21/1/50	2	S	2	It Happens Every Spring
Richmond	Globe	Suburban	21/1/50	2	S	2	It Happens Every Spring
Elsternwick	Renown	Hoyts	21/1/50	2	S	2	It Happens Every Spring
Essendon	Circle	Hoyts	21/1/50	2	S	2	It Happens Every Spring
Northcote	Northcote	Suburban	21/1/50	2	T	2	It Happens Every Spring
Ascot Vale	Waratah	Hoyts	21/1/50	2	T	2	It Happens Every Spring
Brighton	Centre	Hoyts	21/1/50	2	T	2	It Happens Every Spring
Essendon	Plaza	Hoyts	21/1/50	2	T	2	It Happens Every Spring
Glenhuntly	Glenhuntly	Hoyts	21/1/50	2	T	2	It Happens Every Spring
Thornbury	Regent	Hoyts	21/1/50	2	T	2	It Happens Every Spring
Balwyn	Time	Hoyts	28/1/50	3	S	2	It Happens Every Spring
Bentleigh	Bentleigh	Hoyts	28/1/50	3	S	2	It Happens Every Spring
Camberwell	Broadway	Hoyts	28/1/50	3	S	2	It Happens Every Spring
Gardiner	Regent	Hoyts	28/1/50	3	S	2	It Happens Every Spring
Hampton	Southern	Hoyts	28/1/50	3	S	2	It Happens Every Spring
Kew	Rialto	Hoyts	28/1/50	3	S	2	It Happens Every Spring
Carnegie	Carnegie	Hoyts	28/1/50	3	T	2	It Happens Every Spring
Glenferrie	Palace	Hoyts	28/1/50	3	T	2	It Happens Every Spring
Preston	Circle	Hoyts	28/1/50	3	T	2	It Happens Every Spring
Footscray	Trocadero	Hoyts	28/1/50	3	W	2	It Happens Every Spring
North Fitzroy	Palace	Suburban	4/2/50	4	S	2	It Happens Every Spring
Yarraville	St. George	Suburban	11/2/50	4	S	2	It Happens Every Spring
Brunswick	Lygon	Hoyts	4/2/50	4	S	1	It Happens Every Spring
Williamstown	Shore	Hoyts	4/2/50	4	S	1	It Happens Every Spring
Canterbury	Maling	Hoyts	4/2/50	4	T	1	It Happens Every Spring
Ivanhoe	Ivanhoe	Hoyts	4/2/50	4	T	1	It Happens Every Spring
Malvern	Victory	Hoyts	4/2/50	4	T	1	It Happens Every Spring
Eltham	Plaza	Suburban	11/2/50	5	S	2	Johnny Stool Pigeon
Reservoir	Plaza	Independent	11/3/50	9	T	1	Tarzan’s Magic Fountain
Malvern East	Verne	Suburban	25/3/50	11	S	1	Trapped by Boston Blackie
South Melbourne	Empire	Suburban	15/4/50	14	S	1	Embraceable You