MIRACULOUS JOURNEY

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US Release date: 17 September 1948

First Melbourne Saturday Suburban: 17 June 1950

Genre: Adventure

Country: USA

Running time: 83 minutes.

Director: Sam Newfield.

Cast: Rory Calhoun, Virginia Grey & Audrey Long.

Australian Distributor: 20th Century Fox.

Melbourne Premiere Venue: Hoyts Lyceum, for two weeks from 26 May 1950, first billed with Once a Jolly Swagman as its supporting feature.  

Suburban Release Type: Hoyts 10-W-2

Rankings

		Rank
EF Points	84	234
EF PPE	1.83	289
Metres Travelled	438,292	204
Average MT	9,528	316
Engagements	46	163
Slots	47	227
Weeks	1	284
Weeks as % of engagements	2.17%	323
Saturdays	22	106
Sats as % of engagements	47.83%	119
Tuesdays	23	78
Tues as % of engagements	50.00%	96
First billed	4	196
Second billed	42	65
Feature only	0	34*

Hoyts Ratios

Engagements weeks 1-10	46
Ratio	100.00%
Difference to chain ratio	7.64%
Eng weeks 11-26	0
Ratio	0.00%
Difference to chain ratio	-5.39%
Eng weeks 27-52	0
Ratio	0.00%
Difference to chain ratio	-2.24%
Hoyts eng	31
Ratio	67.39%
Difference to chain ratio	1.61%
Independent eng	5
Ratio	10.87%
Difference to chain ratio	-0.63%
Suburban eng	10
Ratio	21.74%
Difference to chain ratio	-0.98%

Notes: A typical Lyceum A-feature that travelled the suburbs as a support, mostly for the equine bio-pic The Great Dan Patch (on 37 occasions). As the top-billed feature was a moderately popular item, Miraculous Journey enjoyed an even share of Saturdays and Tuesdays, but only a solitary week. And it packed its engagements in – all done by week ten. Curiously, admats and one-sheets state this is was a Fox release, yet daybills name Film Classics as the distributor.  

Miraculous Journey engagements

SUBURB	VENUE	CHAIN	DATE	W	D	B	CO-FEATURE
Collingwood	Austral	Suburban	17/6/50	1	S	2	The Great Dan Patch
Fitzroy	Regent	Hoyts	17/6/50	1	S	2	The Great Dan Patch
Port Melbourne	Eclipse	Hoyts	17/6/50	1	S	2	The Great Dan Patch
Prahran	Empress	Hoyts	17/6/50	1	S	1	My Brother’s Keeper
Richmond	Cinema	Hoyts	17/6/50	1	S	2	The Great Dan Patch
Caulfield	Crystal Palace	Suburban	17/6/50	1	T	2	The Great Dan Patch
Albert Park	Park	Hoyts	17/6/50	1	T	2	The Great Dan Patch
Malvern	New	Hoyts	17/6/50	1	T	2	The Great Dan Patch
North Fitzroy	Merri	Hoyts	17/6/50	1	T	2	The Great Dan Patch
St.Kilda	Memorial	Hoyts	17/6/50	1	W	2	My Brother’s Keeper
Newmarket	Newmarket	Suburban	24/6/50	2	S	2	The Great Dan Patch
Richmond	Globe	Suburban	24/6/50	2	S	2	The Great Dan Patch
Ascot Vale	Waratah	Hoyts	24/6/50	2	S	2	The Great Dan Patch
Brunswick	Alhambra	Hoyts	24/6/50	2	S	1	My Brother’s Keeper
Coburg	Town Hall	Hoyts	24/6/50	2	S	1	My Brother’s Keeper
Essendon	Plaza	Hoyts	24/6/50	2	S	2	The Great Dan Patch
Glenhuntly	Glenhuntly	Hoyts	24/6/50	2	S	2	The Great Dan Patch
Ascot Vale	Ascot	Suburban	24/6/50	2	T	2	The Great Dan Patch
Northcote	Northcote	Suburban	24/6/50	2	T	2	The Great Dan Patch
Brighton	Centre	Hoyts	24/6/50	2	T	2	The Great Dan Patch
Elsternwick	Renown	Hoyts	24/6/50	2	T	2	The Great Dan Patch
Essendon	Circle	Hoyts	24/6/50	2	T	2	The Great Dan Patch
Thornbury	Regent	Hoyts	24/6/50	2	T	2	The Great Dan Patch
Carnegie	Carnegie	Hoyts	1/7/50	3	S	2	The Great Dan Patch
Footscray	Barkly	Hoyts	1/7/50	3	S	2	The Great Dan Patch
Glenferrie	Palace	Hoyts	1/7/50	3	S	2	The Great Dan Patch
Preston	Circle	Hoyts	1/7/50	3	S	2	The Great Dan Patch
Balwyn	Time	Hoyts	1/7/50	3	T	2	The Great Dan Patch
Bentleigh	Bentleigh	Hoyts	1/7/50	3	T	2	The Great Dan Patch
Gardiner	Regent	Hoyts	1/7/50	3	T	2	The Great Dan Patch
Hampton	Southern	Hoyts	1/7/50	3	T	2	The Great Dan Patch
Kew	Rialto	Hoyts	1/7/50	3	T	2	The Great Dan Patch
Fairfield	Fairfield	Suburban	8/7/50	4	S	2	The Great Dan Patch
North Fitzroy	Palace	Suburban	8/7/50	4	S	2	The Great Dan Patch
Brunswick	Lygon	Hoyts	8/7/50	4	S	2	The Great Dan Patch
Hartwell	Regal	Suburban	8/7/50	4	T	2	The Great Dan Patch
Canterbury	Maling	Hoyts	8/7/50	4	T	2	The Great Dan Patch
Ivanhoe	Ivanhoe	Hoyts	8/7/50	4	T	2	The Great Dan Patch
Malvern	Victory	Hoyts	8/7/50	4	T	2	The Great Dan Patch
Yarraville	St. George	Suburban	15/7/50	5	S	2	The Great Dan Patch
Williamstown	Shore	Hoyts	15/7/50	5	S	2	The Great Dan Patch
North Melbourne	Loco	Independent	15/7/50	5	T	1	My Brother’s Keeper
North Richmond	Victoria	Independent	29/7/50	7	T	2	Passport to Pimlico
Oakleigh	Paramount	Independent	22/7/50	7	T	2	June Bride
Preston West	Rivoli	Independent	5/8/50	8	S	2	Madness of the Heart
Elwood	Broadway	Independent	19/8/50	10	T	2	The Big Steal