US Release date: 27 July 1949 (as Mighty Joe Young)
First Melbourne Saturday Suburban: 8 July 1950
Genre: Fantasy
Country: USA.
Running time: 94 minutes.
Director: Ernest B. Schoedsack
Cast: Terry Moore, Ben Johnson & Robert Armstrong
Australian Distributor: RKO
Melbourne Premiere Venue: Four weeks at Hoyts Esquire Theatre from 5 January 1950 with Strange Bargain as support.
Suburban Release Type: Hoyts Victory EX-2
Rankings
| Rank | ||
| EF Points | 213 | 112 |
| EF PPE | 4.35 | 126 |
| Metres Travelled | 460,033 | 181 |
| Average MT | 9,388 | 328 |
| Engagements | 49 | 105 |
| Slots | 52 | 173 |
| Weeks | 3 | 214 |
| Weeks as % of engagements | 6.12% | 251 |
| Saturdays | 20 | 125 |
| Sats as % of engagements | 40.82% | 160 |
| Tuesdays | 26 | 48 |
| Tues as % of engagements | 53.06% | 83 |
| First billed | 47 | 64 |
| Second billed | 2 | 248 |
| Feature only | 0 | 34* |
Hoyts Ratios
| Engagements weeks 1-10 | 47 |
| Ratio | 95.92% |
| Difference to chain ratio | 3.56% |
| Eng weeks 11-26 | 2 |
| Ratio | 4.08% |
| Difference to chain ratio | -1.31% |
| Eng weeks 27-52 | 0 |
| Ratio | 0.00% |
| Difference to chain ratio | -2.24% |
| Hoyts eng | 33 |
| Ratio | 67.35% |
| Difference to chain ratio | 1.57% |
| Independent eng | 4 |
| Ratio | 8.16% |
| Difference to chain ratio | -3.34% |
| Suburban eng | 12 |
| Ratio | 24.49% |
| Difference to chain ratio | 1.77% |
NOTES: A handy special effects spectacle for Hoyts that played both Saturdays and Tuesdays (with the balance towards the latter). Two of its three weeks were as support to Too Late for Tears, whilst the rest of the run it was first billed to Strange Bargain, the film that accompanied its city release.
Mr. Joseph Young of Africa engagements
| SUBURB | VENUE | CHAIN | DATE | W | D | B | CO-FEATURE |
| St.Kilda | Victory | Hoyts | 18/2/50 | 1 | W | 2 | Too Late for Tears |
| Collingwood | Austral | Suburban | 25/2/50 | 2 | S | 1 | Strange Bargain |
| Albert Park | Park | Hoyts | 25/2/50 | 2 | S | 1 | Strange Bargain |
| North Fitzroy | Merri | Hoyts | 25/2/50 | 2 | S | 1 | Strange Bargain |
| Port Melbourne | Eclipse | Hoyts | 25/2/50 | 2 | S | 1 | Strange Bargain |
| Richmond | Cinema | Hoyts | 25/2/50 | 2 | S | 1 | Strange Bargain |
| Caulfield | Crystal Palace | Suburban | 25/2/50 | 2 | T | 1 | Strange Bargain |
| Fitzroy | Regent | Hoyts | 25/2/50 | 2 | T | 1 | Strange Bargain |
| Malvern | New | Hoyts | 25/2/50 | 2 | T | 1 | Strange Bargain |
| South Yarra | Regent | Hoyts | 25/2/50 | 2 | T | 1 | Strange Bargain |
| Windsor | New | Hoyts | 25/2/50 | 2 | W | 2 | Too Late for Tears |
| Newmarket | Newmarket | Suburban | 4/3/50 | 3 | S | 1 | Strange Bargain |
| Northcote | Northcote | Suburban | 4/3/50 | 3 | S | 1 | Strange Bargain |
| Richmond | Globe | Suburban | 4/3/50 | 3 | S | 1 | Strange Bargain |
| Essendon | Plaza | Hoyts | 4/3/50 | 3 | S | 1 | Strange Bargain |
| Glenhuntly | Glenhuntly | Hoyts | 4/3/50 | 3 | S | 1 | Strange Bargain |
| Ascot Vale | Ascot | Suburban | 4/3/50 | 3 | T | 1 | Strange Bargain |
| Ascot Vale | Waratah | Hoyts | 4/3/50 | 3 | T | 1 | Strange Bargain |
| Brighton | Centre | Hoyts | 4/3/50 | 3 | T | 1 | Strange Bargain |
| Brunswick | Padua | Hoyts | 4/3/50 | 3 | T | 1 | Strange Bargain |
| Coburg | Grand | Hoyts | 4/3/50 | 3 | T | 1 | Strange Bargain |
| Elsternwick | Renown | Hoyts | 4/3/50 | 3 | T | 1 | Strange Bargain |
| Essendon | Circle | Hoyts | 4/3/50 | 3 | T | 1 | Strange Bargain |
| Thornbury | Regent | Hoyts | 4/3/50 | 3 | T | 1 | Strange Bargain |
| Bentleigh | Bentleigh | Hoyts | 11/3/50 | 4 | S | 1 | Strange Bargain |
| Carnegie | Carnegie | Hoyts | 11/3/50 | 4 | S | 1 | Strange Bargain |
| Footscray | Trocadero | Hoyts | 11/3/50 | 4 | S | 1 | Strange Bargain |
| Glenferrie | Palace | Hoyts | 11/3/50 | 4 | S | 1 | Strange Bargain |
| Balwyn | Time | Hoyts | 11/3/50 | 4 | T | 1 | Strange Bargain |
| Brunswick | Alhambra | Hoyts | 11/3/50 | 4 | T | 1 | Too Late for Tears |
| Gardiner | Regent | Hoyts | 11/3/50 | 4 | T | 1 | Strange Bargain |
| Hampton | Southern | Hoyts | 11/3/50 | 4 | T | 1 | Strange Bargain |
| Kew | Rialto | Hoyts | 11/3/50 | 4 | T | 1 | Strange Bargain |
| Preston | Circle | Hoyts | 11/3/50 | 4 | T | 1 | Strange Bargain |
| Fairfield | Fairfield | Suburban | 18/3/50 | 5 | T | 1 | Strange Bargain |
| North Fitzroy | Palace | Suburban | 18/3/50 | 5 | T | 1 | Strange Bargain |
| Canterbury | Maling | Hoyts | 18/3/50 | 5 | T | 1 | Strange Bargain |
| Ivanhoe | Ivanhoe | Hoyts | 18/3/50 | 5 | T | 1 | Strange Bargain |
| Brunswick | Lygon | Hoyts | 18/3/50 | 5 | W | 1 | Strange Bargain |
| Yarraville | St. George | Suburban | 25/3/50 | 6 | S | 1 | Strange Bargain |
| North Melbourne | Loco | Independent | 25/3/50 | 6 | T | 1 | Strange Bargain |
| Prahran | Empress | Hoyts | 25/3/50 | 6 | T | 1 | Africa Screams |
| Williamstown | Shore | Hoyts | 25/3/50 | 6 | T | 1 | Strange Bargain |
| Oakleigh | Plaza | Independent | 1/4/50 | 7 | S | 1 | Strange Bargain |
| Clifton Hill | Clifton | Suburban | 1/4/50 | 7 | S | 1 | Strange Bargain |
| Box Hill | Regent | Suburban | 8/4/50 | 8 | S | 1 | Strange Bargain |
| Reservoir | Plaza | Independent | 22/4/50 | 10 | S | 1 | Strange Bargain |
| Preston West | Rivoli | Independent | 29/4/50 | 11 | T | 1 | Strange Bargain |
| Malvern East | Verne | Suburban | 15/7/50 | 22 | S | 1 | Strange Bargain |
The 1950 Project 