UK Release date: 3 November 1948
First Melbourne Saturday Suburban:
Genre: Fantasy
Country: UK
Running time: 79 minutes
Director: Francis Searle
Cast: Gordon Harker, Alfred Drayton & Robertson Hare
Australian Distributor: GBDFD
Melbourne Premiere Venue: Hoyts’ Athenaeum for three weeks from 11 November 1949 supporting The Glass Mountain.
Suburban Release Type: Hoyts 3-L-2
Rankings
| Rank | ||
| EF Points | 24 | 330 |
| EF PPE | 1.50 | 331 |
| Metres Travelled | 184,141 | 316 |
| Average MT | 11,509 | 23 |
| Engagements | 16 | 318 |
| Slots | 18 | 321 |
| Weeks | 2 | 238 |
| Weeks as % of engagements | 12.50% | 177 |
| Saturdays | 4 | 309 |
| Sats as % of engagements | 25.00% | 245 |
| Tuesdays | 10 | 177 |
| Tues as % of engagements | 62.50% | 49 |
| First billed | 0 | 263* |
| Second billed | 16 | 164 |
| Feature only | 0 | 34* |
Hoyts ratios
| Engagements weeks 1-10 | 11 |
| Ratio | 68.75% |
| Difference to chain ratio | -23.61% |
| Eng weeks 11-26 | 0 |
| Ratio | 0.00% |
| Difference to chain ratio | -5.39% |
| Eng weeks 27-52 | 5 |
| Ratio | 31.25% |
| Difference to chain ratio | 29.01% |
| Hoyts eng | 8 |
| Ratio | 50.00% |
| Difference to chain ratio | -15.78% |
| Independent eng | 4 |
| Ratio | 25.00% |
| Difference to chain ratio | 13.50% |
| Suburban eng | 4 |
| Ratio | 25.00% |
| Difference to chain ratio | 2.28% |
Notes: British fantasy quickie about a possessed girl received three bookings through Hoyts in its first fortnight before the chain handballed it to Independent and Suburban theatres to use as supports until its 49th week when Hoyts picked it up again (it was observed playing after a year in suburban release). Very low on most metrics due to scant release pattern, but 23rd on average distance travelled per engagement.
Things Happen at Night engagements
| SUBURB | VENUE | CHAIN | DATE | W | D | B | CO-FEATURE |
| Footscray | Barkly | Hoyts | 6/5/50 | 1 | T | 2 | The Fabulous Texan |
| South Yarra | Regent | Hoyts | 6/5/50 | 1 | T | 2 | House of Strangers |
| St.Kilda | Palais | Suburban | 6/5/50 | 1 | W | 2 | Battleground |
| Caulfield | Crystal Palace | Suburban | 13/5/50 | 2 | T | 2 | That Dangerous Age |
| Malvern | New | Hoyts | 13/5/50 | 2 | T | 2 | That Dangerous Age |
| North Melbourne | Loco | Independent | 20/5/50 | 3 | T | 2 | The Passionate Friends |
| Camberwell | Rivoli | Suburban | 20/5/50 | 3 | W | 2 | Battleground |
| Oakleigh | Paramount | Independent | 27/5/50 | 4 | T | 2 | Everybody Does It |
| Box Hill | Rialto | Suburban | 27/5/50 | 4 | T | 2 | Mr Perrin and Mr Traill |
| Elwood | Broadway | Independent | 10/6/50 | 6 | S | 2 | Battleground |
| North Richmond | Victoria | Independent | 10/6/50 | 6 | S | 2 | Battleground |
| Glenhuntly | Glenhuntly | Hoyts | 7/4/51 | 49 | S | 2 | All About Eve |
| Essendon | Circle | Hoyts | 14/4/51 | 50 | T | 2 | The Egg and I |
| Carnegie | Carnegie | Hoyts | 21/4/51 | 51 | S | 2 | Task Force |
| Balwyn | Time | Hoyts | 21/4/51 | 51 | T | 2 | Quicksand |
| Kew | Rialto | Hoyts | 21/4/51 | 51 | T | 2 | Quicksand |
The 1950 Project 