BLONDIE HITS THE JACKPOT

US Release date: 28 September 1949

First Melbourne Saturday Suburban: 8 July 1950

Genre: Comedy

Country: USA

Running time: 66 minutes.

Director: Edward Bernds

Cast: Penny Singleton, Arthur Lake & Larry Simms

Australian Distributor: Columbia

Melbourne Premiere Venue: No Observed City Release

Suburban Release Type: 7-W-2

Rankings

		Rank
EF Points	78	252
EF PPE	1.90	277
Metres Travelled	415,620	229
Average MT	10,137	185
Engagements	41	222
Slots	43	256
Weeks	2	238
Weeks as % of engagements	4.88%	267
Saturdays	33	36
Sats as % of engagements	80.49%	5
Tuesdays	6	236
Tues as % of engagements	14.63%	264
First billed	0	263*
Second billed	41	72
Feature only	0	34*

Hoyts ratios

Engagements weeks 1-10	36
Ratio	87.80%
Difference to chain ratio	-4.56%
Eng weeks 11-26	3
Ratio	7.32%
Difference to chain ratio	1.93%
Eng weeks 27-52	2
Ratio	4.88%
Difference to chain ratio	2.64%
Hoyts eng	28
Ratio	68.29%
Difference to chain ratio	2.51%
Independent eng	5
Ratio	12.20%
Difference to chain ratio	0.70%
Suburban eng	8
Ratio	19.51%
Difference to chain ratio	-3.21%

Notes: As a Columbia film Union would normally screen a Blondie flick but this time around it was Hoyts who took it on, mostly as support for I Was a Male War Bride. Due to playing alongside that film it had a huge number of Saturday bookings, rating 5th for Saturdays as a % of all its engagements. Otherwise, expectedly low ranking elsewhere.

Blondie Hits the Jackpot engagements

SUBURB	VENUE	CHAIN	DATE	W	D	B	CO-FEATURE
Albert Park	Park	Hoyts	8/7/50	1	S	2	I Was a Male War Bride
Fitzroy	Regent	Hoyts	8/7/50	1	S	2	I Was a Male War Bride
North Fitzroy	Merri	Hoyts	8/7/50	1	S	2	I Was a Male War Bride
Port Melbourne	Eclipse	Hoyts	8/7/50	1	S	2	I Was a Male War Bride
Prahran	Empress	Hoyts	8/7/50	1	S	2	Unknown Island
Richmond	Cinema	Hoyts	8/7/50	1	S	2	I Was a Male War Bride
St.Kilda	Memorial	Hoyts	8/7/50	1	W	2	Unknown Island
Ascot Vale	Ascot	Suburban	15/7/50	2	S	2	I Was a Male War Bride
Northcote	Northcote	Suburban	15/7/50	2	S	2	I Was a Male War Bride
Ascot Vale	Waratah	Hoyts	15/7/50	2	S	2	I Was a Male War Bride
Brunswick	Alhambra	Hoyts	15/7/50	2	S	2	Unknown Island
Brunswick	Lygon	Hoyts	15/7/50	2	S	2	I Was a Male War Bride
Coburg	Town Hall	Hoyts	15/7/50	2	S	2	Unknown Island
Essendon	Plaza	Hoyts	15/7/50	2	S	2	I Was a Male War Bride
Essendon	Circle	Hoyts	15/7/50	2	S	2	I Was a Male War Bride
Malvern	Victory	Hoyts	15/7/50	2	S	2	I Was a Male War Bride
Thornbury	Regent	Hoyts	15/7/50	2	S	2	I Was a Male War Bride
Hartwell	Regal	Suburban	15/7/50	2	T	2	The Drum
Richmond	Globe	Suburban	15/7/50	2	T	2	I Was a Male War Bride
Preston	Circle	Hoyts	22/7/50	3	S	2	I Was a Male War Bride
North Fitzroy	Palace	Suburban	29/7/50	4	S	2	I Was a Male War Bride
Caulfield	Crystal Palace	Suburban	5/8/50	5	S	2	Pinky
Yarraville	St. George	Suburban	5/8/50	5	S	2	I Was a Male War Bride
Malvern	New	Hoyts	5/8/50	5	S	2	Pinky
Williamstown	Shore	Hoyts	5/8/50	5	S	2	I Was a Male War Bride
Oakleigh	Paramount	Independent	12/8/50	6	S	2	I Was a Male War Bride
Glenhuntly	Glenhuntly	Hoyts	12/8/50	6	S	2	Pinky
Box Hill	Rialto	Suburban	19/8/50	7	S	2	I Was a Male War Bride
Balwyn	Time	Hoyts	19/8/50	7	S	2	Pinky
Bentleigh	Bentleigh	Hoyts	19/8/50	7	S	2	Pinky
Camberwell	Broadway	Hoyts	19/8/50	7	S	2	Pinky
Glenferrie	Palace	Hoyts	19/8/50	7	S	2	Pinky
Hampton	Southern	Hoyts	19/8/50	7	S	2	Pinky
Kew	Rialto	Hoyts	19/8/50	7	S	2	Pinky
Canterbury	Maling	Hoyts	26/8/50	8	S	2	Pinky
Ivanhoe	Ivanhoe	Hoyts	2/9/50	9	S	2	Adventures of Don Juan
Footscray	Barkly	Hoyts	7/10/50	14	T	2	Margie
Newport	Plaza	Independent	11/11/50	18	T	2	And Baby Makes Three
Williamstown	Empress	Independent	11/11/50	18	T	2	And Baby Makes Three
North Melbourne	Central	Independent	7/4/51	40	T	2	The Younger Brothers
Preston East	Gowerville	Independent	5/5/51	44	W	2	A Woman of Distinction