US Release date: 21 August 1947 (reissue; originally released in 1939)
First Melbourne Saturday Suburban: 15 July 1950
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Running time: 238 minutes (colour)
Director: Victor Fleming
Cast: Clark Gable, Vivien Leigh & Thomas Mitchell
Australian Distributor: MGM
Melbourne Premiere Venue: MGM’s St James and Metro theatres simultaneously with two weeks at the former and four at the latter as a feature only presentation (Originally screened in 1940).
Suburban Release Type: MGM Embassy EX-FO
Rankings
| Rank | ||
| EF Points | 348 | 40 |
| EF PPE | 12.00 | 1 |
| Metres Travelled | 329,196 | 273 |
| Average MT | 11,352 | 31 |
| Engagements | 29 | 279 |
| Slots | 116 | 4 |
| Weeks | 29 | 45 |
| Weeks as % of engagements | 100.00% | 1 |
| Saturdays | 0 | 348* |
| Sats as % of engagements | 0.00% | 348* |
| Tuesdays | 0 | 347* |
| Tues as % of engagements | 0.00% | 347* |
| First billed | 0 | 263* |
| Second billed | 0 | 293* |
| Feature only | 29 | 3 |
Independent ratios
| Engagements weeks 1-10 | 14 |
| Ratio | 48.28% |
| Difference to chain ratio | -38.39% |
| Eng weeks 11-26 | 13 |
| Ratio | 44.83% |
| Difference to chain ratio | 37.21% |
| Eng weeks 27-52 | 2 |
| Ratio | 6.90% |
| Difference to chain ratio | 1.19% |
| Hoyts eng | 0 |
| Ratio | 0.00% |
| Difference to chain ratio | -0.84% |
| Independent eng | 21 |
| Ratio | 72.41% |
| Difference to chain ratio | -4.70% |
| Suburban eng | 8 |
| Ratio | 27.59% |
| Difference to chain ratio | 5.54% |
Notes: 29 engagements, each a full week and each a feature only. Thus the reissue of Gone with the Wind ranked #1 for weeks as a % of total engagements and for achieving the perfect EF PPE of 12.00. Other notables were third for feature onlys and fourth for number of slots. Overall a very fine 348 EF points. Clearly, twelve years on audiences still did give a damn…
Gone With the Wind (RR) engagements
| SUBURB | VENUE | CHAIN | DATE | W | D | B | CO-FEATURE |
| Malvern | Embassy | Suburban | 15/7/50 | 1 | W | FO | FO |
| Malvern | Embassy | Suburban | 12/8/50 | 5 | W | FO | FO |
| Burnley | Burnley | Independent | 19/8/50 | 6 | W | FO | FO |
| Essendon | Regal | Independent | 19/8/50 | 6 | W | FO | FO |
| North Carlton | Adelphi | Independent | 19/8/50 | 6 | W | FO | FO |
| Elsternwick | Renown | Independent | 26/8/50 | 7 | W | FO | FO |
| West Brunswick | Western | Independent | 26/8/50 | 7 | W | FO | FO |
| East Malvern | Waverley | Independent | 2/9/50 | 8 | W | FO | FO |
| Ashburton | Civic | Independent | 9/9/50 | 9 | W | FO | FO |
| Middle Brighton | Dendy | Independent | 9/9/50 | 9 | W | FO | FO |
| North Brighton | Gardenvale | Independent | 9/9/50 | 9 | W | FO | FO |
| Sandringham | Roxy | Independent | 9/9/50 | 9 | W | FO | FO |
| Footscray | Grand | Independent | 16/9/50 | 10 | W | FO | FO |
| Heidelberg | Orient | Independent | 16/9/50 | 10 | W | FO | FO |
| Yarraville | Sun | Independent | 23/9/50 | 11 | W | FO | FO |
| Newport | Plaza | Independent | 30/9/50 | 12 | W | FO | FO |
| Williamstown | Empress | Independent | 30/9/50 | 12 | W | FO | FO |
| Moonee Ponds | Moonee | Independent | 7/10/50 | 13 | W | FO | FO |
| Westgarth | Westgarth | Independent | 7/10/50 | 13 | W | FO | FO |
| Preston | Planet | Suburban | 7/10/50 | 13 | W | FO | FO |
| Glenferrie | Glen | Independent | 14/10/50 | 14 | W | FO | FO |
| Hawthorn | Vogue | Independent | 14/10/50 | 14 | W | FO | FO |
| Camberwell | Rivoli | Suburban | 14/10/50 | 14 | W | FO | FO |
| Ormond | Plaza | Suburban | 14/10/50 | 14 | W | FO | FO |
| Preston | St. James | Suburban | 14/10/50 | 14 | W | FO | FO |
| Box Hill | Regent | Suburban | 11/11/50 | 18 | W | FO | FO |
| Surrey Hills | Surrey | Independent | 9/12/50 | 22 | W | FO | FO |
| St.Kilda | Palais | Suburban | 12/5/51 | 44 | W | FO | FO |
| East Brunswick | Liberty | Independent | 26/5/51 | 46 | W | FO | FO |
The 1950 Project 