US Release date: 19 November 1947
First Melbourne Saturday Suburban: 29 July 1950
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Running time: 173 minutes
Director: Dudley Nichols
Cast: Rosalind Russell, Michael Redgrave & Raymond Massey
Australian Distributor: RKO
Melbourne Premiere Venue: Independent Savoy theatre for five weeks from 5 May 1950 as a feature only presentation.
Suburban Release Type: Hoyts Malvern Victory EX-FO
Rankings
| Rank | ||
| EF Points | 4 | 353 |
| EF PPE | 4.00 | 136 |
| Metres Travelled | 10,187 | 355 |
| Average MT | 10,187 | 178 |
| Engagements | 1 | 355* |
| Slots | 2 | 355 |
| Weeks | 0 | 338* |
| Weeks as % of engagements | 0.00% | 338* |
| Saturdays | 0 | 348* |
| Sats as % of engagements | 0.00% | 348* |
| Tuesdays | 1 | 337 |
| Tues as % of engagements | 100.00% | 1 |
| First billed | 0 | 263* |
| Second billed | 0 | 293* |
| Feature only | 1 | 20 |
Hoyts ratios
| Engagements weeks 1-10 | 1 |
| 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 | 1 |
| Ratio | 100.00% |
| Difference to chain ratio | 34.22% |
| Independent eng | 0 |
| Ratio | 0.00% |
| Difference to chain ratio | -11.50% |
| Suburban eng | 0 |
| Ratio | 0.00% |
| Difference to chain ratio | -22.72% |
Notes: This major mis-judgement from RKO surprised nobody when it died at the US box office, no matter its critical plaudits. In Melbourne it went out via the Savoy arthouse where the morose 173 minutes were appreciated. Of course it was hardly expected to be at all released into suburban venues, yet Hoyts provided it with a single booking – a Tuesday – at the Malvern Victory. Obviously bottom of the ladder in most rankings.
Mourning Becomes Electra engagements
| SUBURB | VENUE | CHAIN | DATE | W | D | B | CO-FEATURE |
| Malvern | Victory | Hoyts | 29/7/50 | 1 | T | FO | FO |
The 1950 Project 