UK Release date: 23 June 1949
First Melbourne Saturday Suburban: 5 August 1950
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Running time: 108 minutes
Director: Robert Hamer
Cast: Dennis Price, Alec Guinness & Valerie Hobson
Australian Distributor: BEF
Melbourne Premiere Venue: Union’s Grosvenor theatre for seventeen weeks from 17 March 1950 supported by The 1950 British Empire Games.
Suburban Release Type: Union 8-W-1
Rankings
| Rank | ||
| EF Points | 270 | 74 |
| EF PPE | 7.11 | 42 |
| Metres Travelled | 437,440 | 206 |
| Average MT | 11,512 | 22 |
| Engagements | 38 | 243 |
| Slots | 58 | 111 |
| Weeks | 20 | 71 |
| Weeks as % of engagements | 52.63% | 84 |
| Saturdays | 12 | 185 |
| Sats as % of engagements | 31.58% | 205 |
| Tuesdays | 6 | 236 |
| Tues as % of engagements | 15.79% | 254 |
| First billed | 38 | 105 |
| Second billed | 0 | 293* |
| Feature only | 0 | 34* |
Independent ratios
| Engagements weeks 1-10 | 31 |
| Ratio | 81.58% |
| Difference to chain ratio | -5.09% |
| Eng weeks 11-26 | 2 |
| Ratio | 5.26% |
| Difference to chain ratio | -2.36% |
| Eng weeks 27-52 | 5 |
| Ratio | 13.16% |
| Difference to chain ratio | 7.45% |
| Hoyts eng | 0 |
| Ratio | 0.00% |
| Difference to chain ratio | -0.84% |
| Independent eng | 29 |
| Ratio | 76.32% |
| Difference to chain ratio | -0.79% |
| Suburban eng | 9 |
| Ratio | 23.68% |
| Difference to chain ratio | 1.63% |
Notes: Ealing’s classic black comedy was a reasonable performer at 270 EF points and a 74th ranking, but considering how fondly the film is remembered one would assume it would have placed a tad upwards – especially on the Union circuit where the numbers tended to skew higher. Out of the Storm was its regular support player.
Kind Hearts and Coronets engagements
| SUBURB | VENUE | CHAIN | DATE | W | D | B | CO-FEATURE |
| Burnley | Burnley | Independent | 5/8/50 | 1 | S | 1 | Heart of Virginia |
| Collingwood | Austral | Suburban | 5/8/50 | 1 | T | 1 | Out of the Storm |
| Albert Park | Kinema | Independent | 5/8/50 | 1 | W | 1 | Out of the Storm |
| North Carlton | Adelphi | Independent | 5/8/50 | 1 | W | 1 | Out of the Storm |
| Richmond | National | Independent | 5/8/50 | 1 | W | 1 | Heart of Virginia |
| St. Kilda | Astor | Independent | 5/8/50 | 1 | W | 1 | Out of the Storm |
| Toorak | Village | Independent | 5/8/50 | 1 | W | 1 | Out of the Storm |
| St. Kilda | Palais | Suburban | 5/8/50 | 1 | W | 1 | Out of the Storm |
| Newmarket | Newmarket | Suburban | 12/8/50 | 2 | T | 1 | Out of the Storm |
| Brunswick | Empire | Independent | 12/8/50 | 2 | W | 1 | Out of the Storm |
| West Brunswick | Western | Independent | 12/8/50 | 2 | W | 1 | Out of the Storm |
| West Preston | Rivoli | Independent | 19/8/50 | 3 | S | 1 | Under Nevada Skies |
| East Malvern | Waverley | Independent | 19/8/50 | 3 | W | 1 | Out of the Storm |
| East Preston | Gowerville | Independent | 19/8/50 | 3 | W | 1 | Out of the Storm |
| Balwyn | Balwyn | Suburban | 19/8/50 | 3 | W | 1 | Out of the Storm |
| Camberwell | Rivoli | Suburban | 19/8/50 | 3 | W | 1 | Out of the Storm |
| Ormond | Plaza | Suburban | 19/8/50 | 3 | W | 1 | Out of the Storm |
| Fairfield | Fairfield | Suburban | 26/8/50 | 4 | T | 1 | Out of the Storm |
| Ashburton | Civic | Independent | 26/8/50 | 4 | W | 1 | Out of the Storm |
| Middle Brighton | Dendy | Independent | 26/8/50 | 4 | W | 1 | Out of the Storm |
| North Brighton | Gardenvale | Independent | 26/8/50 | 4 | W | 1 | Out of the Storm |
| Sandringham | Roxy | Independent | 26/8/50 | 4 | W | 1 | Lost Honeymoon |
| Elwood | Broadway | Independent | 2/9/50 | 5 | S | 1 | Homicide |
| Newport | Plaza | Independent | 2/9/50 | 5 | S | 1 | Out of the Storm |
| Williamstown | Empress | Independent | 2/9/50 | 5 | S | 1 | Out of the Storm |
| Coburg | Plaza | Independent | 2/9/50 | 5 | W | 1 | Heart of Virginia |
| Oakleigh | Plaza | Independent | 9/9/50 | 6 | S | 1 | Heart of Virginia |
| West Coburg | Progress | Independent | 16/9/50 | 7 | S | 1 | King of the Gamblers |
| Box Hill | Rialto | Suburban | 16/9/50 | 7 | S | 1 | Out of the Storm |
| Surrey Hills | Surrey | Independent | 16/9/50 | 7 | W | 1 | Out of the Storm |
| Reservoir | Plaza | Independent | 7/10/50 | 10 | T | 1 | Out of the Storm |
| Murrumbeena | Argosy | Suburban | 18/11/50 | 16 | S | 1 | Out of the Storm |
| Heidelberg | Orient | Independent | 6/1/51 | 23 | S | 1 | Incident |
| Essendon | Regal | Independent | 3/3/51 | 31 | T | 1 | Incident |
| Port Melbourne | Port | Independent | 17/3/51 | 33 | W | 1 | Henry The Rainmaker |
| Elsternwick | Renown | Independent | 19/5/51 | 42 | T | 1 | Incident |
| Blackburn | Blackburn | Independent | 16/6/51 | 46 | S | 1 | Under Nevada Skies |
| Middle Brighton | Prince George | Independent | 16/6/51 | 46 | S | 1 | Chinatown at Midnight |
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