KIND HEARTS AND CORONETS

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 Points27074
EF PPE7.1142
Metres Travelled437,440206
Average MT11,51222
Engagements38243
Slots58111
Weeks2071
Weeks as % of engagements52.63%84
Saturdays12185
Sats as % of engagements31.58%205
Tuesdays6236
Tues as % of engagements15.79%254
First billed38105
Second billed0293*
Feature only034*
*Last

Independent ratios

Engagements weeks 1-1031
Ratio81.58%
Difference to chain ratio-5.09%
Eng weeks 11-262
Ratio5.26%
Difference to chain ratio-2.36%
Eng weeks 27-525
Ratio13.16%
Difference to chain ratio7.45%
Hoyts eng0
Ratio0.00%
Difference to chain ratio-0.84%
Independent eng29
Ratio76.32%
Difference to chain ratio-0.79%
Suburban eng9
Ratio23.68%
Difference to chain ratio1.63%

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

SUBURBVENUECHAINDATEWDBCO-FEATURE
BurnleyBurnleyIndependent5/8/501S1Heart of Virginia
CollingwoodAustralSuburban5/8/501T1Out of the Storm
Albert ParkKinemaIndependent5/8/501W1Out of the Storm
North CarltonAdelphiIndependent5/8/501W1Out of the Storm
RichmondNationalIndependent5/8/501W1Heart of Virginia
St. KildaAstorIndependent5/8/501W1Out of the Storm
ToorakVillageIndependent5/8/501W1Out of the Storm
St. KildaPalaisSuburban5/8/501W1Out of the Storm
NewmarketNewmarketSuburban12/8/502T1Out of the Storm
BrunswickEmpireIndependent12/8/502W1Out of the Storm
West BrunswickWesternIndependent12/8/502W1Out of the Storm
West PrestonRivoliIndependent19/8/503S1Under Nevada Skies
East MalvernWaverleyIndependent19/8/503W1Out of the Storm
East PrestonGowervilleIndependent19/8/503W1Out of the Storm
BalwynBalwynSuburban19/8/503W1Out of the Storm
CamberwellRivoliSuburban19/8/503W1Out of the Storm
OrmondPlazaSuburban19/8/503W1Out of the Storm
FairfieldFairfieldSuburban26/8/504T1Out of the Storm
AshburtonCivicIndependent26/8/504W1Out of the Storm
Middle BrightonDendyIndependent26/8/504W1Out of the Storm
North BrightonGardenvaleIndependent26/8/504W1Out of the Storm
SandringhamRoxyIndependent26/8/504W1Lost Honeymoon
ElwoodBroadwayIndependent2/9/505S1Homicide
NewportPlazaIndependent2/9/505S1Out of the Storm
WilliamstownEmpressIndependent2/9/505S1Out of the Storm
CoburgPlazaIndependent2/9/505W1Heart of Virginia
OakleighPlazaIndependent9/9/506S1Heart of Virginia
West CoburgProgressIndependent16/9/507S1King of the Gamblers
Box HillRialtoSuburban16/9/507S1Out of the Storm
Surrey HillsSurreyIndependent16/9/507W1Out of the Storm
ReservoirPlazaIndependent7/10/5010T1Out of the Storm
MurrumbeenaArgosySuburban18/11/5016S1Out of the Storm
HeidelbergOrientIndependent6/1/5123S1Incident
EssendonRegalIndependent3/3/5131T1Incident
Port MelbournePortIndependent17/3/5133W1Henry The Rainmaker
ElsternwickRenownIndependent19/5/5142T1Incident
BlackburnBlackburnIndependent16/6/5146S1Under Nevada Skies
Middle BrightonPrince GeorgeIndependent16/6/5146S1Chinatown at Midnight

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