US Release date: 23 December 1949
First Melbourne Saturday Suburban: 23 September 1950
Genre: Adventure
Country: USA
Running time: 107 minutes
Director: Henry King
Cast: Tyrone Power, Orson Welles & Wanda Hendrix
Australian Distributor: 20th Century Fox
Melbourne Premiere Venue: Hoyts’ Capitol theatre for two weeks from 18 August 1950 as a feature only presentation.
Suburban Release Type: Hoyts Victory EX-1
Rankings
| Rank | ||
| EF Points | 279 | 70 |
| EF PPE | 5.94 | 68 |
| Metres Travelled | 499,496 | 130 |
| Average MT | 10,628 | 123 |
| Engagements | 47 | 144 |
| Slots | 53 | 160 |
| Weeks | 6 | 155 |
| Weeks as % of engagements | 12.77% | 175 |
| Saturdays | 34 | 33 |
| Sats as % of engagements | 72.34% | 19 |
| Tuesdays | 7 | 215 |
| Tues as % of engagements | 14.89% | 261 |
| First billed | 47 | 64 |
| Second billed | 0 | 293* |
| Feature only | 0 | 34* |
Hoyts ratios
| Engagements weeks 1-10 | 46 |
| Ratio | 97.87% |
| Difference to chain ratio | 5.51% |
| Eng weeks 11-26 | 1 |
| Ratio | 2.13% |
| Difference to chain ratio | -3.26% |
| Eng weeks 27-52 | 0 |
| Ratio | 0.00% |
| Difference to chain ratio | -2.24% |
| Hoyts eng | 33 |
| Ratio | 70.21% |
| Difference to chain ratio | 4.43% |
| Independent eng | 7 |
| Ratio | 14.89% |
| Difference to chain ratio | 3.39% |
| Suburban eng | 7 |
| Ratio | 14.89% |
| Difference to chain ratio | -7.84% |
Notes: Hefty budgeted costumer that probably would have been more enthusiastically received five years earlier when such pieces were more in vogue and its star a little younger. In any case, a 70th place finish is still a good, if not great, result with a strong (70%) proportion of Saturdays getting it over the line. Rusty’s Birthday tagged along in support.
Prince of Foxes engagements
| SUBURB | VENUE | CHAIN | DATE | W | D | B | CO-FEATURE |
| St. Kilda | Victory | Hoyts | 23/9/50 | 1 | W | 1 | Tarzan and the Slave Girl |
| Caulfield | Crystal Palace | Suburban | 30/9/50 | 2 | S | 1 | Rusty’s Birthday |
| Albert Park | Park | Hoyts | 30/9/50 | 2 | S | 1 | Rusty’s Birthday |
| Malvern | New | Hoyts | 30/9/50 | 2 | S | 1 | Rusty’s Birthday |
| North Fitzroy | Merri | Hoyts | 30/9/50 | 2 | S | 1 | Rusty’s Birthday |
| South Yarra | Regent | Hoyts | 30/9/50 | 2 | S | 1 | Tarzan and the Slave Girl |
| Fitzroy | Regent | Hoyts | 30/9/50 | 2 | T | 1 | Rusty’s Birthday |
| Port Melbourne | Eclipse | Hoyts | 30/9/50 | 2 | T | 1 | Rusty’s Birthday |
| Richmond | Cinema | Hoyts | 30/9/50 | 2 | T | 1 | Rusty’s Birthday |
| Brunswick | Padua | Hoyts | 30/9/50 | 2 | W | 1 | Tarzan and the Slave Girl |
| Windsor | New | Hoyts | 30/9/50 | 2 | W | 1 | Rusty’s Birthday |
| Ascot Vale | Ascot | Suburban | 7/10/50 | 3 | S | 1 | Rusty’s Birthday |
| Northcote | Northcote | Suburban | 7/10/50 | 3 | S | 1 | Rusty’s Birthday |
| Richmond | Globe | Suburban | 7/10/50 | 3 | S | 1 | Rusty’s Birthday |
| Ascot Vale | Waratah | Hoyts | 7/10/50 | 3 | S | 1 | The Travelling Saleswoman |
| Brighton | Centre | Hoyts | 7/10/50 | 3 | S | 1 | Rusty’s Birthday |
| Elsternwick | Renown | Hoyts | 7/10/50 | 3 | S | 1 | Rusty’s Birthday |
| Essendon | Circle | Hoyts | 7/10/50 | 3 | S | 1 | Rusty’s Birthday |
| Glenhuntly | Glenhuntly | Hoyts | 7/10/50 | 3 | S | 1 | Rusty’s Birthday |
| Thornbury | Regent | Hoyts | 7/10/50 | 3 | S | 1 | Rusty’s Birthday |
| Essendon | Plaza | Hoyts | 7/10/50 | 3 | T | 1 | Rusty’s Birthday |
| Coburg | Grand | Hoyts | 7/10/50 | 3 | W | 1 | Tarzan and the Slave Girl |
| Balwyn | Time | Hoyts | 14/10/50 | 4 | S | 1 | The Travelling Saleswoman |
| Bentleigh | Bentleigh | Hoyts | 14/10/50 | 4 | S | 1 | The Travelling Saleswoman |
| Carnegie | Carnegie | Hoyts | 14/10/50 | 4 | S | 1 | Tarzan and the Slave Girl |
| Footscray | Trocadero | Hoyts | 14/10/50 | 4 | S | 1 | Rusty’s Birthday |
| Gardiner | Regent | Hoyts | 14/10/50 | 4 | S | 1 | Tarzan and the Slave Girl |
| Glenferrie | Palace | Hoyts | 14/10/50 | 4 | S | 1 | Tarzan and the Slave Girl |
| Hampton | Southern | Hoyts | 14/10/50 | 4 | S | 1 | Tarzan and the Slave Girl |
| Kew | Rialto | Hoyts | 14/10/50 | 4 | S | 1 | Tarzan and the Slave Girl |
| Preston | Circle | Hoyts | 14/10/50 | 4 | T | 1 | Rusty’s Birthday |
| Camberwell | Broadway | Hoyts | 14/10/50 | 4 | W | 1 | Tarzan and the Slave Girl |
| Hartwell | Regal | Suburban | 21/10/50 | 5 | S | 1 | Tarzan and the Slave Girl |
| North Fitzroy | Palace | Suburban | 21/10/50 | 5 | S | 1 | Rusty’s Birthday |
| Brunswick | Lygon | Hoyts | 21/10/50 | 5 | S | 1 | Rusty’s Birthday |
| Canterbury | Maling | Hoyts | 21/10/50 | 5 | S | 1 | Tarzan and the Slave Girl |
| Ivanhoe | Ivanhoe | Hoyts | 21/10/50 | 5 | S | 1 | Rusty’s Birthday |
| Malvern | Victory | Hoyts | 21/10/50 | 5 | S | 1 | Tarzan and the Slave Girl |
| North Melbourne | Loco | Independent | 28/10/50 | 6 | S | 1 | Heldorado |
| Yarraville | St. George | Suburban | 28/10/50 | 6 | S | 1 | Rusty’s Birthday |
| Williamstown | Shore | Hoyts | 28/10/50 | 6 | S | 1 | The Travelling Saleswoman |
| Oakleigh | Paramount | Independent | 4/11/50 | 7 | T | 1 | 1950 British Empire Games |
| North Richmond | Victoria | Independent | 11/11/50 | 8 | T | 1 | Stop Press Girl |
| Chelsea | Plaza | Independent | 11/11/50 | 8 | W | 1 | Wild Horse Mesa |
| Elwood | Broadway | Independent | 18/11/50 | 9 | S | 1 | Adventure in Baltimore |
| West Preston | Rivoli | Independent | 18/11/50 | 9 | S | 1 | Riders in the Sky |
| Reservoir | Plaza | Independent | 2/12/50 | 11 | S | 1 | Black Beauty |
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