SUPERMAN

US Release date: 15 July 1948 (as a serial)

First Melbourne Saturday Suburban:  30 December 1950

Genre: Sci-Fi 

Country: USA

Running time: 75 minutes 

Director: Spencer Bennett

Cast: Kirk Alyn, Noel Neill, Tommy Bond 

Australian Distributor:  Columbia

Melbourne Premiere Venue: Union’s Liberty Theatre for one week from 20 January 1950 supported by Terror Trail.

Suburban Release Type: Hoyts Prahran Empress EX-1

Rankings

		Rank
EF Points	35	316
EF PPE	4.38	125
Metres Travelled	65,247	339
Average MT	8,156	347
Engagements	8	335
Slots	9	336
Weeks	1	284
Weeks as % of engagements	12.50%	177
Saturdays	3	317
Sats as % of engagements	37.50%	172
Tuesdays	4	281
Tues as % of engagements	50.00%	96
First billed	6	182
Second billed	2	248
Feature only	0	34*

Hoyts ratios

Engagements weeks 1-10	7
Ratio	87.50%
Difference to chain ratio	-4.86%
Eng weeks 11-26	1
Ratio	12.50%
Difference to chain ratio	7.11%
Eng weeks 27-52	0
Ratio	0.00%
Difference to chain ratio	-2.24%
Hoyts eng	6
Ratio	75.00%
Difference to chain ratio	9.22%
Independent eng	2
Ratio	25.00%
Difference to chain ratio	13.50%
Suburban eng	0
Ratio	0.00%
Difference to chain ratio	-22.72%

Notes: Stitched together feature version of the popular serial was given a scant eight suburban screenings over the Christmas holiday period. Mostly toplining, it had no regular support. Suburban chain venues showed no interest.

Superman engagements

SUBURB	VENUE	CHAIN	DATE	W	D	B	CO-FEATURE
Prahran	Empress	Hoyts	30/12/1950	1	T	1	False Paradise
Brunswick	Alhambra	Hoyts	6/01/1951	2	S	1	Fighting Man of the Plains
Coburg	Town Hall	Hoyts	6/01/1951	2	S	1	The Rustlers
Elsternwick	Esquire	Independent	20/01/1951	4	T	1	Beauty on Parade
Footscray	Barkly	Hoyts	3/02/1951	6	S	1	Indian Agent
Albert Park	Park	Hoyts	3/02/1951	6	T	2	A Ticket to Tomahawk
Port Melbourne	Eclipse	Hoyts	3/02/1951	6	T	2	A Ticket to Tomahawk
East Preston	Gowerville	Independent	24/02/1951	13	W	1	Smoky Melody Trail