Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - "The China Syndrome" an fara shi ne a 1979 Cannes Film Festival, inda ya yi gasa don Palme d'Or yayin da Lemmon ya sami Kyautar Mafi Kyawun Jarumi. An sake shi a gidan wasan kwaikwayo a ranar 16 ga Maris, 1979, kwana goma sha biyu kafin hadarin nukiliya na Three Mile Island
a Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, wanda ya ba da fim din batun batun da ba a zata ba. Ya zama nasara mai mahimmanci da kasuwanci. Masu bita sun yaba da rubutun fim, jagora, da wasan kwaikwayon (musamman na Fonda da Lemmon), yayin da ya tara dala miliyan 51.7 a kan kasafin kuɗi na dala miliyan 5.9. Fim ɗin ya sami gabatarwa huɗu a Kyautar Academy ta 52; Mafi kyawun Jarumi (don Lemmon), Mafi kyawun 'Yar wasa (don Fonda), Mafi kyawun Rubutun Asali, da Mafi kyawun Tsarin Samarwa.