Ka kammala wannan magana: "The China Syndrome" an fara nuna shi ne a bikin fim na Cannes na shekarar 1979, inda ya yi takara don kyautar Palme d'Or yayin da Lemmon ta samu kyautar Kyautar Kyauta mafi kyau. An fitar da shi a gidan wasan kwaikwayo a ranar 16 ga Maris, 1979, kwana goma sha biyu kafin a fitar da fim din.
Hatsarin nukiliya na Three Mile Island a Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, wanda ya ba da fim din ba zato ba tsammani. 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.