Siti Akbari premiered at the Cinema Palace Theatre on 29 April 1940. For promotion, Tan's Film release a novelisation of the film shortly afterwards on Kolf Publishers; the writing team was headed by Andjar Asmara. The film proved to be the last starring Roekiah and Mochtar as lovers; he left Tan's soon after over a wage dispute, being replaced by the tailor Rd Djoemala for Roekihati in 1940.
