At first, Deltamac didn't have high expectations for the box office, but in their very first week these old films unexpectedly met with an extremely enthusiastic audience response. Each showing sold out, and even the front rows were full. The total box office take surpassed any of the first-run Chinese-language releases in the theaters at the same time.
原本得利對票房採保守估計，只計畫上映一星期，未料引起影迷的熱烈支持，場場爆滿，連第一排抬頭看的位置都有人搶佔，票房還勝過同檔上映的其他國片。