Since publishers usually assume that pirated sales in mainland China outnumber legitimate sales by a ratio of 5: 1, it would seem reasonable to put total sales of The First Intimate Contact at nearly 3 million copies so far.
若以出版社的估算方法，加上大陸地區五倍於正版的盜版書，目前《第一次的親密接觸》已在華文市場有將近三百萬本的銷售佳績。