Because of low-priced competition from outdoor movie showings and song-and-dance acts, a Taiwanese opera company will get no more than NT $ 20,000 for a day of putting on two shows, one in the afternoon and one in the evening. (Of course, Ming Hua Yuan and Ho Lo are exceptions; they get about NT $ 600,000 per performance.)
五十團歌仔戲也不算少，但是，在連遭露天電影和歌舞團的低價競爭下，午、晚兩次的一場演出，戲金不過兩萬上下（明華園和河洛歌仔戲除外，一場演出大約是六十萬元）。