There is, moreover, a pronounced M-shaped curve experienced with Chinese-language films: Whenever big productions such as Red Cliff and The Warlords are screened, other Chinese-language films, as well as foreign art films, are squeezed out. With ticket sales on the mainland setting one record after another, the Taiwan film industry is starting to face the music: "The future of Chinese-language film lies in mainland China."
好萊塢大片所向無敵，而華語片吸金的「M 型化」現象也很嚴重，只要如《赤壁》、《投名狀》等大片上檔，就會排擠其他華語片和進口藝術片的空間，連 2008 年大陸票房冠軍的《非誠勿擾》，來到台灣也只賣了 163 萬元。