But in 2008, a terrible year for virtually every industry, mainland Chinese movie ticket sales grew at an astonishing rate and total box-office receipts reached a record RMB4.3 billion (roughly NT $ 20.5 billion, or four times higher than Taiwan's box-office revenues). In 2009, mainland box-office receipts are expected to rise even higher-to more than RMB6 billion.
在所有產業慘淡經營的 2008 年，大陸電影票房竟出現「井噴式」的火熱演出，創下人民幣 43 億元（約合新台幣 205 億元，是台灣總票房的 4 倍）的驚人紀錄，2009 年更可能突破 60 億人民幣。