A prime example is Hou Hsiao-hsien's The Time to Live and the Time to Die, which earned favorable attention at film festivals overseas but did poorly at the box office at home.
新銳導演楊德昌的作品「青梅竹馬」，獲得許多影評人的好評，但卻上映四天下片；近來在國際影展深受矚目的侯孝賢，導演的「童年往事」、「冬冬的假期」曾在法國巴黎的電影圖書館放映，但在國內也因票房失利，匆匆下片。