In Taiwan, where prospects for the film industry had long been gloomy, success of the latter sort was sorely needed. The Wedding Banquet, which cost just US $ 750,000 to make, raked in more than US $ 30 million at the box office, making its return on investment the highest worldwide for any film released last year.
然而，對中華民國台灣地區而言，近年國片陷入極端不景氣的谷底，以七十五萬美金成本「小兵立大功」，創下超過三千萬美金票房的＜喜宴＞，成為一九九三年全世界電影中投資報酬率最高的影片。