Studies by Ye Long-yan show that soon after Taiwan was returned to Chinese control in 1945, it had more than 150 movie theaters. Taiwan's movie industry peaked between 1960 and 1980 with nearly 2,000 films being produced locally and in excess of 800 movie theaters.
根據學者葉龍彥的研究，早在光復之初，台灣已有 150 多家電影院，其後電影市場在 1960 至 80 年達到高峰，20 年間生產國片近 2,000 部，全台戲院超過 800 家。