People in their forties and fifties are sure to recall some of the nearly mythical events surrounding in Shaw Brothers movies: For example, The Love Eterne was sold out at Taipei's China, Far Eastern and Capital cinemas for more than two months running and 930 screenings, shattering Taiwan's box office record for any film--whether Chinese, Western or Japanese.
三、四年級的觀眾，對六、七○年代邵氏王國的神話與傳奇，多少還記憶猶新：《梁山伯與祝英台》在台北中國、遠東、國都三家戲院聯映，連續爆滿二個月，放映九百三十場，粉碎歷年來中西及日本影片的票房紀錄。