Yet, with a de facto "quota system" for entertainment expenditures that leaves room for only one domestic film, viewers 'chief consideration for selecting a film then reverted to the perceived quality of its special effects. As a result, the domestic films that followed Cape No. 7 did far less well at the box office.
但在娛樂消費「配額」有限的狀況下，既已分配一部給了國片，剩下的考量還是會回歸「聲光效果炫不炫、電影好不好看」的基本面，以致在《海角》後面上映的國片票房落差就很大。