Attendance rate is the only standard to test the truth.
Three days into the opening of Taoyuan Cinema, Hou Longtao experienced both joy and worry.
What delighted him was the steady growth trend of the attendance rate. Over three days, the year-on-year attendance rate had continuously grown. On the third day, at the same showtimes, the highest had already reached more than double that of the first day, which is to say, it had more than doubled.
There had been concerns that old films would draw no viewers, but now it seemed this was not the case; classic films still had a market.
The attendance rates for several classic old films were not much lower than for the two new features, and at some special showtimes, such as the early morning or midnight shows, the old films had higher attendance rates than the new releases.