While the internet buzz was fermenting, and even before online public opinion had reached its peak, just one day into the second week, the occupancy rate at Taoyuan Cinema saw a qualitative leap.
If the first three days of the first week could be described as a steady increase for Taoyuan Cinema's occupancy, with the data curve forming a smooth arc, then the following days saw a surge that was akin to an unscalable steep slope, appearing almost like a sheer cliff during the weekend.
By the second weekend, the overall two-week cinema occupancy rate had been boosted to an astonishing 52%, while the single-day occupancy rate had actually reached 78%!
52%, 78%—these numbers might seem ordinary, say, in terms of a percent score on a test, where one would barely be considered good, and the other wouldn't even pass.
But within the industry, everyone understood what these numbers meant!