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Statistics -- Table Four

Film Profits in China, 1920s-30s

Year Film Director Studio Amount (yuan)
1921 Yan Ruisheng Yang Xiaozhong Yingxi yanjiu she 4,000
1925 an average film - Mingxing 20,000
1926 Lonely Orchid, I-II Zhang Shichuan Mingxing 132,300
1927 The Spider Cave Dan Duyu Shanghai yixi 50,000
1934 Twin Sisters Zheng Zhengqiu Mingxing 240,000

Sources: J. Gong 1967: 479; Tan 1992: 324; ZDZ 1996a: xiii, 85.
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