1981年,是好莱坞影史上卖座亏损最惨重的一年,总收入国内减少10％、海外锐减15％～20％。有的大公司蚀得更惨,如“米高梅”制作了十部影片,只有一部卖座,其余九部共蚀去一亿美元……但到1982年夏季,形势却突然从“山穷水尽”转向“柳暗花明”,一扫过去电影院门可罗雀的霉气。大批观众又纷纷拥到电影院里来。据美国演出业周刊《剧艺报》报道,美国的电影院在1982年夏季的十五个星期里,总共售出电影票四亿五千万张。而在1981年同一时期的十六个星期里,只售出了四亿三千七百万张。1982年夏季售票收入创了新纪录,估计可达十四亿美元,比前一年夏天几乎增长了百分之二十四。过去每年售票 In 1981, the worst loss-making year in the history of Hollywood films, the total revenue was reduced by 10% in the country and 15% -20% overseas. Some big companies eroded even worse, such as “MGM” produced ten films, only a blockbuster, the other nine total corrosion to 100 million US dollars ... But by the summer of 1982, the situation suddenly from the “exhausted” Turn to “illusory”, to sweep past the cinema doorless mildew. A large number of viewers have also come to the cinema. According to the U.S. weekly theatrical newspaper The Playwright, the U.S. cinema sold a total of 450 million cinema tickets in 15 weeks of the summer of 1982. In the 16 weeks of 1981, only 437 million were sold. Summer 1982 ticket sales hit a new record, estimated at 1.4 billion U.S. dollars, an increase of almost 24% over the summer of the previous year. Used to sell tickets every year