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China's first AI-generated film flops at the box office

The movie Sanxingdui: Future Past earned only $180,000 despite a $1.5 million budget.

2 publishers · 2 articles · first seen 27 Oct 2026 · updated 2h ago

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2 publishers have covered this in 2 articles since 27 Oct 2026. The A.V. Club published first, on 27 October at 17:16 UTC; Fortune followed 3h 44m later. The most recent article, from Fortune, appeared on 27 October at 21:00 UTC.

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  1. China’s first AI-generated film to get a theatrical release flops at the box office Fortune
  2. China's first fully AI movie fails to generate an audience The A.V. Club

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  • Sanxingdui: Future Past
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