# China’s First Fully AI-Generated Movie Flops at the Box Office

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/chinas-first-fully-ai-generated-movie-flops-at-the-box-office/
- Published: 2026-10-29T17:11:34+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-04T00:34:15+00:00
- Original publisher: The Hollywood Reporter
- Original article: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/sanxingdui-future-past-ai-movie-box-office-flop-1236742696/
- Topics: AI, Asia, Entertainment, Film, Technology, World

## Key points

- *Sanxingdui: Future Past* earned an estimated $198,000.
- Early ticket sales were about 12 per cent of its budget.
- The release offers a major test for AI-made feature films.

## Summary

China’s first widely released feature-length AI-generated film, *Sanxingdui: Future Past*, has drawn an estimated $198,000 at the box office since its release last week. Its weak opening is an early commercial test of whether AI-made films can attract cinema audiences at scale.

The 100-minute science-fiction thriller had more than 10,000 screenings on its opening day and a reported budget of 10 million yuan, around $1.5 million; early ticket sales amounted to about 12 per cent of that cost. Its producer called the release an important experiment, while one viewer said its quality fell short of human-made films. AI already produces 95 per cent of China’s short online dramas, and other AI features have had limited releases.

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