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Bona Film Group’s AI-Generated Theatrical Feature ‘Sanxingdui: Future Past’ Craters at Chinese Box Office

China’s first fully AI-generated movie, produced by studio giant Bona Film Group, has suffered a brutal box-office rejection, grossing just 2.17 million yuan ($305,000) despite 10,000 showtimes.

Nov 03, 2026
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Chinese moviegoers have delivered a decisive verdict on fully generative AI cinema. Sanxingdui: Future Past, the country’s first entirely AI-generated theatrical feature, collapsed at the local box o…

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