27 October 2026

Chinese film billed as the first fully AI-generated movie grosses $181,000 on a $1.5 million budget

"Sanxingdui: Future Past," billed as China's first fully AI-generated movie, grossed about $181,000 at the box office on a budget of roughly $1.5 million, Digital Trends reports, citing Futurism. It opened on more than 10,000 screens, averaging about $18 per screen. AI generated the characters, voices and backgrounds, but nearly 100 people worked on the film for more than two years. By comparison, "Niu Lai," an animated film a mother and son made for about $200, has earned nearly $10 million.

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