GoKawiilAI-generated film 'Sanxingdui: Future Past' flops with $181,000 in China
China's first fully AI-generated theatrical release, 'Sanxingdui: Future Past' from Bona Film Group, earned only $181,000 after opening on over 10,000 screens on October 23. The film reportedly cost $1.5 million and took nearly 100 people over two years to produce, though all performers and voices were AI-generated. BFG CEO Jiang Defu acknowledged the difficulty of being first to test an AI film with audiences.