China Gave Its First Fully AI-Made Movie 10,000 Screenings. Advance Ticket Sales Barely Reached $10,000

Sanxingdui: Future Past, billed as China’s first fully AI-generated feature film, opened nationwide on October 23 with more than 10,000 screenings scheduled for its first day. Yet presale revenue as of the prior evening was just 65,000 yuan, about $9,700, according to Maoyan. China’s big theatrical test of AI filmmaking hit a snag as soon […]