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China’s ‘Sanxingdui: Future Past,’ billed as the country’s first fully AI-made feature, opened with 10,000+ screenings but just 65,000 yuan in presales

Bitcoin.com reported that Sanxingdui: Future Past — promoted 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. According to ticketing platform Maoyan, advance sales as of the previous evening totaled about 65,000 yuan (roughly $9,700). Bitcoin.com framed the release as a major theatrical test of AI filmmaking.

Written byEduard Petrescu

Updated 30 October 20261 min read

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Editorial illustration: China’s ‘Sanxingdui: Future Past,’ billed as the country’s first fully AI-made feature, opened with 10,000+ screenings but just 65,000 yuan in presales

Bitcoin.com reported that 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.

According to ticketing platform Maoyan, advance ticket sales as of the prior evening amounted to about 65,000 yuan (roughly $9,700). Bitcoin.com described the release as a major theatrical test of AI filmmaking.

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