39 mins ago · China
No actors, no crew, no ticket sales: ‘So obviously AI’ film flops at China’s box office
What's happening
SignalsMonitor is following this as a technology story. South China Morning Post Asia is the outlet attached so far. The reports are tied to China. The first report grouped here was at 15 Nov 2026, 05:00 UTC. The headline in use is “No actors, no crew, no ticket sales: ‘So obviously AI’ film flops at China’s box office”. This note is SignalsMonitor's own briefing, not the publisher's article.
What we know
China has ushered artificial intelligence into its cinemas, but the country’s first fully AI-generated feature film has flopped at the box office. Made with no human actors or camera crew, Sanxingdui: Future Past brought in just around 1.
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- First reported by South China Morning Post Asia
No actors, no crew, no ticket sales: ‘So obviously AI’ film flops at China’s box office
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- South China Morning PostNo actors, no crew, no ticket sales: ‘So obviously AI’ film flops at China’s box office