Key facts
- Sanxingdui: Future Past was made with no human actors or camera crew, according to the report.
- The film's box office of about 1.8 million yuan ($270,000) was well below its reported budget of tens of millions of yuan.
- The 100-minute science fiction film is set in a world decades in the future, according to the report.
China's first fully AI-generated feature film, Sanxingdui: Future Past, had taken about 1.8 million yuan ($270,000) at the box office after three weeks in theaters, according to Chinese box office data tracker Beacon Pro, as reported on November 15, 2026. The figure was well below the film's reported budget of tens of millions of yuan.
The 100-minute science fiction film was made with no human actors or camera crew. It is set in a world decades in the future, according to the report.
The box office result was reported by the primary source, which did not name the filmmakers or the production company behind the film.