{
  "id": 20116018,
  "title": "No actors, no crew, no ticket sales: ‘So obviously AI’ film flops at China’s box office",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/15/no-actors-no-crew-no-ticket-sales-so-obviously-ai-film-flops-at-20116018",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-11-15T05:00:06.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "SCMP Tech",
    "slug": "scmp-tech",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3374358/no-actors-no-crew-no-ticket-sales-so-obviously-ai-film-flops-chinas-box-office"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "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 1.8 million yuan (US$270,000) after three weeks in theatres, according to Chinese box office data tracker Beacon Pro. The figure was well below the film’s reported…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "CBS News",
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        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/12/inner-mongolian-farmers-talk-about-ai-data-centers-powering-chinas",
        "published": "2026-11-12T17:04:52.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Ajel English",
        "title": "China’s Singles’ Day sales climb 4.8% to $267bn amid AI boom",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/12/chinas-singles-day-sales-climb-4-8-to-267bn-amid-ai-boom",
        "published": "2026-11-12T19:22:49.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}