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Sanxingdui: Future Past flops with $181,000 in China
Bona Film Group spent more than RMB10 million, about $1.5 million, on the first AI feature to win a Chinese theatrical release permit.
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China's first AI feature film opens to weak ticket sales
Bona Film Group's fully AI-generated feature sold 80,000 yuan in advance tickets against a forecast of under 150,000 yuan and a production cost over 10 million yuan.
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China's AI short dramas add 221,900 releases in six months
Of 221,900 AI short dramas on Douyin in the first half of 2026, only 1,055 passed 100 million views, as new rules require labels in every episode.
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Wangsu pays 300M yuan for 4.4% of video startup Sand.ai
The Shenzhen filing values Sand.ai near $1 billion, roughly 196 times what the video-model maker's first half of 2026 annualises to.
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Sanxingdui: Future Past sets October 23 China release date
Bona Film Group's AIGMS team says the 100-minute AI-produced sci-fi feature drew on 1.2 million source images over about two years of production.
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Youku used an AI face swap to bring back a banned hit drama
The 2016 romance returned in 4K with a new actress's face over the original lead, and the swap is the product now.
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Kling AI sells 1.14% to China's state AI fund for 1.4bn yuan
Beijing, Shanghai and Shenzhen are competing with vouchers and rent, while China's film regulator cleared the 90-minute AI feature Sanxingdui: Future Memories for cinemas.
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Wuhan court: an AI micro-drama is a copyrightable film
The Jiang'an District People's Court held that a 47-episode AI-assisted micro-drama is a protected audiovisual work, and counted token and tool-licensing costs when it set damages.
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China is subsidising AI film studios, and Douyin is drowning in them
Reuters reports 221,900 new AI shows landed on Douyin in six months and only 1,055 cleared 100 million views, while cities compete to hand filmmakers cheap rent and compute.