China's first full-process AI theatrical feature film "Sanxingdui: Future Past" surpasses one million yuan at the box office
"Sanxingdui: Future Past" has reached 1.162 million yuan at the box office. The film was released on October 23 and is China's first full-process AI theatrical feature film to obtain a public screening permit from the China Film Administration. The film runs 100 minutes, and all characters are original digital figures, with no digital replication of real actors. The entire film was completed using Bona's self-developed "Boka Film Cloud Studio"; the team spent two years producing more than 1.2 million base images and completing over a hundred full-film iterations. AI mainly handled generation and execution, while creative conception, script, shot design and aesthetic judgment were completed by the Bona AIGMS team, which set up 17 specialized roles modeled on a traditional film crew, with nearly a hundred participants.
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China's first full-process AI theatrical feature film to receive a public screening permit has surpassed one million yuan at the box office; its production division of labor and iteration approach offer insight into the path for AI film and television to reach the market.
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2026-10-25 23:36 IT Home - Luyuan
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IT Home, October 25 news: According to Maoyan Professional Edition data, the box office of the film "Sanxingdui: Future Past" has reached 1.162 million yuan.
According to IT Home's understanding, "Sanxingdui: Future Past" is the first domestic AI full-process theatrical feature film to obtain a public screening permit from the China Film Administration, and it was released on October 23. The film has a runtime of 100 minutes, and all characters are original digital figures, with no digital replication of real actors.
At the same time, the film's story is set in a future where humanity hands all decision-making over to algorithms, triggering a global crisis, and the clues to solving the predicament point to seven ancient carved symbols of Sanxingdui, forming a narrative structure of "the answer lies in the past, the crisis lies in the future."
The production method of this film determines the substantive meaning of its "first" label. The entire film was completed relying on Bona's self-developed "Boka Film Cloud Studio"; the creative team spent two years, producing more than 1.2 million base images and completing hundreds of full-film iterations. According to the official introduction, AI mainly handles generation and execution, while creative conception, script, shot design, and aesthetic judgment were completed by the Bona AIGMS team. The team set up 17 professional divisions modeled on traditional film crews, including screenwriting, directing, producing, art, cinematography, lighting, sound effects, and editing, with nearly 100 participants.
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