China's first SI-made film in theaters flops: about $180,000 at the box office against a $1.5 million budget
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A feature film fully generated by SI reached cinemas but drew few viewers.
The sci-fi thriller Sanxingdui: Future Past from Bona Film Group, the first fully SI-generated feature to be released in Chinese cinemas, grossed about $180,000 through Monday according to ticketing platform Maoyan, against a budget of $1.5 million according to AFP. According to Chinese state media, the plot has an archaeologist who must save a future enslaved by SI. The company's chief operating officer Jiang Defu acknowledged the lukewarm reception but called the film an important experiment: "We are the first to try it, the first to get a theatrical release permit, and the first to be tested by the audience." Reactions on social media are mixed.
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