First Fully AI-Generated Movie is one of the fastest-rising stories on Reddit right now. Since the first thread appeared at Oct 29, 02:31 UTC, we have counted 5 threads about it in 4 communities, led by r/entertainment, r/UpliftingNews and r/boxoffice. Together they have drawn about 3.7K upvotes and 443 comments.
What the sources report
Here is how the outlets linked in these threads describe what happened, word for word.
- The Hollywood Reporter: China’s First Fully AI-Generated Movie Flops at the Box Office
'Sanxingdui: Future Past' marks a milestone test of AI movie popularity, but a hit using the technology increasingly appears inevitable.
The numbers in the headlines
- $2 million: cited by a post in r/boxoffice
Where Reddit is talking about it
| Community | Threads | Upvotes | Comments | First thread |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| r/entertainment ↗ | 1 | 1,539 | 115 | Oct 30, 00:17 UTC |
| r/UpliftingNews | 1 | 1,259 | 125 | Oct 30, 03:09 UTC |
| r/boxoffice | 2 | 444 | 132 | Oct 29, 02:31 UTC |
| r/technology | 1 | 425 | 71 | Oct 29, 19:34 UTC |
The biggest threads
- China’s First Fully AI-Generated Movie Flops at the Box Officer/entertainment · 1,539 upvotes · 115 comments · Oct 30, 00:17 UTC · hollywoodreporter.com
- China’s First Fully AI-Generated Movie Flops at the Box Officer/UpliftingNews · 1,259 upvotes · 125 comments · Oct 30, 03:09 UTC · hollywoodreporter.com
- China’s First Fully AI-Generated Movie Flops at the Box Officer/technology · 425 upvotes · 71 comments · Oct 29, 19:34 UTC · hollywoodreporter.com
- A Flop at the Chinese Box Office Shows AI Still Has a Tough Road Ahead in Theaters --- "Sanxingdui: Future Past," a fully AI-generated feature, made just $181K in its opening week…r/boxoffice · 389 upvotes · 68 comments · Oct 29, 02:31 UTC · indiewire.com
- 10/28/26 - Box Office Projectionsr/boxoffice · 55 upvotes · 64 comments · Oct 29, 03:16 UTC
Timeline on Reddit
- First thread we found, in r/boxoffice: “A Flop at the Chinese Box Office Shows AI Still Has a Tough Road Ahead in Theaters --- "Sanxingdui: Future Past," a fully AI-generated feature, made …”
- The story reaches r/technology: “China’s First Fully AI-Generated Movie Flops at the Box Office”
- The story reaches r/entertainment ↗: “China’s First Fully AI-Generated Movie Flops at the Box Office”
- The biggest thread so far is posted in r/entertainment ↗ (1,539 upvotes, 115 comments by our last count).
- The story reaches r/UpliftingNews: “China’s First Fully AI-Generated Movie Flops at the Box Office”
What people are asking
Questions from the most-upvoted comments in the biggest threads. They show what people still want to know; they are questions, not answers.
- “Why would I want to see a movie no one bothered to make?” — asked in r/UpliftingNews
How this page is made
SubMouse watches dozens of large, safe-for-work subreddits and Google's trending searches. When several communities start talking about the same event at the same time, we group those threads into one story and publish this page, then refresh it while the story keeps rising. The counts are ours; everything said about the event itself is quoted and credited to the post or outlet it comes from. Claims in Reddit posts are unverified unless an outlet confirms them. Upvote and comment counts come from Reddit's public data via the Arctic Shift archive and can lag. Spotted a mistake? Tell us. Not affiliated with Reddit.