China’s worst animated movie has become an anti-AI box-office hit

'Niu Lai' went viral for its crude animation before becoming a Chinese box-office hit celebrated as a handmade alternative to AI slop.

The "ugly" Chinese animated film "Niu Lai" has become a surprise box-office hit, raking in $2.5 million after viral online mockery.

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If any lesson can be taken from the extremely, laughably ugly animated film Niu Lai, as it dominates the Chinese box office, blowing Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey out of the water, it’s probably that people will always love a viral, memeable disaster just as much, if not more, than a meticulously crafted masterwork.

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A low-budget and shoddy-looking animated film has emerged as this summer’s most unexpected box-office hit in China. Here’s how ‘Niu Lai’ has transformed online mockery into big bucks and a viral phenomenon.

A Chinese animated film mocked as ‘terrible’ becomes a box-office hit  AP News

A Chinese animation with crude visuals has unexpectedly surged at the box office."

A Chinese animation with crude visuals has unexpectedly surged at the box office."