A low-budget cartoon about a calf has become an unlikely box-office sensation in China, turning online ridicule into millions of dollars in ticket sales and sparking a debate over the merits of crude animation in the age of polished AI-generated entertainment.

Source: [Bloomberg Markets](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-08-19/chinese-cartoon-so-bad-you-have-to-see-it-becomes-box-office-hit)

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