This one particular sequence took me no longer than 25 minutes to finish. Texturing the wall and the wrecking ball was fun as the results were pretty satisfying. I could have used a sky element in this render however.

You can see over 360 individual pieces flying around in here.
The video sequence will be updated in this post soon. Im also working on a more cliché approach to this method by shattering a wine glass with a bullet. Lets wait to see how that turns out. :D

Wrecking ball smashing through three walls. 360+  individual pieces.