War epic 'The Battle at Lake Changjin' continues leading Chinese box office

War epic film "The Battle at Lake Changjin" continued leading the Chinese mainland box office on Monday, figures from the China Movie Data Information Network showed on Tuesday.

With daily revenue reaching 48.43 million yuan (about 7.53 million U.S. dollars), the film saw its total box office sales surpass 4.96 billion yuan on Monday after 19 days of screening.

Another film of patriotic theme, "My Country, My Parents," stayed second on the chart, finishing the day with 11.14 million yuan and bringing its total revenue to about 1.35 billion yuan.

In third place was spy thriller "Saturday Fiction," which earned 1.5 million yuan on Monday.