BEIJING, Dec. 10 (Xinhua) -- Domestic adventure movie "Schemes in Antiques" on Thursday stayed atop the Chinese mainland box office chart, data from the China Movie Data Information Network showed Friday.
Adapted from a novel of the same name, the movie tells a story of a series of adventures of the main characters to find out the truth surrounding a Buddha head from the Tang Dynasty (618-907). It earned about 15 million yuan (about 2.35 million U.S. dollars) on Thursday, accounting for 49 percent of the day's total.
The domestic comedy-suspense film "Be Somebody" ranked second on the box office chart, generating nearly 7.8 million yuan on Thursday.
It was followed by "The Battle at Lake Changjin," with daily revenue of nearly 1.3 million yuan. The patriotic blockbuster is currently the highest-grossing title of all time at China's box office, with a total revenue of more than 5.73 billion yuan since its Sept. 30 release. Enditem
