BEIJING, April 26 (Xinhua) -- "Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire," the latest installment in the MonsterVerse film franchise, continued to lead the Chinese mainland's daily box office on Thursday, data from the China Movie Data Information Network showed.
The monster film generated about 4.89 million yuan (about 688,190 U.S. dollars) on the day.
Hong Kong action crime thriller "Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In" came in second, raking in 4.47 million yuan in test screenings on the day.
It was followed by "The Boy and the Heron," an Oscar-winning animated fantasy film directed by Japanese animation guru Hayao Miyazaki, with a daily earning of 3.35 million yuan in box office revenue.
The Chinese mainland's box office revenue on the day totaled 21.85 million yuan. ■
