BEIJING, Dec. 26 (Xinhua) -- Domestic thriller film "Fireflies in the Sun" stayed atop the Chinese mainland box office chart on Saturday, data from the China Movie Data Information Network showed Sunday.
The movie, which is a sequel to "Sheep Without a Shepherd" released in 2019, depicts the story of a poor family and a desperate father who gives all his efforts to collect money for his son's operation.
On its ninth day of release, the movie raked in about 104 million yuan (around 16.33 million U.S. dollars), accounting for nearly 56 percent of the day's total.
Domestic animation "I am Who I am," ranked second on the box office chart, raking in about 30 million yuan on its ninth day of release. The movie tells the stories of three kids realizing their dream of lion dancing through arduous practice.
It was followed by the Domestic romantic movie "B for Busy" with a daily box office earning of nearly 26.2 million yuan. Enditem
