BEIJING, Jan. 8 (Xinhua) -- Domestic drama movie "Embrace Again" on Friday continued to lead the Chinese mainland box office chart, data from the China Movie Data Information Network showed Saturday.
The film revolves around stories of a group of ordinary people during the COVID-19 lockdown in Wuhan, spotlighting people's mutual support at the trying times in early 2020.
Directed by Xue Xiaolu and starring Huang Bo and Jia Ling, the film generated nearly 18.4 million yuan (around 2.9 million U.S. dollars) on its eighth day of screening.
"G Storm," the fifth installment of a crime thriller franchise, came in second, raking in about 15.8 million yuan on Friday.
It was followed by domestic comedy movie "Another Me," which earned 14.5 million yuan on its seventh day of release. ■
