BEIJING, March 30 (Xinhua) -- Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire, the latest installment in the MonsterVerse film franchise, topped the daily box office chart of the Chinese mainland on Friday, data from the China Movie Data Information Network showed on Saturday.
The monster film raked in 96.59 million yuan (about 13.38 million U.S. dollars) on its premiere day.
Animated film "Kung Fu Panda 4" came in second with a daily box office revenue of about 6.15 million yuan, bringing its total earnings on the Chinese mainland to 211 million yuan after eight days of screening.
It was followed by action crime film "The Pig, the Snake and the Pigeon," which raked in 4.86 million yuan on Friday. Nearly a month into screening, its total earnings has reached 628 million yuan on the Chinese mainland.
The Chinese mainland's box office revenue on Friday totaled 122.27 million yuan. ■
