War film 'The Sacrifice' continues leading Chinese box office

BEIJING - War film "The Sacrifice" remained at the top spot of China's daily box office chart, generating around 38.93 million yuan (about $6.15 million) Saturday.

This brought the film's total box office revenue since its Oct. 23 debut to 857 million yuan, figures compiled by the China Movie Data Information Network showed.

Set in the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea (1950-1953), the film was co-directed by Guan Hu, the director of this year's blockbuster war epic "The Eight Hundred."

Crime film "Back to the Wharf" ranked second, grossing about 18.11 million yuan on the second day of its screening on Saturday. It revolves around a young man who is involved in an incident that forces him to flee his hometown, but he returns years later and tries to rectify his mistakes.

Coming in third was "My People, My Homeland," which raked in close to 14.06 million yuan Saturday.