Staff members disinfect a cinema in Harbin, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Nov. 18, 2021. (Xinhua/Zhang Tao)
BEIJING, Dec. 16 (Xinhua) -- Domestic adventure movie "Schemes in Antiques" on Wednesday continued leading the Chinese mainland box office chart, data from the China Movie Data Information Network showed Thursday.
Adapted from a novel of the same name, the movie tells a story of a series of adventures of the main characters to find out the truth surrounding a Buddha head from the Tang Dynasty (618-907). It earned 9.8 million yuan (around 1.5 million U.S. dollars) on Wednesday.
Domestic comedy-suspense film "Be Somebody" ranked second on the box office chart, raking in close to 6.6 million yuan on Wednesday.
It was followed by crime drama "Sheep Without a Shepherd II," which pocketed about nearly 6.3 million yuan in its preview sales, accounting for over 20.5 percent of the day's total. ■
