Romantic comedy "Stand by Me" leads Chinese box office chart

Source: Xinhua| 2021-09-11 11:55:24|Editor: huaxia

BEIJING, Sept. 11 (Xinhua) -- Romantic comedy "Stand by Me" topped the Chinese mainland box office chart on Friday, figures released by the China Movie Data Information Network showed Saturday.

The film, adapted from a Chinese novel, tells a romantic story in which the shy and reserved leading role chases his dream girl although his feelings are not reciprocated. It raked in 16.64 million yuan (2.58 million U.S. dollars) on its second day of screening.

U.S. sci-fi action film "Free Guy" came in second with a daily earning of 16 million yuan on the daily box office chart.

Ranking third was the domestic action film "Raging Fire," which generated 7.78 million yuan. Enditem

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