BEIJING, Dec. 13 (Xinhua) -- Domestic adventure movie "Schemes in Antiques" on Sunday stayed atop the Chinese mainland box office chart, data from the China Movie Data Information Network showed Monday.
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 31.5 million yuan (around 4.9 million U.S. dollars) on Sunday, accounting for nearly 40 percent of the day's total.
The domestic comedy-suspense film "Be Somebody" ranked second on the box office chart, generating around 21.2 million yuan on Sunday.
It was followed by domestic comedy animation "I Am What I Am," which pocketed about 6.6 million yuan in its preview sales. Enditem
