BEIJING, Oct. 18 (Xinhua) -- War epic film "The Battle at Lake Changjin" continued to lead the Chinese mainland box office on Sunday, figures from the China Movie Data Information Network showed on Monday.

With a daily revenue of 143.24 million yuan (about 22.28 million U.S. dollars), the film's total box office sales had amounted to 4.91 billion yuan by Sunday after 18 days of screening.

Another film of patriotic theme "My Country, My Parents" stayed second on the chart, finishing the day with 31.54 million yuan and bringing its total revenue to about 1.34 billion yuan.

In third place was historical spy thriller "Saturday Fiction," with a daily box office record of 4.07 million yuan. Enditem