BEIJING, Oct. 25 (Xinhua) -- War epic film "The Battle at Lake Changjin" maintained its top spot in the Chinese mainland box office on Sunday, data from the China Movie Data Information Network showed Monday.

The film raked in 56.9 million yuan (about 8.9 million U.S. dollars) on Sunday, with its total box office revenue reaching 5.3 billion yuan.

The Chinese production was followed by "Dune," a sci-fi film adapted from a homonymic novel written by Frank Herbert, which generated over 42 million yuan on its third day of screening.

The patriotic film "My Country, My Parents" grabbed the third spot with a daily box office of about 12 million yuan on Monday. Enditem