BEIJING, Jan. 16 (Xinhua) -- U.S. sci-fi action film "The Matrix Resurrections" topped the Chinese mainland box office Saturday, the second day of its screening, figures from the China Movie Data Information Network showed Sunday.

Directed by Lana Wachowski, the sequel to 2003's "The Matrix Revolutions" and the fourth installment in The Matrix film series raked in nearly 18.8 million yuan (about 2.95 million U.S. dollars) on Saturday.

Domestic drama "Embrace Again" came in second, finishing the day with a box office revenue of more than 16.77 million yuan.

It was followed by crime thriller "G Storm," which pocketed about 10.25 million yuan on Saturday.