'The Battle at Lake Changjin' leads Chinese box office chart

Historical epic The Battle at Lake Changjin topped the Chinese mainland box office on Oct 2, data from the China Movie Data Information Network showed Oct 3.

Co-directed by Chen Kaige, Hark Tsui and Dante Lam, the film ended its third day of screening with over 433 million yuan (about $66.77 million).

Set in the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea (1950-53) and headlined by Wu Jing and Jackson Yee, the film tells the story of the Chinese People's Volunteers soldiers fighting bravely under freezing temperatures in a key campaign at Lake Changjin, or Chosin Reservoir.

It was followed by patriotic anthology My Country, My Parents, which ranked second with a daily box office of 161.58 million yuan.

Chinese animated film Dear Tutu: Operation T-Rex pocketed 7.67 million yuan on Oct 2, ranking third.

During the National Day holiday, 13 films are being screened with a wide range of themes from history and war, romance to cartoon fantasy. Eleven of these 13 films are made in China.