Action film "Raging Fire" continues to top Chinese box office

BEIJING, Aug. 18 (Xinhua) -- Domestic action film "Raging Fire" continued to dominate the Chinese mainland box office on Tuesday, figures from the China Movie Data Information Network showed Wednesday.

The film, telling a story about a police hunt for a gang of drug traffickers, pocketed almost 18 million yuan (about 2.77 million U.S. dollars) on Tuesday, accounting for 50.7 percent of the day's total box office revenue.

Coming in second was the romantic comedy "Upcoming Summer," which ended the day with daily earnings of 5.51 million yuan.

It was followed by the animated film "White Snake 2: The Tribulation of the Green Snake" that raked in 4.56 million yuan on Tuesday. Enditem