Domestic movie "Born to Fly" continued to top the domestic daily box office chart on Sunday, data from the China Movie Data Information Network showed Monday.
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Known as a "Top Gun"-style production, the movie turns a rare spotlight on the test pilots of the air force. It tells the story of how elite pilots rubbed shoulders with death during the test flights of China's cutting-edge fighter jets to help collect data under extreme conditions.
On the second day of China's May Day holiday, which spans from April 29 to May 3 this year, the movie generated revenue of around 104.19 million yuan (about $15.05 million). Its domestic total reached 279 million yuan by Sunday.
In second place was the domestic road comedy "Godspeed," which earned around 103.15 million yuan for the day, bringing its total gross to 218 million yuan by Sunday.
It was followed by the domestic romance "All These Years," which earned 41.12 million yuan on Sunday and has a box office total of 129 million yuan since its debut.
