BEIJING, April 1 (Xinhua) -- "Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire," the latest installment in the MonsterVerse film franchise, continued to lead the Chinese mainland's daily box office chart on Sunday, data from the China Movie Data Information Network showed.

The monster film raked in 87.56 million yuan (about 12.34 million U.S. dollars) on the third day of its release.

The animated film "Kung Fu Panda 4" came in second with a daily box office revenue of about 15.31 million yuan, bringing its total earnings on the Chinese mainland to 246 million yuan after 10 days of screening.

It was followed by the domestic romance "Viva La Vida," which raked in 11.11 million yuan on Sunday.

The Chinese mainland's box office revenue on Sunday stood at 135.60 million yuan.