"The Boy and the Heron," an animated fantasy film directed by Japanese animation guru Hayao Miyazaki, continued to lead the Chinese mainland's daily box office on Friday, data from the China Movie Data Information Network showed.

The Oscar-winning animated film amassed 19.21 million yuan (2.71 million U.S. dollars) in box office revenue on its tenth screening day.

"Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire," the latest installment in the MonsterVerse film franchise, came in second with a daily earning of 15.07 million yuan.

It was followed by the domestic crime thriller "Dwelling by the West Lake," which raked in 3.89 million yuan of box office sales on Friday.

The Chinese mainland's box office revenue on the day totaled 54.76 million yuan.