Japanese animation "Doraemon the Movie: Nobita's Earth Symphony," the 43rd film in the 2D animated "Doraemon" series, continued to dominate the box office chart on the Chinese mainland on Sunday, official data showed.

The film revolves around the story of Doraemon and Nobita's new adventure with friends to bring music back to people after its disappearance from the world. It pocketed 17.72 million yuan (about 2.49 million U.S. dollars) on that day, according to data from the China Movie Data Information Network.

It was followed by Sony Pictures' animated comedy film "The Garfield Movie," which garnered box office sales of 16.33 million yuan on Sunday.

Chinese comedy "The Last Frenzy" came in third with a daily earning of 9.38 million yuan.

The total box office revenue on the Chinese mainland stood at 85.43 million yuan on Sunday.

China is gearing up for this year's summer movie season, which runs from the beginning of June to the end of August.

According to Chinese movie data platform Maoyan, 53 new films are scheduled for release during this period, including the award-winning animated film "Robot Dreams" and "Civil War" from the United States' A24 arthouse studio. 

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