A poster for "Suzume." [Image courtesy of IMAX China]

Japanese animated fantasy adventure film "Suzume" topped the Chinese mainland box office Sunday, the third day of its screening, figures from the China Movie Data Information Network showed Monday.

The film, directed by Makoto Shinkai, raked in nearly 93.60 million yuan (about 13.6 million U.S. dollars) on Sunday.

The animation follows the unlikely encounter between a 17-year-old girl and a mysterious young man who embarks on a journey to prevent a series of disasters across Japan.

Its IMAX version also collected 28.3 million yuan at the box office, setting a record for the biggest opening in China for both a Japanese animation release and a non-Hollywood foreign film. IMAX delivered 8.3% of the total weekend gross of "Suzume" – the best index for IMAX China among all Japanese animation films, despite only being shown on 1% of overall screens.

"The stunning opening of 'Suzume' once again demonstrates the strong momentum and blossoming content supply of IMAX China's business this year," said IMAX China CEO Daniel Manwaring. "From Hollywood blockbusters and local language tentpole films to Japanese animation releases, the record-breaking IMAX box office shows that Chinese audiences' demand for the IMAX experience is not only stronger than ever but also more diversified."

Directed by and starring Dong Chengpeng, domestic comedy "Post Truth" came in second, finishing the day with a box office revenue of nearly 30.48 million yuan.

It was followed by domestic drama "The Best Is Yet to Come" which pocketed about 8.98 million yuan on Sunday. 

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