BEIJING, Nov. 18 (Xinhua) -- Chinese romantic drama "Somewhere Winter" led the Chinese mainland box office for a third consecutive day on Sunday, according to the China Movie Data Information Network Monday.

Written by Rao Xueman, a novelist and screenwriter best known for her popular youth novels, the film tells a love story about two generations and three cities, in which destiny brings the lovers together and then tears them apart.

"Somewhere Winter" topped Sunday's box office chart by grossing 27.53 million yuan (about 3.89 million U.S. dollars) Sunday, followed by Italian film "The Legend of 1900" and American war film "Midway," which generated 21.33 million yuan and 17.81 million yuan respectively.