Thor: Love and Thunder suffers a hefty drop at the box office in its second weekend

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The Marvel sequel Thor: Love & Thunder dropped a hefty 68% in its second weekend of release but still held the top spot at the box office.Taika Waititi's Love and Thunder led all films with an estimated $46 million, bringing its two-week global total to $498 million.Meanwhile the bestseller adaptation Where the Crawdads Sing debuted with a better-than-expected $17 million.

Still on top:The Marvel sequel Thor: Love & Thunder dropped a hefty 68% in its second weekend of release but still held the top spot at the box office; Pictured Natalie Portman and Chris Hemsworth The sizable decline is more than most Marvel films but in line with recent releases from the Walt Disney Co.

superhero studio, including Spider-Man: No Way Home (68%), Black Widow (68%) and Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (67%).

Love and Thunder also faced a trio of newcomers, though none came close to toppling Chris Hemsworth's god of thunder.Best among them was Sony Pictures' Where the Crawdads Sing, Olivia Newman's adaptation of Delia Owens' 2018 North Carolina-set novel.