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, according to studio estimates Sunday, while the bestseller adaptation Where the Crawdads Sing debuted with a better-than-expected $17 million. Taika Waititi's Love and Thunder led all films with an estimated $46 million, bringing its two-week global total to $498 million, the AP reports. 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%).
The best debut among the newcomers was by Sony Pictures' Where the Crawdads Sing, Olivia Newman's adaptation of Delia Owens' 2018 North Carolina-set novel. It opened well despite weak reviews (36% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes). The Reese Witherspoon-produced mystery stars Daisy Edgar-Jones as a woman who raised herself in the coastal Carolina marshlands and focuses on a murder investigation of a local celebrity. Moviegoers liked it more than critics, giving it an A- CinemaScore. It was a particularly good result for a page-to-screen drama.
Below are estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at US and Canadian theaters, according to Comscore. Final domestic figures will be released Monday.
- Thor: Love and Thunder, $46 million.
- Minions: The Rise of Gru, $26 million.
- Where the Crawdads Sing, $17 million.
- Top Gun: Maverick, $12 million.
- Elvis, $7.6 million.
- Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank, $6.3 million.
- The Black Phone, $5.3 million.
- Jurassic: Dominion, $5 million.
- Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris, $1.9 million.
- Lightyear, $1.3 million.
(More
box office stories.)
,
uBlock 
,
and
Ghostery 
)
