NEW YORK CITY: Marvel Studios' 'Thor: Love & Thunder' may have dropped a hefty 68 percent in its second weekend of release, but it still held the top spot at the North American box office, according to studio estimates on Sunday (Monday in Manila), while the film adaptation of the bestseller '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 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 percent), 'Black Widow' (68 percent) and 'Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness' (67 percent).