‘Doctor Strange 2’ keeps hold on top spot

“Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness” stayed on top of the box office charts during its second weekend in theaters, earning an additional $61 million from North American theaters, according to studio estimates Sunday.

With $688 million in global grosses, it’s already one of the highest grossing films of the pandemic and the second biggest of 2022. But a 67% fall is also a steep drop — even for reliably frontloaded superhero films. Still, “Spider-man: No Way Home” slid 68% in weekend two.

Released by the Walt Disney Co., “Doctor Strange 2 “benefitted from being the first Marvel movie to follow “Spider-man: No Way Home.”