A strange drop-off

“Wonder Woman” enjoyed a record-setting debut (largest ever for a female director) that was still well below its male-driven predecessors in the DC Extended Universe.

For major comic-book movies, a typical second-week drop would be in the 56 to 60 percent range. Event movies with bad word of mouth see steeper drops.

DCEU’s “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice” opened huge and fell a cringe-worthy 69 percent in Weekend 2. It was then pounded to the tune of 55 and 60 percent falloffs in Weekends 3 and 4. “Suicide Squad” cratered to the tune of 65, 53 and 43 percent drops inWeekends 2-4.

“Wonder Woman’s” Weekend 2 drop: 42 percent.

That’s the lowest for any superhero movie in this era of comicbook dominance, easily outdistancing “Thor’s” 47 percent in 2011. It’s the lowest since the 2002 “Spider-Man,” an eon ago in cinematic time.

Perhaps even more impressive is its Week 3 hold: It fell only 30 percent.

It’s far better than the top-grossing comic-book movies ever, “Marvel’s The Avengers” (43 percent), “The Dark Knight” (43), “Avengers: Age of Ultron” (49) and “The Dark Knight Rises” (44).

The upshot: “Wonder” continues to stamp out any lingering doubts about a female-driven, female-directed comic-book movie’s potential for success.