'Batman v Superman' drops 68% in its 2nd week

The Dark Knight and Man of Steel delivered a box office beatdown yet again.

Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice is No. 1 for a second straight week with $52.4 million, according to estimates from tracking service comScore. The DC Comics film, which pits the Caped Crusader (Ben Affleck) against the Last Son of Krypton (Henry Cavill), has earned $261.5 million in just 10 days.

The superhero face-off dominated despite negative reviews (29% critical approval on aggregate site RottenTomatoes.com) and a massive drop of 68% from its first weekend, when it opened to a record-shattering $166 million.

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"It is a pretty significant drop, but this was expected," says Paul Dergarabedian, senior media analyst for comScore. With more than $681 million worldwide, "you have to consider it a box office winner, but on the critical front, it took a pretty hard beating. This was the poster child for that disconnect between critics and fans," who gave it a B grade on CinemaScore.

Batman v Superman is Zack Snyder's follow-up to 2013's Man of Steel.  It co-stars Amy Adams, Jesse Eisenberg and Gal Gadot as Wonder Woman, the female superhero's first live-action feature-film appearance in her 75-year history. The blockbuster carries a hefty price tag of $250 million.

In second place, Zootopia dropped just 17% in its fifth weekend to earn $20 million. The critically adored comedy has now made $275.9 million in North America and a staggering $787.6 million globally, making it Disney's biggest animated success since 2013's Frozen (which scorched the box office with nearly $1.3 billion worldwide).

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Nia Vardalos' My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 held strong with $11.1 million and third place in its second weekend, which brings its total to $36.5 million. The comedy arrives more than a decade after its predecessor, which sprinted down the aisle in 2002 with $241.4 million in North America.

God's Not Dead 2 managed just $8.1 million for fourth place in 2,400 theaters. The faith-based film is a sequel to the 2014 hit. Rounding out the top five, Miracles From Heaven continued to bless the box office with $7.6 million in its third weekend, dropping only 22%. The Christian drama, starring Jennifer Garner and Queen Latifah, has now earned $46.8 million.

"For that film to be doing this well is a testament to how loyal and passionate the faith-based audience is," Dergarabedian says. "Closing in on $50 million, it's a total moneymaking machine."

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In limited release, Richard Linklater's Everybody Wants Some!!, a "spiritual sequel" to Dazed and Confused, scored a solid $323,000 in just 19 theaters ($371,000 since opening Wednesday). In four theaters, Don Cheadle's Miles Davis film, Miles Ahead, trumpeted $123,000 for a strong per-theater average of $31,000.

Final numbers are expected Monday.