I know, we're A bit late with our weekend box office tally. Blame the Oscars. You see the exact numbers on the right side of this page. "Vantage Point" overcame an annoying plot device and pretty bad reviews to debut with a strong $22.9M. That was about it for the week's new movies, as Jack Black's "Be Kind Rewind" and "Charlie Bartlett" both flopped badly.

But a couple films showed decent staying power in their sophomore weekends.

"Jumper" dropped just over half its audience -- not bad for an action pic opening wide -- and looks on pace to earn close to its $85M budget back. "Step Up 2 The Streets" and "The Spiderwick Chronicles" did even better at holding on to their audiences, both losing less than half their opening weekend crowds. With a pretty weak slate of movies on the immediate horizon, both stand to do respectable business.

And just when you thought romantic comedies were dead in the water, "Fool's Gold" proves good chemistry sometimes matters more than good material. It's at $52M after 3 weeks. "27 Dresses" meanwhile, is probably going to make Katherine Heigl alot of money on her next picture. That one's inching close to $75M ... nice profit considering it only cost $27M to make. Looks like Hollywood's found its latest successor to Julia Roberts as America's Sweetheart (except on "Grey's Anatomy," where Izzy really annoys me).

I suspect "Juno" will start to fade since it failed to win Best Picture or Best Actress for Ellen Page. Of all the nominated movies, "No Country for Old Men" seems the obvious choice to benefit from its four Oscar wins. How much of an Oscar boost it gets remains to be seen, since its been around theaters for awhile now.