FILM: Box Office Results - 2/29/08

Will Ferrell still reigns supreme. Semi-Pro came in at #1 with a relatively low $15 mil gross. As seductive as a Natalie Portman and Scarlett Johansson pairing may have seemed, The Other Boleyn Girl only managed to make $8 mil at the #4 spot. It faired better than the Reese Witherspoon, Christina Ricci, and James McAvoy indie, Penelope, because it made more per theater despite the fact that it was released in less theaters. But since it had more star power, it should've made much more. Penelope landed at #8 with $4 mil.

Vantage Point gave way to Semi-Pro dropping to #2 with $41 mil. Be Kind, Rewind dropped out of the top 10, but with a small release of 810 theaters has still managed to reach a $7 mil gross. Charlie Bartlett tripled its gross from last week, reaching $3 mil in spite of its 1,122-theater release. The Spiderwick Chronicles slid down to #3, but is still keeping the arrested attention of children everywhere, reaching $55 mil. Jumper may very well be encouraging rumors of a sequel that will include time travel and an origin story of the jumpers since its reached $67 mil at #5. Step Up 2 the Streets is still holding on at #6 with an impressive $49 mil, but Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins dropped from #7 to #12, exiting the box office with a healthy $39 mil. Meanwhile, romantic comedies Fool's Gold and Definitely, Maybe share two different fates. Gold has inexplicably grossed $59 mil at #7, while Maybe unfortunately plummeted from #6 to #11 with only a parting gross of $27 mil. As for the Oscar nominated films that are still in the box office: No Country for Old Men shot up from #12 to #9 after it swept the Oscars with 3 awards giving ita gross of $70 mil, and Juno is set to retire from the list from its spot at #10 with a hefty gross of $135 mil. I really hope Diablo Cody got a whole lot of that pie home skillet.

Next week, Martin Lawrence and Raven Simone's teen/family-friendly College Road Trip and the Asian indie CJ7, chocked full of live action/animated ET-like fun, should keep the kids happy. Action-wise we've got Jason Statham in the heist film The Bank Job and the epic 10,000 B.C. that's said to be a cross between 300 and Apocalypto--we'll see if it translates in the profits. For drama-seekers, there's Kate Beckinsale and Sam Rockwell's indie Snow Angels, and Rachel McAdams and Pierce Brosnan's adulterous indie Married Life. But for the romantics, Amy Adams, Frances McDormand, and Lee Pace ("Pushing Daisies") present the utterly charming Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day.