Even before it won four Oscars, "No Country for Old Men" had shown decent traction outside the United States, with $38 million in international box office midway through its overseas run.

That figure includes the $5.1 million "No Country" managed at 1,506 playdates during Oscar weekend, led by $1.7 million in its Italian launch and $1.2 million in its second Spanish frame, with a decline of only 19%.

Top grosses outside the United States have come from the U.K. with $11.2 million, France with $6.8 million and Spain with $6.4 million. It's likely Javier Bardem's acceptance speech -- delivered partly in Spanish to his mother -- raised awareness of the pic in Spain.

Paramount's opening in 10 new markets for "No Country" this weekend, including Germany, Austria and Switzerland, and also will be expanding existing releases to more than 2,000 prints internationally, up by 25%. "We think we are ideally positioned to capitalize on the awards this past weekend," Par Intl. prexy Andrew Cripps says.

"No Country" is likely to wind up with foreign grosses somewhere in the midpoint between 2007 Best Picture winner "The Departed," which took in $157 million overseas, and the 2006 winner "Crash," which managed a mere $44 million.

"There Will Be Blood" will also see a significant Oscar boost in the wake of Daniel Day-Lewis' actor Oscar. "Blood" took in $4.1 million at only 801 engagements over Oscar weekend to lift its overseas cume to $10.3 million early in its offshore run; it moves into France and Russia this weekend.

Fox's "Juno" is also poised to cash in overseas, thanks to Diablo Cody winning the Oscar for original screenplay. The quirky comedy copped sixth place during the Oscar weekend, with $7 million at 1,704 to push the foreign take to $39 million, led by $13.5 million in the U.K. and $8.7 million in Australia.

Tilda Swinton's Oscar for "Michael Clayton" probably won't translate to much overseas coin, since the drama's already played out in most markets, with a $34 million cume.

But "The Golden Compass," which took home a visual effects Oscar, is poised to locate even more overseas coin via this weekend's Japanese launch on nearly 700 after scooping $2.5 million in sneak screenings Feb. 23 and 24 -- 159% better than similar sneaks for "Night at the Museum," which�went on to cume $33.4 million in Japan.

"Compass" has continued to post impressive grosses outside the United States, with a foreign cume of nearly $260 million -- nearly four times the domestic total.

Of the Best Picture nominees, U's "Atonement" has turned in the top overseas total, near $70 million, thanks to launching far earlier than its rivals in the early fall. Its Oscar weekend take totalled $2.7 million, including a $738,000 South Korean launch.

The Oscar frame saw Fox's "Jumper" win its second straight sesh, taking in $21.7 million at 3,984, lifting the foreign cume past $60 million in its first two frames.

The sci-fier's top figure came from its $4.7 million third-place launch in France, trailing a pair of local pics -- the debut of Cederic Klapisch's "Paris" and the fourth frame of "Asterix at the Olympic Games," which cumed more than $53 million locally and $109 million worldwide.

Northern France also saw socko numbers for local laffer "Bienvenue chez les Ch'tis," a week ahead of its national bow. Distrib Pathe estimated at least 550,300 viewers in three French regions -- Nord, Pas de Calais, and Somme -- flocked to a mere 61 screens to deliver $4.9 million in the pic's first six days.

Besides "Jumper," action fans turned to "Rambo" during Oscar weekend, with $10.3 million at 2,722 to lift its international cume to nearly $37 million -- less than $5 million short of the domestic total. Best figure came from a $2.6 million first-place debut in Italy, where Sylvester Stallone had tubthumped the pic, and a third-place Brit launch of $2.5 million, trailing the "Jumper" soph sesh and the opening of "Be Kind Rewind."

"Sweeney Todd" continued to slice up decent overseas biz, with $8.5 million at 2,700 in the Oscar frame, led by its $2.4 million Italian launch. "Sweeney" has hit $81 million internationally, representing 61% of its $133 million in worldwide gross.

Disney's "National Treasure: Book of Secrets" remained a decent draw with $7.7 million at 2,574 -- about half coming from its second French frame. Foreign cume has hit $213 million, and the worldwide total's near $430 million, making the sequel the 77th top grosser of all time.

Sony went day-and-date with "Vantage Point" in Mexico and five smaller markets, capturing $1.8 million at 522. "Point" led in Mexico with $860,229, easily beating the debut of "The Eye" and the second frame of "27 Dresses."

David Hayhurst in Paris contributed to this report.