The good news at this weekend’s box office is that Henry Selick’s delightful stop-motion animated “Coraline” finished in third place with $16.3 million, far better than advance tracking indicated. The bad news is that the weekend was led by the long-on-the-shelf chick flick “She’s Just Not That Into You” with $27.4 million, which means we can expect more bad romantic comedies starring Jennifer Aniston. On the other hand, we’re probably going to be spared the frightening prospect of “Pink Panther 3” unless “Pink Panther 2” with Steve Martin does better overseas than its tepid opening in North America — in fourth place with a disappointing $12 million despite a big promotional push. That’s terrible news for the struggling MGM (which co-distributed with its part owner Sony) whose only remaining viable franchise is James Bond. The weekend’s remaining wide opening also underwhelmed. Summit’s action fantasy “Push,” starring the tireless Dakota Fanning in the flesh (she also voices the title character in “Coraline”) landed in sixth place with $10.2M. The Weinsteins tossed another shelfie, “Fanboys,” into 44 locations with virtually no promotion for a pre-DVD release and it averaged $3,723 per venue — not very impressive, but around a grand more, on average, than their heavily advertised Nazi porno epic “The Reader” did over the weekend. Aside from the remarkably resilient “Slumdog Millionaire,” Oscar’s Best Picture nominees continue to be shunned by escapism-seeking audiences. This weekend, “Gran Torino,” which didn’t receive a single nod, edged past “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button,” with a $120.2M cume and will likely end up with something like $140 million at the end of its domestic run. Clint Eastwood’s crowd-pleasing picture cost around $25 million, roughly one-eighth what David Fincher reportedly spent on his fantasy, which received 13 nominations but is expected to win only in the technical categories on Oscar night. Accountants at Paramount and Warner Bros. are praying they get bailed out by receipts overseas, where Brad Pitt is usually a more dependable draw than he is stateside.