As this dismal season for ticket sales shows, studios can no longer count on using Golden Globe wins and Oscar nominations to sell their movies. The biggest and happiest exception to this has been “Pan’s Labyrinth,” which became the highest-grossing Spanish-language film released in the U.S. a couple of weeks ago.

This weekend, the take surged to $26.6 million as the movie grossed $3.6 million. That was more than “Dreamgirls,” which despite eight Oscar nominations isn’t expected to bring in anywhere near the grosses of “Chicago,” which cost far less and had a cast with much less star wattage.