The Simpsons Movie, a film that has been in production for more than four years and on the minds of fans much longer, raked in $71.9 million over the weekend, according to studio estimates from box-office trackers Nielsen EDI.
The debut was $20 million more than the most optimistic projections — and was validation for writers who were panic-stricken about alienating the show's rabid fans. The script went through 158 drafts.
"Most mornings I've been alternating between waking up confident and waking up drenched in flop sweat," Simpsons director David Silverman said before the opening. "When a show has been around 18 years, it's hard to overestimate how high expectations are."
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The debut was $20 million more than the most optimistic projections — and was validation for writers who were panic-stricken about alienating the show's rabid fans. The script went through 158 drafts.
"Most mornings I've been alternating between waking up confident and waking up drenched in flop sweat," Simpsons director David Silverman said before the opening. "When a show has been around 18 years, it's hard to overestimate how high expectations are."
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