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I know two or three peeps who've seen this and the reaction has gone from bad to worse. Too bad. After nearly 20 years you'd think they'd be able to hit one out of the park. Or perhaps the creative juices drained from this franchise a decade ago?

that's too bad Wrecktum since I enjoyed being Simpsonized the other day.

Maybe if they had charged peeps $5 to be Simpsonized they'd make more cash than the movie will.

the reviews so far have been all but positive. Granted this is the first wave.

What pissed me off about the HR and Variety reviews is they give away the surprise big star cameo. thanks jerks.

I'm going to see The Simpsons on Friday...just to see The Dark Night teaser.

Many movie theaters in LA have a midnight showing tomorrow night. But I also will be seeing it Friday night at the Arclight.

Didn't know about the Dark Knight Teaser. sweet. My guess would be a AVP 2 trailer or... whatever junk fox has in the works.

60 million Thursday midnight to Sunday.

$60 million is possible, but when's the last TV-to-film adaptation that actually lived up to expectations?

Also, it's 2D and what is the current record holder for 2D? Is the opening record for 2D still The Lion King after all these years? Was that the only one to open over $40 million? Maybe also Pokemon?

My prediction is for about $40 million - nothing to sneeze at and it will probably double its budget.

Miami Heat's review reads like a guy who has not seen a Simpsons episode in like 15 years. Seriously; that's one of those bogus Miami Heat reviews, that he puts out there from time to time. Who wants to see a Simpsons movie with hardly any Simpsons in it? That criticism alone deflates any point Heat's trying to make. Nevertheless, this will make a pretty penny, and we will get a sequel at some point. I just hope they do not have as many COOKS in the Kitchen next time. If you have read the EW piece, then you should get that hint. Three writers should be enough to write a freakin Simpsons movie.

>>>>Some think $50 million is possible… others think under $20 million. Crazy. I feel strongly both ways...

DP,

How can you feel strongly both ways???? Or is this just a way of setting up a Finkeian "I called it" no matter what the film does?

IOIO - The Simpsons has always been written like a sitcom... roundtable... not one writer or three or six.

Grand - I do feel strongly both ways. I can argue either. I have no f-ing idea. I don't think the film will make $150 million domestic. But I do think it could open huge. Remember, opening has nothing to do with the movie itself. Also remember, lots of these blanket marketing events don't work.

I run Box Office Hell because people like it. But I got out that game (publicly) a few years back.

Boo-urns! Boo-urns!!

Most of the reviews I've been reading down here are positive with a slight negative edge. In that it's good, but could've been better. THe middle act is apparently not the greatest, but the first act is up there with classic Simpsons episodes.

Hopefully seeing it this weekend alongside my Melbourne Film Festival duties.

Yes Miami Heat; I do understand how a sitcom is written, but the strategy deployed on the Simpsons movie seems a bit drastic. Especially the way they went about writing this movie. This means that I can get the point of your review, but I still find your argument a bit odd. This is not the freakin Cletus the Slacked-Jawed Yokel film. It's the Simpsons movie. They should be prominent.

Shrek 42 million open. Shrek 2 108 million open. I don't think that 2D vs 3D is all that important with the Simpsons, with all the computer work, it's like 2 1/2D.
I still say 60 million open.

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