"The Simpsons" may be past its prime on TV, but it's certainly no slouch at the box office. After 18 years and 400 episodes of the show, fans were eager to see how huge Homer's belly looks on the big screen, and "The Simpsons Movie" took in $71.8 million to win the weekend. That makes it the third-biggest opening ever for an animated movie--behind $121.6 million for "Shrek the Third" and $108 million for "Shrek 2"--and put comedy's yellowest family way ahead of the weekend's No. 2, "I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry," which earned $19.1 million in its second week. "The Simpsons" tally also destroyed the week's other major releases: "No Reservations" (No. 5, $11.8 million), "I Know Who Killed Me" (No. 9, $3.4 million) and "Who's Your Caddy" (No. 10, $2.9 million). That's right. Lindsay Lohan's new flick made only $500,000 more than a zero-star golf comedy starring Big Boi from OutKast.
Did "The Simpsons Movie" live up to expectations? Can the flick stay strong next week when it's up against Matt Damon's action sequel "The Bourne Ultimatum"? Is LiLo's career toast?
