Hordes of loyal fans garnered during the series remarkable 18 yr run turned out on Friday to push the day one total for the Simpsons Movie to 29.1 million. The distributor had (some might say ingenuously) predicted a weekend total around 30 million. Industry experts had been more bullish at around 50 million and now it looks like the film will easily exceed both. The true test will be in the coming weeks when the built in base stops being heard from, will the film have enough legs to keep going strong after its fast start.