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The above is a still from The Simpsons Movie.

Despite Bart’s plea, a CAM of the movie appeared on BitTorrent this past Friday afternoon and made studio execs at FOX no doubt nervous about ticket sales and opening weekend profits.

But even though the movie was leaked and downloaded tens of thousands of times, it still managed to rake almost $72 million at the box office.

“We are ecstatic,” said Chris Aronson, senior vice president for distribution at 20th Century Fox. “It far exceeded even the most optimistic of expectations.”

So what does this mean about piracy and the incessant fears of Hollywood that P2P will cripple it just as it has the record industry?

It proves that just because somebody downloads a movie illegally doesn’t mean that that person would’ve necessarily otherwise purchased a ticket and seen the movie legally. With the countless number of movies released each week it’s truly impossible to see them all, and only those which truly appeal to a person will he then go see at the theater.

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