This summer the weekend box office has been strong on tenth-rate third sequels that lack the creativity of their predecessors and light on slightly disappointing movie spin-offs of popular TV shows that you really, really wanted to love.

But, hey, The Simpsons Movie has gone and redressed the balance. The Simpsons Movie is top of the US weekend box office, even though just about everyone who has seen it wishes that Chief Wiggum was in it more and that bit with Lisa and the Irish boy actually went somewhere. And that the surprise superstar cameo belonged to someone other than Tom Hanks. And that it was as funny as The Simpsons was in its prime. And that, deep down, they didn’t think it was the best film of the summer so far, which it probably is.