Why Kristen Wiig Was Certain This Raunchy Box Office Hit Was A Total Dud

For my money, "Bridesmaids" is one of the best American comedies ever made, and we have co-writers Kristen Wiig and Annie Mumolo to thank for it, along with their fearless director Paul Feig. Apparently, though, Wiig — the beloved "Saturday Night Live" staple who wrote and starred in the movie — thought it was a huge failure at first, because it didn't have an impressive opening weekend.

"Bridesmaids" finished second at the box office in its initial opening weekend — behind the first "Thor" movie — and by the end of the weekend, it boasted a gross of roughly $26 million against a $32.5 million budget. Still, word of mouth kept the film going, and when all was said and done, "Bridesmaids" raked in a truly impressive haul of $288 million across the world and even became the highest-gro