I say this has a better chance of making waves in hwood than most of those other women's movies, simply because it appeals to both girls and guys. As a guy who enjoys comedies, I was happy to find that Bridesmaids dabbled very close to the styles of the Farelly Brothers and SNL type movies. Which in the past wasn't been received by everyone, for reasons of... too gross, too inappropriate, and too childish of humor. So if this spear heads better (in my opinion, hehe) comedies for women, I'll be a supporter!

Such a huge gift from the talented Bridesmaids gang, this new post in the ground (may it stand strong during future memory lapses), that we can all refer to, that lends credibility to kickass fresh fun for all folks. "[I]ts success was due to the fact that people enjoyed it, and gave it good word of mouth," how about that. May this marketing strategy be employed often. "The concept was easy to understand in all languages." I think this is a biggie these days, easy to grok story (and relates to Avatar's success, no surprises, but at least you know pretty stuff is up ahead, and Cameron delivered). So fun Bridesmaids hit that global easy grok mark. Thank you, Bridesmaids!

Over 30% of the "Bridesmaids" audience was men, so yes, Peter, that should help to generate more interest by studios in 'female' comedies.

It'll be great if Bridesmaids really does crack open the door for more women helmed comedies other than the typical uptight anal-retentive rom-com girl who needs a guy to help her loosen up that's been done to death. This season's TV sitcom pilots feature a broader range of female leads already, from Two Broke Girls to The New Girl to Whitney, so hopefully this is a change that will stay. I think the success of Bridesmaids also speaks to the impact social media is having on films, giving films without big stars or big name recognition legs through good word of mouth (or keyboard)-- The King's Speech, The Help are just a few other examples--I'm hoping this will lead to more original, adult, smaller budget films in the future being released and given time to succeed, rather than all the focus being on big budget extravaganza's that will open big.