Milk’s Big Opening

The Numbers – Daily Box Office Chart

With “Milk” in only 36 theatres, it has taken in a $1,941,472 total Gross in 5 days. That’s $53,930 per theatre.

Nikki Finke’s Deadline Hollywood Daily:

The Wednesday opening of Gus Van Sant’s Oscar-touted pic Milk starring Best Actor nomination shoo-in Sean Penn was released Wednesday by Focus Features into 35 theaters in 19 major cities. The well reviewed biopic continued to be the top grossing film in the majority of the core houses, with San Diego, Washington DC, Portland, Boston, Chicago, Atlanta, Dallas and Seattle remaining very strong. As expected, Milk scored the best per screen averages of the holiday weekend — the highest of $14,945 on Saturday. It took in $1.3M for the 3-day weekend and $1.8M for the 5-day holiday.

Finding Harvey

Lane Hudson’s Thanksgiving post about Harvey Milk: 30 Years Later, We Can Still Learn from Milk

We have lost sight of what Harvey sought to accomplish. Our movement has become professionalized, funding mechanisms to ensure our organizations operate day to day…

In early February, understanding that I needed to know about Harvey Milk, I traveled to San Francisco to take part in the filming of the movie that was released yesterday. Before the filming of some of the march and protest scenes began, all of the extras were treating to a viewing of the documentary The Life and Times of Harvey Milk. It was my first exposure to Harvey and it has changed me. I found a kindred soul and so should you.