A complete rundown of how the film’s been doing at the box office after the jump. (Updated to include full weekend numbers)
A listing of each Theatre Milk is playing in, along with its Friday gross, Saturday gross, Wed/Thu gross, and overall weekend number:
The theaters:
Theaters
Fri
Sat
2-Day
Total
Castro (SF)
41,364
45,118
86,482
154,848
Village (NY)
30,665
32,575
63,240
94,256
Arclight Hllywd
29,961
30,460
60,421
101,095
Chelsea (NY)
28,831
31,584
60,416
104,109
Kabuki (SF )
22,706
22,398
45,104
45,104
Grove (LA)
18,656
21,312
39,968
61,248
Landmark (LA)
21,005
17,987
38,992
61,326
Embarcadero (SF)
18,152
20,361
38,512
38,512
Lincoln Pl (NY)
18,309
18,411
36,720
63,711
Hillcrest (San Diego)
17,334
17,066
34,400
48,634
Arclight (Shman Oaks)
15,037
18,782
33,819
50,281
Bethesda (DC)
14,584
14,712
29,297
40,276
Egyptian (Seattle)
13,379
14,182
27,562
38,389
Kendall Sq (Cambridge)
12,806
14,608
27,414
40,024
Fox (Portland O)
13,468
13,448
26,916
40,144
Tara (Atlanta)
11,920
13,558
25,478
36,367
Varsity (Toronto)
11,505
13,794
25,299
37,036
Century Ctr(Chicago)
11,457
13,502
24,959
36,835
E St (DC)
11,835
12,896
24,730
38,675
Uptown (Minneapolis)
11,409
13,207
24,616
33,100
Angelika (Dallas)
10,941
12,588
23,530
32,768
Mayan (Denver)
10,926
12,461
23,387
31,961
Ritz (Philadelphia)
9,990
12,420
22,410
28,862
River East (Chicago)
9,831
11,600
21,431
30,604
Broadway (SantaMonica)
10,944
9,855
20,799
28,194
Camelview (Scottsdale)
10,096
10,316
20,412
27,980
Coolidge (BrooklineMA)
9,077
8,775
17,852
24,323
River Oaks (Houston)
8,409
8,128
16,538
23,846
Main Art (Detroit)
7,142
8,695
15,837
20,873
5th Ave (Vancouver BC)
5,813
9,896
15,709
20,781
Tivoli (St Louis)
6,445
7,753
14,198
19,264
Lincoln Sq (Seattle)
6,296
6,609
12,905
16,670
Gateway (Ft Lderdale)
6,130
6,479
12,609
18,838
South Beach (Miami)
6,066
5,784
11,850
18,318
Ritz 16 (Voorhees, NJ)
3,458
3,372
6,830
8,954
Aventura (Miami)
2,426
3,335
5,761
7,826
Do you wanna do something progressive for the gay rights movement? Find your most homophobic friend or relative, tell him/her youre going to take them to see Quantum of Solace or Twilight (offer to pay of course, they’ll need incentive), and somehow - be creative - lead them into Milk instead.
Then, when they realize they are in for a gay old time, tell them if you they try and leave you’ll scream “oh my god, this guy just called me a faggot.” Or something. There’s lots of possibilities.
And maybe two hours later, nothing will have changed. They’ll roll their eyes or - god help us - empathize with Dan White and they’ll be some horrible awkwardness on the way out. But maybe they’ll walk out with a morsel of understanding or at the very least, education, on one of the most important stories in the history of gay America. And that’ll probably do more than merely personally vouching for boycotts or resignations.
Because, as we need to remember, the problem of homophobia is a problem of the individual. Individuals that for a variety of reasons don’t understand why Ls and Gs and Bs and Ts deserve equal rights and individuals that would vote for Prop 8 or its many Prop sisters and brothers. These individuals are the ones that probably won’t give two shits if Sundance doesn’t happen or Rich Raddon resigns. These people need more compassionate activism if gay people really want America to be a better place.
And it sucks that it has to be this way. But it is this way. And if you are already on the morally just side of the gay divide, and are wondering what you can do to help, watch Harvey Milk (or, rather, Sean Penn as Harvey Milk). Watch the way he does things. Watch the way his circle does things. Elements of it are certainly going on all over, to be sure. I witnessed rallies in California, days after seeing Milk and was brought to tears at the energy and passion in those crowds.
But it still has to come back to the individual. Just an example, but what about people that aren’t out to their parents* or co-workers or acquaintances but think Rich Raddon should have been fired (or, cough, saw Twilight, in which case you’re simply a hypocrite)? You people need to realize how much difference it makes for someone who loves you to know your gay. It can truly change a mind, and have a chain reaction of changed minds. Through generations.
Because the Mormon church isn’t going to change. It’s a religion. A cult, even. One I’m totally against as an institution. But Rich Raddon is just a pawn in a much bigger game. He’s part of something that manipulates people into giving away money for horrible, hateful causes. But he himself is not the problem. What he needs is compassionate activism, not a witch hunt. Mormons and fundamentalists and other homophobes can very often just be good people in need of a nudge. I’ve met many. And Harvey Milk: He knew how to nudge.
Anyway, back to Milk. I saw the film a month ago and though its certainly not a perfect film cinematically, its more than good enough, and perhaps subjective critical opinion doesn’t matter anyway. As indieWIRE‘s Chris Wisniewski said in his review:
Each viewer’s reaction to “Milk” will likely depend on his or her political orientation and investment in its subject; when a film speaks so directly to its culture and its moment—even if its timeliness is coincidental—how could it be otherwise?
And besides, even if I was a film critic, and the point of this entry was to share with you my critical thoughts, I couldn’t compete with the poignancy of Chris’s or New York Times’ AO Scott‘s reviews, which pretty much sum up my thoughts entirely anyway:
So with no small bias, and a corresponding sense of urgency and advocacy, I implore you to see “Milk”—not because it’s a perfect film or even a great one, but because it is inspiring and deeply moving, beautiful and sad, searingly personal and boldly political.
So if you want some encouragement, read those reviews in full. But you shouldn’t need it. Just go, and take anyone - tolerant or intolerant. And then, when youre done (or if you’ve already seen it), go watch “The Times of Harvey Milk”. And if you need encouragement in that regard (self-promotion alert!), read my interview with its director, Rob Epstein.
Finally, and most cheesily, on Thanksgiving - whether your American or not - give thanks for Harvey Milk. He died 30 years ago today, and if it wasn’t for him and all of his nudges, I’m not really sure where we’d be.
*-I do understand there are some instances in which parents are truly not an option, and for those people, I did not intend that comment to stir up unnecessary guilt.
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