Filling 'em with "Milk"

It looks like Milk is on its way to not only Oscar glory, but financial success as well. Debuting on only 36 screens (in major cities like New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Portland), the film drew a healthy $1.4 million over the holiday weekend, making its per-screen average $38,371, the highest of any film currently playing in theaters. Comparatively, the Reese Witherspoon-Vince Vaughn rom-com Four Christmases debuted on a lot more screens but only drew $9.571 per screen. Many are speculating that Milk's roll-out will mirror that of Brokeback Mountain, which started off on a few screens before going on to dominate at the box office and becoming 2005's most well-reviewed film. It won't be long before the rest of the world gets to ogle star Sean Penn's uber-buff hairy chest and co-star James Franco's sexy sideburns and frizzy hair; Focus Features, which also distributed Brokeback, will release Milk in other cities on Dec. 10.