"Milk" continues its solid box office run...

"Milk" continued to impress at the box office in its second weekend of limited release taking in an estimated $1.7 million. The Gus Van Sant-directed movie about the life of Harvey Milk is currently playing in 99 theaters and had a hefty per theater average of $17,076 - that's a 16 percent increase over last weekend with 63 theaters added.

"Milk," which stars Sean Penn in the title role, has now grossed a total of $4.1 million and will have the opportunity to add handsomely to that total this coming weekend when 250 more theaters are added. It is doing its strongest business in the suburbs of New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco, according to Daily Variety.

"Milk" could be further helped in its third weekend by the annoucement of the Golden Globe Award nominations early Thursday. I predict nominations for best picture-drama, best director (Van Sant), best actor (Penn) best supporting actor (James Franco, Josh Brolin) and best screenplay (Dustin Lance Black).