I know I have been away for a while like 3 months. I am so sorry. School and plenty other things buh I am back by God's grace. I was so touched that even with my 3 months absence, people were still viewing even till yesterday. I am so glad and will try my best to bring y'all gospel gospel and gist as often as I can. ;)
The small Christian movie whose Oscar nomination was rescinded after its
composer promoted the film to his fellow Academy members returned to
theaters this weekend and finished 14th in nationwide box office totals
"Alone
Yet Not Alone" which was nominated for Best Original Song in February,
before the distinction was taken away, made $462,000, bringing its total
haul to $596,000. The film briefly appeared in theaters in September
2013, turning a $125,775 profit. See the movies that topped the weekend box office after the cut...
Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum's sequel "22 Jump Street" won the weekend with $60 million.
The $7 million film is based on the novel Alone Yet Not Alone by
Tracy Leininger Craven, which is inspired by the true story of Barbara
and Regina Leininger, who were taken by force from their German
immigrant family in 1750s Pennsylvania.
The composer of the song "Alone Yet Not Alone," Bruce Broughton, told The Christian Post in
February that he believed the Academy's decision to rescind the
nomination was a "personal attack in order to discredit a nomination
that disappointed the people who had spent a lot of money for something
else."
"In that way they have been very successful. I have been
discredited. My character has been besmirched and sullied," Broughton,
who served two nine-year terms as a Governor in the Academy and is
currently a member of the executive committee of the Academy of Motion
Picture Arts and Sciences, added.
Responding to allegations that
Hollywood's actions were motivated by a larger, culture war angle,
Broughton would not "discount that there are other issues at work."
Although
the film was produced by a Christian group and the song's singer,
disability rights activist and quadriplegic Joni Erickson Tada, is an
evangelical Christian, neither he nor Spiegel identify as such.
Broughton, who was raised in a family that was significantly involved in
the Salvation Army said he "wouldn't put a name" on his faith. Spiegel
is Jewish.
The Academy did not name another nominee to the pool
which included songs from "Frozen," "Despicable Me 2," "Her," and
"Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom." "Frozen's" "Let It Go" was named the
winner.
No other faith-based films appeared in the top 30 highest grossing films of the past weekend.
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