Specialty Box Office 2017: ‘The Big Sick’ Is Highest Grosser, But Overall Results Flat

The specialty box office generally flatlined this year. The overall 2017 takeaway among this year's crop of limited theatrical roll-outs is that the box office did edge lower this year, though a mostly strong fourth quarter averted a sharp downturn — though that is not historically unprecedented. Still, there were some specialty stars that opened earlier in the year. There were over seven hundred films in theaters in 2017, most of which were limited-release titles. Films…

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