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Specialty hits scarce as film sales soar


January 17, 2008 It has been a brutal year at the boxoffice for indie distributors and studio specialty divisions. Business is down 11.9% from 2006. Most divisions have enjoyed only one so-so hit for every three or four movies released, among the most disappointing ratios since the specialty units were created in the 1990s to bridge the indie and studio worlds.


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