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Noncontrolling Interests (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017
Noncontrolling Interests |
Schedule of Income Before Income Taxes Attributable to Joint Ventures | The income before income taxes attributable to these joint ventures for the years ended December 31, 2017, December 25, 2016 and December 27, 2015 were as follows (in thousands):
|  | 2017 |  | 2016 |  | 2015 |  |
Papa John’s International, Inc. |  | $ | 7,181 |  | $ | 9,913 |  | $ | 9,725 |  |
Noncontrolling interests |  |  | 4,233 |  |  | 6,272 |  |  | 6,282 |  |
Total income before income taxes |  | $ | 11,414 |  | $ | 16,185 |  | $ | 16,007 |  |
Summary of Changes in Redeemable Noncontrolling Interests | The following summarizes changes in our redeemable noncontrolling interests in 2017 and 2016 (in thousands):
Balance at December 27, 2015 |  | $ | 8,363 |
Net income |  |  | 3,665 |
Distributions |  |  | (3,000) |
Change in redemption value |  |  | (567) |
Balance at December 25, 2016 |  | $ | 8,461 |
Net income |  |  | 2,195 |
Distributions |  |  | (2,499) |
Change in redemption value |  |  | (1,419) |
Balance at December 31, 2017 |  | $ | 6,738 |

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