Like Katy Perry, specialty divisions are in and they’re out, they’re hot and they’re cold.

But some just stay the course, as Peter Rice noted at “The Wrestler” premiere Tuesday night. The Fox Searchlight topper intro-ed the film with the common shout-out to his bosses…and then a notably honest acknowledgement of the difficult state of the indie business.

“It’s been a turbulent year for independent film,” Rice began. “We’re very lucky to work at a company that, while several of our competitors are no longer in business, we get continued support for movies that are…incredibly audacious.” He then went on to thank Fox honchos Tom Rothman and Jim Gianopulos.

The comment was true — but of course not because of anyone’s reflexive support. Searchlight is one of the few specialty divisions to have a movie that earned at least $35 million each of the last five years; this year, Sundance acquisition “Choke” may have sputtered, but the company has already earned nearly $40 million for “The Secret Life of Bees” and is on a Little Miss Sunshine trajectory with “Slumdog Millionaire.” And the combination of arthouse filmgoers and Mickey Rourke/wrestling fans should give it plenty of muscle on “Wrestler.” Those kinds of numbers always help execs support audacity.