Awards kudos, critics’ lists, varied nominations and wins are boosting indie film standouts this weekend. The market is crowded as indies vie with each other, studio tentpoles and fare from Pusha: The Rule – Part 2 and Daft Punk & Leiji Matsumoto: Interstella 5555 remastered.
But many specialty distributors are more upbeat now than at any point this year. The Last Showgirl from Roadside Attractions debuted at $50.3k on one screen.
It’s a one-week Academy qualifying run for the contender by Gia Coppola starring Pamela Anderson, now a Golden Globe nominee.
Both showed up for Q&As at LA’s AMC Century City, helping push the story of a fading Vegas showgirl to the fifth best per-screen opening of the year.
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