Movie Archive > First Run Features

First Run Features Movie Index


Find below a breakdown of all First Run Features movies by year and first letter.

See also: Domestic Box Office Analysis for First Run Features Movies - Top Domestic First Run Features Movies - Top International First Run Features Movies - Top Worldwide First Run Features Movies - Top Domestic First Run Features Stars - Top International First Run Features Stars - Top Worldwide First Run Features Stars

  1. Index of Movies by Year
  2. Alphabetical Movie Index

The table below lists the top-grossing First Run Features movie released in each calendar year (based on worldwide box office). Click on the year number for a list of all the First Run Features films released that year. The "Annual Stats" links will take you to a summary of the domestic film business for First Run Features movies for the year in question (this part of our archive starts in 1995). Click on the movie name to see information on the individual film.

YearAnnual
Stats
Total
Movies
Average
Production
Budget
Combined
Worldwide
Box Office
No. 1 Movie
2024 Annual Stats  1      
2023 Annual Stats  4      
2022 Annual Stats  5      
2021 Annual Stats  4      
2020 Annual Stats  9    $99  A Chef’s Voyage
2019 Annual Stats  5    $36,903  Joseph Pulitzer: Voice of the People
2018 Annual Stats  15  $650,000  $86,692  Moynihan
2017 Annual Stats  12    $114,824  Quest
2016 Annual Stats  14    $1,526,396  Stefan Zweig: Farewell to Europe
2015 Annual Stats  17  $200,000  $6,146,758  Last Cab to Darwin
2014 Annual Stats  16    $221,357  Through a Lens Darkly
2013 Annual Stats  19    $1,020,295  56 Up
2012 Annual Stats  20  $1,200,000  $768,437  How Much Does Your Building Weigh Mr. Foster?
2011 Annual Stats  16    $14,548,362  Plastic Planet
2010 Annual Stats  15    $1,256,614  The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers
2009 Annual Stats  11    $467,704  Crude
2008 Annual Stats  10    $528,066  Constantine's Sword
2007 Annual Stats  9    $422,487  For the Bible Tells Me So
2006 Annual Stats  8    $505,893  49 Up
2005 Annual Stats  11    $2,627,194  Torremolinos 73
2004 Annual Stats  10    $585,569  Secret Things
2003 Annual Stats  2    $350,575  Bonhoeffer
2002 Annual Stats  1    $515,678  The Trials of Henry Kissinger
2001 Annual Stats  1  $6,500,000  $64,148  Aberdeen
2000 Annual Stats  1    $3,350  The Quarry
1999 Annual Stats  6    $497,573  42 Up
1998 Annual Stats  4    $373,685  Insomnia
1997 Annual Stats  3  $300,000  $280,073  A Life Apart: Hasidism in America
1996 Annual Stats  1    $4,440  Pusher
1990    1      
1981    1    $12,232  The Wobblies
Total  252  $1,321,429  $32,965,404  Plastic Planet

The table below shows the highest-grossing First Run Features movie that begins with each letter of the alphabet. Click on the name of the film to go to its page. Or click on the letter at the beginning of each row for a list of all the First Run Features movies beginning with that letter.

IndexTotal
Movies
Average
Production
Budget
Combined
Worldwide
Box Office
No. 1 Movie
4  2    $542,452  42 Up
5  1    $701,278  56 Up
A  22  $3,325,000  $283,255  Aberdeen
B  15    $854,082  Bonhoeffer
C  12    $498,204  Crude
D  12    $344,168  La Demoiselle d'honneur
E  5    $238,436  Eames: The Architect and the Painter
F  11    $448,099  For the Bible Tells Me So
G  11    $247,638  Go For Zucker
H  13    $675,480  How Much Does Your Building Weigh Mr. Foster?
I  9    $287,926  Insomnia
J  3    $149,875  A Jihad for Love
K  5    $361,339  Kings of Pastry
L  10  $300,000  $6,254,351  Last Cab to Darwin
M  22    $929,271  The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers
N  7    $125,857  Never Stand Still
O  9    $171,132  Orgasm Inc.
P  20  $1,200,000  $14,294,266  Plastic Planet
Q  3    $53,368  Quest
R  4    $62,344  Rising From Ashes
S  19    $1,968,201  Stefan Zweig: Farewell to Europe
T  13  $400,000  $3,066,488  Torremolinos 73
U  4    $38,362  Unlocking the Cage
V  3    $87,121  Venus Boyz
W  13  $300,000  $227,816  Wagner & Me
Y  4    $54,595  Yalom’s Cure