Find below a breakdown of all First Run Features movies by year and first letter.
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.
Year | Annual Stats | Total Movies | Average Production Budget | Combined Worldwide Box Office | No. 1 Movie |
2024 |
Annual Stats |
2 |
|
|
|
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 |
253 |
$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.
Index | Total 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 |
13 |
|
$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 |