first-run

adjective

ˈfərs(t)-ˈrən

: available for public viewing for the first time

first-run movies

also : exhibiting first-run movies

first-run theaters

Examples of first-run in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The center will also provide standing exhibits, a speaker series, and matinee showings of first-run movies. —

Jonathan M. Pitts, Baltimore Sun, 26 June 2024 An Ampere Analysis study presented at Sweden’s Göteborg Festival in February suggested that Amazon was still increasing original commissioning for first-run TV. —

John Hopewell, Variety, 19 June 2024 In 2017, the six-screen, first-run theater Skylight Cinema opened, the first theater in Bentonville since the town’s Plaza Theater closed in 1985. —

Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 19 June 2024 Amazon had the same aim when buying the old ArcLight location in downtown Culver City in Los Angeles, although that cinema is a first-run theater, meaning Amazon has to book new movies in addition to its offerings. —

Pamela McClintock, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 June 2024 See all Example Sentences for first-run

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