world premiere

noun

: the first regular performance (as of a theatrical production) anywhere in the world

Examples of world premiere in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The documentary, which had its world premiere in the Feature Documentary Competition at Egypt’s El Gouna Film Festival, grew out of Mustapha’s curiosity about this particular group of men and questions about his own understanding of masculinity. — Essie Assibu, Variety, 20 Oct. 2026

However, dropping a world premiere sans any intel turned out to be a gong that rang around the world. — Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 18 Oct. 2026

After its Zurich Film Festival world premiere, Perfect Road has been screening at the 70th edition of the BFI London Film Festival. — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 17 Oct. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1910, in the meaning defined above

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