world premiere
noun
: the first regular performance (as of a theatrical production) anywhere in the world
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Del Toro returned to Cannes to present a 4K restoration of Pan’s Labyrinth, marking the 20th anniversary of its world premiere and the still-unbroken record of a 23-minute standing ovation, having personally supervised every stage of the restoration from the original 35mm negative.
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Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 19 May 2026
Variety spoke with Marc du Pontavice and Olivier Clert ahead of the film’s world premiere.
—Ben Croll, Variety, 19 May 2026
Alison Brie looks back at the cameras at the Masters of the Universe world premiere in Los Angeles on May 18.
—People Staff, PEOPLE, 19 May 2026
Pedro Almodóvar‘s latest movie at the Cannes Film Festival, Bitter Christmas, scored a nine-minute ovation after its world premiere screening Tuesday night.
—Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 19 May 2026
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Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 19 May 2026
Variety spoke with Marc du Pontavice and Olivier Clert ahead of the film’s world premiere.
—Ben Croll, Variety, 19 May 2026
Alison Brie looks back at the cameras at the Masters of the Universe world premiere in Los Angeles on May 18.
—People Staff, PEOPLE, 19 May 2026
Pedro Almodóvar‘s latest movie at the Cannes Film Festival, Bitter Christmas, scored a nine-minute ovation after its world premiere screening Tuesday night.
—Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 19 May 2026
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“World premiere.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/world%20premiere. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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