In 2000, "Trois", Rainforest Film's first movie to be released theatrically, grossed over $1.2 million and became the fastest million-dollar grossing film independently distributed by African Americans. "Trois" was in the Top 50 Highest Grossing Independent Films of the year, according to "Daily Variety", and Rainforest Films was at #34 on the list of Top 100 Film Distributors of 2000 listed by "The Hollywood Reporter" in August 2001. Due to the success of their first film, Packer and Hardy were listed among the "New Establishment" of Black power brokers in Hollywood.