The Weinstein Company

Background: Bob and Harvey Weinstein founded this independent production and distribution studio in 2005 after leaving the Disney-acquired Miramax Films that same year. From 2006 to late 2008, their films were theatrically distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures, while they retain ownership for the home media prints. On October 8, 2017, Harvey Weinstein was fired from the company after dozens of sexual abuse charges were revealed. The company, already infamous for treating their films poorly, suffered a gigantic collapse thanks to the allegations and, after months of unsuccessfully attempting to have it or its library purchased by another company it was announced on February 26, 2018, the company announced it was pursuing Chapter 11 bankruptcy, a decision made final on March 9, 2018. In the meantime, the company sold off Paddington 2 and The Six Billion Dollar Men to Warner Bros. Pictures to acquire funds.

(November 11, 2005-September 1, 2017)

 Logo : On a black background, we see two lights from the bottom morph and form three lights from one light on top, forming an abstract "W". While that happens, the text "THE WEINSTEIN COMPANY" (in Engravers Gothic font) wipes in below it. Afterwards, the lights turn off one at a time. The text slowly fades out

 Variants :
 * At the beginning of Hoodwinked! (2005) and at the end of Igor (2008), it is already-formed and still.
 * Some films' closing credits have the logo in weirdly edited variation with plain text.
 * Some trailers and films such as Make It Happen, Bobby, and Silver Linings Playbook have "TWC" instead of the company name.
 * Arthur and the Invisibles has the logo squashed up.
 * At the beginning of Lee Daniels' The Butler, the "TWC" version is used, but fades out early (if you look very closely the bottom-right light turns off as usual).

 FX/SFX : CGI.

 Music/Sounds : An orchestrated piece composed by Nicole Weinstein (daughter of Bob Weinstein) that fades out when the logo fades. Otherwise it is silent, or has the opening theme of the film.

 Music/Sounds Variants :
 * Doogal has a different orchestral tune composed by James L. Venable playing over the logo. This version's theme has some similarities to the music for the 3rd Image Entertainment logo.
 * On Django Unchained and The Hateful Eight (both directed by Quentin Tarantino), a different piece with light switch sounds is heard. This was also composed by Nicole Weinstein.

 Availability : Common during the company's run. Appears on all films from the company from Derailed to Tulip Fever. Don't expect this to appear on Space Chimps as that uses an in credit notice. Due to the Harvey Weinstein scandal, the company stopped releasing movies, and this logo has since been retired due to the allegations and the company's bankruptcy. Even though it appeared on its theatrical release, it doesn't appear on the Lionsgate DVD release of Leap! for obvious reasons; in fact, they aren't even mentioned at all on the DVD cover art.

 Editor's Note : None.