Franchise Pictures

It was established in 1994 by Andrew Stevens and Elie Samaha.

=1st Logo= (October 5, 1995-July 5, 1999)

Logo : On a black background we see a blue box with a white outline with "FRANCHISE" at the top. A building is seen in the box, and "PICTURES" is seen on the lower part of it.

FX/SFX : None.

Music/Sounds : None.

Availability : Extremely rare. Was seen on earlier pictures such as The Immortals (first film), Free Money, Lesser Prophets, Monument Avenue, Shadrach, Sweepers, This is My Father, The Confession, The Peacekeeper, The Maker, American Perfekt, Natural Enemy' and Danger Zone''.

Editor's Note : None.

=2nd Logo= (July 6, 1999-May 18, 2007)

Nickname : "The Franchise Building"

Logo : We start out by panning out through a street with many buildings, then we pan out to a skyscraper with "FRANCHISE" above it, and "PICTURES" on the base. The background soon changes to a teal background.

Variants :
 * On Heist, the logo is black and white and we only see the camera panning up to the skyscraper.
 * The short version of the logo can usually be seen in films made by Franchise Pictures. In the short version, first 4 seconds are cut off and we only see the second half of the logo.
 * On Green Dragon, the "CLASSICS" word flows from the right and places on the skyscraper.
 * There was a print version (not unlike the previous logo), shown on A Sound of Thunder (GBA).

FX/SFX : CGI.

Music/Sounds : An orchestral theme. A silent version appears on films in which the Morgan Creek Productions logo follows.

Availability : Seen on several films from 2000-05 including 3000 Miles to Graceland (it also appears before the main menu on its DVD release, following the Warner Home Video and Morgan Creek logos), The Whole Nine Yards (and its sequel, The Whole Ten Yards), The Art of War, The In-Laws, The Foreigner, FeardotCom, Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever and Battlefield Earth.

Editor's Note : None.

Final Note : Franchise Pictures, LLC and its subsidiaries filed Chapter 11 bankruptcy petitions on August 11, 2005.