The Milky Way (1936): After the 1935 version of the 1927 logo forms, the stars remain as the logo crossfades to a cow, who moos.
Dancing on a Dime (1940): A white and embossed version of the 1927 logo (with the text reading "Paramount Pictures") appears, matching the opening credits sequence.
Sullivan's Travels (1941): The 1917 print logo is a sticker on the center of a large wrapped package. After the camera zooms out to a comfortable distance, a lady peels off the sticker and unwraps the package.
Take a Letter, Darling (1942): The 1917 print logo appears on a folder taken off a shelf.
Lady in the Dark (1944): At the beginning of the film, the 1941 logo appears under a night sky. At the end, the closing variant appears with the sun rising.
Sunset Boulevard (1950): The 1942 version of the 1927 logo is superimposed on a street.
The Greatest Show on Earth (1952): The 1950 logo appears on the background of a spinning wheel. This also applies to the closing variant.
Rear Window (1954, closing): At the end of the film, the curtains of the character James Stewart's windows close, and the Paramount text and stars appear over the courtyard.
This little vignette, reminiscent of the first shot when the curtains open, was removed when Universal Studios acquired the film (which damaged the visual and narrative flow), but was later restored.
Red Garters (1954): The sky is tinted red-orange, which also applies to the film's closing variant. The text fades away, and the stars start to spin around the mountain from right to left. They fly away, and the logo crossfades into the four lamps inside a stage, segues into the opening scene.
White Christmas (1954): A special version of the 1953 logo appears, as this is the first VistaVision film released. The text "Paramount (with the "P" written in the corporate font) proudly presents the first picture in" first appears over the mountain, followed by the VistaVision logo without the "MOTION PICTURE HIGH-FIDELITY" text. The rest of the logo then plays as usual.
The Ten Commandments (1956): After the overture, a different mountain appears (possibly Mount Sina) under a blood red sky. Both the stars and "Paramount Presents" (with the text shifted way up and overlapping the stars at the ends) fade in, alongside the large subtitle "A CECIL B. DE MILLE PRODUCTION" shortly after below.
War and Peace (1956): A less-detailed drawing of the 1953 logo's VistaVision variant appears. The clouds are still, and the zoom-in of the "V" is smaller.
The Buccaneer (1958): A variation of the 1953 logo appears whereas the text is smaller, formatted in two lines instead of three and shifted up. The stars are also pink instead of white. After a second, "SUPERVISED BY CECIL B. DE MILLE." fades in below, with the namesake displaying as his signature.
Vertigo (1958): The standard VistaVision logo, but it's darker, in black & white, and the clouds are still.
The Savage Innocents (1960): The 1953 logo is still with more snow around the landscape, the stars are completely absent, and the "Paramount" script is much larger compared to the rest of the text.
Psycho (1960): The logo is still and segmented horizontally, like in the following opening credits, and the text is outlined in black.
Becket (1964): At the end of the film, a drawing of the Paramount logo appears in red, superimposed over the closing scene. On VHS prints, a different, much simpler variant appears where the text is formatted in one line with a tiny print logo below.
Lady in a Cage (1964): Almost the same as the Psycho variant, except the segmented lines run vertically, the text isn't outlined and it reads "A Paramount Picture".
Zulu (1964): Another less-detailed drawing of the 1953 logo is used. Some prints instead use the normal variant.
If... (1968), Paper Moon (1973) and Downhill Racer (1969): The Gulf+Western variant of the 1953 logo is in black & white. On the 1984 reissue of the former title, the Gulf+Western variant of the 1953 logo is plastered with the 1975 logo. Also, the background in the second half of the 1975 logo is changed to silver.
Monte Carlo or Bust! a.k.a. Those Daring Young Men in Their Jaunty Jalopies (1969): The 1968 print logo in blue and white appears on a black background. The stars cycle through pastel pink, yellow and green colors for several seconds before becoming still when the last note of the opening fanfare hits.
Chinatown (1974): The 1926 logo in sepia is used.
The White Dawn (1974): The 1970 variant of the 1953 logo is darker than usual and in black & white.
Nashville (1975): The 1974 Gulf+Western variant of the 1953 logo is in black & white, heavily scratched and damaged. According to sources, this effect was achieved by director Robert Altman when he took the negative with the logo on it, threw it onto the ground, and stomped on it multiple times.
The Shootist (1976): The 1975 logo is in black & white.
Looking for Mr. Goodbar (1977, closing): Same as the variant seen on The Shootist, but with a registered trademark ("®") symbol on the bottom-right. It also fades in just after the stars and text appear, which also applies to the film's opening variant (in the same style, but in color).
The Absent-Minded Waiter (1977, short film): After it forms, the 1975 logo crossfades to a pile of mashed potatoes on a dinner plate.
The Bad News Bears Go to Japan (1978): The 1975 logo plays as usual, except the blue mountain is replaced by Mount Fuji.
Goin' South (1978): The logo animates in reverse, and becomes still once the stars "fade out". It then crossfades to the opening scene.
Bon Voyage, Charlie Brown (And Don't Come Back!!) [1980, in-film variant]: After the Peanuts gang board an airplane, they sit down to watch an airline movie titled Laughing Bunnies. After a film leader countdown, the blue mountain portion of the 1975 logo appears.
The Elephant Man (1980, US): The scope variant of the 1975 logo is in black & white, which also applies to the film's closing variant.
Most current prints plaster this with the 2011 StudioCanal logo, as Paramount only distributed the film in the US.
Popeye (1980): In the grayscale cold opening sequence, the 1953 logo is used with a 35mm filter.
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981): The 1953 logo is used, with the Gulf+Western byline fading in on the bottom. The background fades to a mountain in the Brazilian jungle for the opening shot as the stars and text fade out.
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984): Same as the first film. This time, the background fades to a mountain embossed on a gong in Club Obi-Wan, Shanghai. "PARAMOUNT PICTURES PRESENTS" in orange fades in and out on the gong, then a man (a la Rank Organisation) strikes it with a mallet.
Falling in Love (1984): After it forms, the 1975 logo crossfades to the opening shot.
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984): The 1975 logo fades to white after it forms.
April Fool's Day (1986): The 1975 logo is zoomed in and cropped to 4:3 full screen ratio to match the film's opening scenes.
Big Top Pee-Wee (1988): The 1953 logo is used.
Coming to America (1988): After the 1986 logo forms, the background fades to the opening scene, and the camera slowly zooms past the text and mountain to begin the film.
Scrooged (1988): The 1986 logo plays as usual, but after it finishes, the camera quickly zooms in between the Paramount text and the mountain tip, with a bright flash segueing into the opening scene's cloud shot. Also, the "Paramount" script and Gulf+Western byline (in the same font as the 75th Anniversary prototype variant) are in silver instead of the usual white color.
Tucker: The Man and His Dream (1988): The 1953 logo is used with a Gulf+Western byline.
On current prints of the film, this is oddly plastered by the 1971 American Zoetrope logo.
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989): Same as the previous two films. This time, the background fades to a canyon structure in Utah.
Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989): Same as the third film, but with the 1988 byline version of the 1986 logo. It is also visually warmer than usual.
Black Rain (1989): The 1989 byline version of the logo, in its debut, crossfades to a red screen after forming, segueing into the opening titles.
Soapdish (1991): The 1990 byline version of the logo plays as usual. After it finishes, many multiple white circles, representing bubbles (when mixed with soap and water), pop in until it covers the logo up.
Itsy Bitsy Spider (1992, short film): A still drawing of the 1990 logo appears in front of a hilly countryside. After a few seconds, the stars and text fade out and "Paramount Pictures Presents", in the familiar script font, appear above the mountain. The opening credits continue to roll as the camera pans right into the opening scene.
This is an animated short film that was presented in front of theatrical showings of Bebe's Kids.
Congo (1995): After it forms, the 1995 byline version of the logo crossfades to the opening shot.
Clueless (1995): The 1995 byline version of the logo plays as usual, with customized music that represents the movements of the logo's animation overlapping the start of the film's opening song ("Kids of America" by The Muffs). Instead of fading out, a circle irises out the logo and into a pink horizontal oval on the blue background, segueing into the opening titles.
The Indian in the Cupboard (1995, PC): The 1995 byline version of the print logo is in cyan, and it is superimposed in front of glowing, blue full moon, lining the the top of the circle with the top of the moon.
A Very Brady Sequel (1996): The 1995 byline version of the normal logo animates as usual, with the customized music that represents the proudness of the iconic mountain. It fades to the real mountain to start the opening scene.
The Beautician and the Beast (1997): The 1995 byline version of the normal logo plays as usual. The background and the mountain environment becomes more realistic as the stars and text fade out. The camera pans down slowly into a forest and into the animated opening sequence.
Event Horizon (1997): The 1995 byline version of the normal logo plays as usual, with a slower, rearranged version of the Paramount on Parade theme composed by Michael Kamen. After the logo forms, the text and stars fade out and the camera pans upward from fading away to outer space for the opening credits sequence.
Hard Rain (1998): The 1995 byline version of the normal logo plays as usual, but with additional black clouds in the sky atmosphere. As the camera zooms in, the atmosphere becomes darker as the color scheme fades to grey, and fog forms in front of the left side of the mountain. The byline is transparent. The stars and text fade out just before lightning strikes in the clouds. The camera pans down from the mountain to reveal even more clouds surging to the opening credits sequence.
South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut (1999): The 1999 version of the 1986 logo, in its debut, plays as usual. After it forms, the logo crossfades to the mountain from the series, in which the camera pans down from it to the town of South Park for the opening scene.
Save the Last Dance (2001): After it forms, the 1999 logo crossfades to the MTV Productions logo.
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life (2003): The 2003 version of the 2002 logo is superimposed on the ocean as part of the opening shot. It drifts away after the animation finishes.
The Core (2003): The 2003 version of the 2002 logo animates as usual, but with the ™ symbol. The byline and the symbol fade out. The camera starts moving toward the bottom-right peak of the mountain, rotates and "dives" down through the rocky surface to serge into the opening title sequence.
Mean Girls (2004): The 1986 fanfare plays over the 2002 logo.
Collateral (2004): The 2003 version of the 2002 logo is in black & white, as with the preceding DreamWorks logo.
Alfie (2004): The 2003 version of the 2002 logo is tinted pink.
Coach Carter (2005): The 2003 version of the 2002 logo animates as usual. A basketball game can be heard faintly in the background. As the stars fly by, the sounds of the ball being dribbled are heard followed by a crowd cheering, which turns into chanting. Suddenly, a crudely-drawn notebook version of the logo (with 25 stars encircling the mountain) flashes over the finished product for a split-second by first showing its top-right portion, then into the full illustration before flashing back to normal at the last second.
Four Brothers (2005): The 2003 version of the 2002 logo animates as usual, with the wind sound and the film's opening song ("Somebody to Love" by Jefferson Airplane) starting partway. When the "P" is revealed, a snowstorm occurs throughout the rest of the logo. It slowly fades away, and the windshield wipers swipe out of the snow to reveal the opening scene.
Elizabethtown (2005): The 1968 version of 1953 logo is used with a Viacom byline, all in a style similar to the original Gulf+Western one.
The Warriors (2006, Video Game): The 1975 logo is used with a Viacom byline.
Zodiac (2007, US): Same as the Elizabethtown variant, but in a bolder font for the byline and without a registered trademark ("®") symbol.
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008): Same as the Zodiac variant, but after a few seconds, the background fades to a desert in Nevada with the mountain dissolving into a sandy molehill as the stars and text fade out. The molehill crumbles from the top to reveal a mole. An approaching truck (with "Hound Dog" by Elvis Presley) comes in and the mole flees from the hill as it is destroyed by a wheel.
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008, US): Various buttons drop to form the 2003 version of the 2002 logo out of it with more buttons falling, transitioning to the Warner Bros. Pictures logo. A still version appears at the end of the film.
The Godfather Trilogy (2008, reissue): The 2003 version of the 2002 logo is tinted sepia. This plasters the 1968, 1974 and 1990 logos, and a closing variant appears at the end of each film.
Friday the 13th (2009): The 2003 version of the 2002 logo is tinted blood red.
Watchmen (2009, International): The print logo is in black on the yellow background, as with the preceding Warner Bros. logo and the following Legendary and DC logos, but with the signature "Paramount" and the byline written in Futura.
Watchmen: Under the Hood (2009, International): The print logo is yellow and black on the black stripe in the yellow background. The print logo slides in from the left and slides out to the right.
The Last Airbender (2010): The 2010 version of the 2002 logo animates as usual, but tinted blue to represent the Water Realm. The water bending skills past through the clouds in the first half, but as "Paramount" moves away the skills are revealed to be the usual stars. It fades out after the byline fades in.
Grease Sing-Along (1978, 2010 reissue): Same as the variant used in The Warriors video game, except the byline is slightly smaller.
Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011): The 2010 version of the 2002 logo animates as usual. The camera pans up from the logo, which darkens away, to the stars to sky to the opening titles for the prologue.
Paranormal Activity 3 (2011, closing): The 1986 logo appears in full with the new Viacom byline (fading in with the Paramount script) about halfway through the closing credits. The usual 2010 logo appears at the very end of the film.
Marvel's The Avengers (2012): The blue energy of the Tesseract reveals the shorter version of the "100 Years" version of the 2012 logo. After the camera stops, the Tesseract draws back from the logo as the energy dissolves.
World War Z (2013): The 2013 version of the 2012 logo animates as usual, with the slight tint of cyan over it.
Nebraska (2013): The 1953 logo in black and white is used with "Release" instead of "Picture". A tiny Viacom byline (with a line above) appears underneath.
Pain & Gain (2013): The logo is bylineless. This would not appear regularly until the rename of ViacomCBS to Paramount Global in 2022.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows (2016): The logo has a green tint and ninja shurikens replace the usual stars in the same number as the normal version. The logo lacks the Viacom byline and registered trademark "®" symbol.
Rings (2017): The logo has a few static shocks, one of which briefly turns the logo turquoise; another does the same and replaces the stars with a ring of light. When the logo finishes, it zooms back, revealing it to be playing on a video screen on a plane seat.
mother! (2017): The logo is in a shade of grey, along with the Protozoa Pictures logo.
Transformers: The Last Knight (2017):
Opening titles: The print logo is metallic with texture on a black background. The Huahua Media logo has the same variation immediately afterwards.
Prologue: The 2013 version of the 2012 logo is tinted in midnight blue and animates as usual with robotic transforming sounds. Launching fireballs fly in from behind the mountain, as the camera starts to follow the fireball to where the prologue begins.
Suburbicon (2017): After the 2013 version of the 2012 logo plays, the print logo (minus the text), is seen in black on a light brown background. The text "Paramount Pictures" in the usual script font, and the word "PRESENTS" are seen below. Also, the logo has a film-projector effect, and slides to the right, with the other logos (Black Bear Pictures, Dark Castle Entertainment and SmokeHouse Pictures) having the same variation.
Mission: Impossible - Fallout (2018): The logo is shortened slightly, beginning just as the stars fly past the screen, and is also sped up.
Overlord (2018): The 2013 logo is in black & white.
Terminator: Dark Fate (2019)
Domestic: The 2013 version of the 2012 logo plays as usual, but is slightly speed-up and filtered in VHS quality. It glitches to "Paramount Communications" variant of the 1986 logo that is in cyan for a moment before reverting back to its usual colors. Then it glitches more to the interview footage from Terminator 2: Judgement Day. This also applies to the following 3 logos (Skydance, 20th Century Fox and Tencent Pictures).
International: The logo has VHS buzz over it and it briefly flashes to the "Paramount Communications" variant of the 1986 logo. It is also incorporated in the opening dialogue from Terminator 2: Judgement Day.
Sonic the Hedgehog (2020) and Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (2022): The 2020 version of the 2012 logo animates as usual, but the golden rings (the item that Sonic characters collects for the bonus points in the games) replace the usual stars in the same amount as the normal version. The sound of the ring collecting is heard when the rings are in place, and the holes of the rings reveal more of the cloudy sky. The rings stop rotating shortly after the ViacomCBS byline and trademark ("TM") symbol fade in. On the sequel, following ViacomCBS's rebranding to Paramount Global, the same variant is used, except it's bylineless and lacks the trademark ("TM") symbol.
Coming 2 America (2021, Amazon Prime Video): The 2020 version of the 2012 logo plays normally, but after it is formed, the text, stars, trademark ("TM") symbol and the ViacomCBS byline fade out. And, just like in the 2002 logo variation from The Core, the camera also moves toward the bottom-right peak of the mountain and through the clouds, starting the film.
Without Remorse (2021, Amazon Prime Video): The 2020 version of the 2012 logo is cut short, beginning just before the ViacomCBS byline fades in, along with the Skydance, Weed Road Pictures and New Republic Pictures logos.
The Tomorrow War (2021, Amazon Prime Video), Top Gun: Maverick (2022), and Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (2023): The 2020 version of the 2012 logo is cut short and sped up, nearly the same as the Mission: Impossible - Fallout variant, but shorter still. On Top Gun: Maverick, the logo also has a slight orange tint, along with the Skydance and Don Simpson/Jerry Bruckheimer Films logos, and the ViacomCBS byline is removed. On the latter film, the logo fades out just as the Paramount text settles into its normal position.
Babylon (2022): The 1927 "A Paramount Picture" logo is used at the beginning and end of the film, which was likely borrowed from Wings.
Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves (2023): The 2022 version of the 2012 logo is covered with ice, snow and fog, along with the Entertainment One logo. In the UK, the logo has the same variant and gets completely consumed with snow and fog to start the movie.
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (2023): The 2022 version of the 2012 logo is cut short, starting at the point where the "Paramount" text finishes moving into its position above the mountain.
Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One (2023) and Watchmen Chapter I (2024): The 2022 version of the 2012 logo is sped up.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem (2023): The logo has a slight orange tint (similar to the Top Gun: Maverick variant), and as the stars circle past the camera and touch the water, scratchy hand-drawn smear-line effects are added to them, and parts of the forest slowly turn more painterly as the camera pans over them. As the Paramount text (also with scratchy hand-drawn smear-line effects) flies in, the entire logo is redrawn and painted in the grungy style of the movie.
Bob Marley: One Love (2024): The logo starts off normally, but as the Paramount text appears, the colors change to those of the Pan African flag (red, green, and yellow).
IF (2024): The 2012 logo is recreated with bright colorful paint and hand-drawn elements. The stars rest upon a thick purple line with purple and yellow spokes encircling a green mountain, alongside purple and orange dots which fill in from left to right just outside the stars. The Paramount script, in purple, writes itself in.
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