Paramount Cinemas

Background: Paramount Theaters is a theater division founded by Paramount Pictures on March 13, 1929.

1st Logo:

(March 13, 1929-February 11, 1954)

Nicknames: "Majestic Mountain"

Logo: We see a mountain. 25 stars are around the mountain. The words "Paramount Theaters" is above the mountain. The words "FEATURE PRESENTATION" fade in below.

Color Variant: The logo was colorized in color in 1944.

FX: "FEATURE PRESENTATION" fading in.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: Extinct, was seen on Paramount movies of the era.

2nd Logo:

(February 12, 1954-June 11, 1968)

Nicknames: "Vistavision Mountain", "Majestic Mountain II"

Logo: On a black BG, we see a silver "V" zooming in until it fills the entire screen making a silver BG. The Paramount logo from the era in a box fades in with the word "THEATERS" below the box. The word "VISTAVISION" fades in at the bottom. The words "Enjoy the show!" write themself in a cursive font above the box.

FX: The "V" zooming in, the Paramount logo in the box fading in, "VISTAVISION" fading in, and "Enjoy the show" writing itself.

Music/Sounds: A 20-note majestic fanfare. An announcer saying "Paramount brings you our Feature Presentation in Vistavision. Enjoy the show!

Availability: Extinct, it was seen on Paramount movies of the era.

3rd Logo:

(June 12, 1968-March 8, 1977)

Nicknames: "Majestic Mountain III", "The Ticket Logo"

Logo: We see the 1968 Paramount logo with the Gulf+Western byline. It morphs into the 1968 print logo on a white background. Then we zoom out slowly and it's actually a white movie ticket on a blue BG. The words "FEATURE PRESENTATION" fade in.

Variant: Sometimes there is a black BG.

FX: The morphing into the print logo. The zooming out. The words "FEATURE PRESENTATION" fading in.

Music/Sounds: An announcer saying "And now, our feature presentation".

Availability: Extinct, it was seen on Paramount movies of the era.

4th Logo:

(March 9, 1977-February 9, 1989)

Nicknames: "Blue Mountain", "Majestic Mountain IV"

Logo:We see the mountain from the era,The stars and the text what reads:PARAMOUNT fade in..Then it fades into a print logo what is the average Blue mountain,But its smaller and shifted up,and in a big Courier font it reads:THEATERS in white,then it fades to FEATURE PRESENTATION.

FX:The fading...

Music/Sounds:A 7 note synth fanfare,Then a male announcer says:And now, our feature presentation.

Availability: Extinct, it was seen on Paramount movies of the era.

5th Logo:

(1983-1996)

Logo: On a black background, many triangular shapes of different sizes rotate and slide in. The camera pans over them as they settle into a backwards, segmented "N", with the negative space being occupied by corresponding shapes. The camera then pans up to reveal the logo again, but in gold and facing forwards. Below it is "NATIONAL AMUSEMENTS" stacked while "FEATURE PRESENTATION" fades in below.

Variant: One that has "Coming Attractions" exists.

FX/SFX: The shapes sliding in, the camera panning.

Music/Sounds: A proud synth fanfare.

Availability: Extinct.

Editor's Note: None.

Final Note: National Amusements still exists, but their theater output is focused on their Showcase brand.

6th Logo:

(February 10, 1989-February 28, 2002)

Nicknames: "Boring Mountain", "Majestic Mountain 5"

Logo:We see a Blue-Pink Gradient BG.Then several filmstrip wipe in,with the Paramount logo of the era but it has THEATERS Glued on it...,Then FEATURE PRESENTATION in yellow and in 90 degrees fade in.

FX:The fading...

Music/Sounds:None.

Availability: Extinct, it was seen on Paramount movies of the era.

7th Logo:

(1996-2001)

Logo: TBA.

Variant: One that has "Coming Attractions" exists.

FX/SFX: A little bit of everything. These were top-notch CGI effects for the time.

Music/Sounds:
 * 1996-1999: A Seinfeld-esque synth theme with comedic effects. The whole thing ends in a rather epic way at the end of it.
 * 1999-2002: A Madonna-like generic synth theme.

Availability: Extinct.

Editor's Note: None.

8th Logo:

(2001-2010)

Logo: On a black background, we see a very bright light shine. The light dims down, revealing a cloudy red/blue swirl background. A dot is seen at the centre of the screen. More dots begin to appear as the camera begins to rotate to the right. The dots illuminate like spotlights and begin to take on the form of a cinema screen-like shape. The screen moves completely offscreen as the lights form the "N" logo from before, this time in a gold colour. "NATIONAL AMUSEMENTS" and "FEATURE PRESENTATION" appear below in the same colour.

FX/SFX: A lens flare and rather basic CGI effects.

Music/Sounds: A futuristic synth theme with space sounds.

Availability: Extinct. This logo was only filmed during the filming of a bootleg copy of The Spiderwick Chronicles.

Editor's Note: None.

9th Logo:

(March 1, 2002-July 4, 2012)

Nicknames: "Majestic Mountain 6"

Logo: Same as the 2002 Paramount Pictures logo.

Variants:
 * On earlier films that came out in theaters with the 90th Anniversary variant (such as Hey Arnold!: The Movie, Serving Sara, Extreme Ops, and The Hours), the stars in the sky at the beginning are blue, the clouds in the sky and around the mountain appear less realistic, ghosts of the stars can be seen, the stars circling the mountain are behind the script, some of the stars encircling the mountain are darker, and the camera settles at a lower angle at the end. The logo's general shade of color is also brighter and more cartoonish, and also fades in after the camera pans down from the starry sky. This version was reanimated to look more natural when The Sum of All Fears was added the movie theater; the version used on that film would later become the regular version that was introduced the following year.
 * On We Were Soldiers (the first movie shown in this theater with this logo), the camera settles at a higher angle at the end (which would later be used for the later 2002/2003 revision).
 * When distributing films from another company, the words "DISTRIBUTED BY", in white, are seen above the logo with the Viacom byline and the line. Usually seen at the end of DreamWorks and DreamWorks Animation films beginning in late 2006. Also oddly appeared at the end of Iron Man, before the Marvel Studios logo.
 * The text "DISTRIBUTED BY" was updated along with the Viacom byline starting in 2010.
 * On IMAX showings in this theater with this logo, the logo is videotaped and often in open-matte.
 * On IMAX showings of Paramount movies shot in 2.39:1, the logo is incredibly zoomed in, since it is in the 4:3 ratio. On matted films, it is either zoomed in halfway or in open matte.

FX:The fading...

Music/Sounds:None.

Availability: Extinct, it was seen on Paramount movies of the era.

10th Logo:

(July 5, 2012-November 10, 2021)

Nicknames: "Majestic Mountain 7"

Logo: Same as the 2011 Paramount Pictures logo. The Viacom or ViacomCBS byline then fades in below.

Variants:
 * An open-matte version of this logo exists. This was spotted on IMAX showings and The Amazing World of Gumball.
 * On the ViacomCBS byline variants, the trademark symbol ("™") is used in place of the registered trademark symbol ("®").

FX:The fading...

Music/Sounds: Same as the 2011 Paramount Pictures logo.

Music/Sounds Variant: On Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa, Zoolander 2, Baywatch, and What Men Want, whooshes are added to the logo over either the fanfare or the opening theme of the film when the stars and the text fly by.

Availability: Extinct, it was seen on Paramount movies of the era.

11th Logo:

(July 2, 2021-)

Nicknames: "Majestic Mountain 8"

Logo: Same as the 2021 Paramount Pictures logo.

FX:The fading...

Music/Sounds: Same as the 2021 Paramount Pictures logo.

Availability: Brand new.