Carmike Cinemas

(May 15, 1982-1985)
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Variants:
 * Coming Soon:
 * Now Showing:
 * Reduced Admission: Big savings every Tuesday, reduced admissions all shows, all seats.
 * Intermission:

Technique: Animation by Cinema Concepts.

Music/Sounds: TBA

Availability: Extinct.

1st Logo (1985-1992)
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2nd Logo (1992-1996)
Logo: The camera goes through a gold CGI tube that ends in a CGI environment with blue walls with red, light blue, and green lines on them, a midnight blue ceiling, and a red floor. The camera zooms through it to reveal a generic Carmike theatre with searchlights against a night skyline background on a grid floor. The camera moves focuses on the roof and zooms out. The background turns dark green and the theatre a lime colored circle as the camera zooms out to reveal that the dark green part of the screen is actually a map of the United States on a black screen and that there are many other dots revealing Carmike locations across the United States (as of 1992). The whole thing fades to a dark blue/red gradient background as the silver Carmike "C" with "Carmike Cinemas" in a gold script font zooms out.

Technique: CGI animation by SmithGroup Communications.

Music/Sounds: Unknown, but a video exists online albeit with new music dubbed in.

Availability: Extinct in theatres, though Platypus Comix has the aforementioned video available on page 2 of the Policy Trailer Jamboree.

3rd Logo (1996-1999)
Logo: A star explodes, creating a red ring of light around it. The star and light dissolve to reveal a film reel which flies toward the front of the screen, spinning as it does so. The film reel then turns into the Carmike "C" logo and flies downward as the "Carmike Cinemas" script text flies into place above it. The "C" begins spinning until it and the text fade out as a startrail appears. The startrail then shoots itself onto a CGI map of the continental United States (right around the Georgia/Florida border) and dissolves into a series of dots marking the chain's then-current locations. The phrase "Entertaining America" appears and flies toward the center of the screen as this happens. The text flies away, the dots turn back into starlights and explode to from the text "Great Movies", "Big Screens", and "Dynamic Sound" as fireworks explode behind them. The text solidifies as lights shine across the words, and then a comet appears. The comet enters a wall-less cinema lobby and moves to a center pedestal where it forms a popcorn bucket and several boxes of candy. On a second pedestal, the same comet forms more candy and a soda cup. A third pedestal appears, and the comet forms a smaller bag of popcorn and another cup of soda. The comet then flies toward the edge of the lobby, stopping at each of three signs indicating "No Smoking", "No Talking" and "Please Pitch In"; each sign briefly lighting up as the comet hits it. The lobby then fades out, and the comet flies toward a re-emerging Carmike script and logo. Underneath, the text "Thank you for your patronage" appears. The comet flies toward the logo just as it stops spinning, then disappears. The entire logo then explodes out of view, as a new comet writes out the text "Enjoy The Show" in blue-violet before the trailer fades out.

Technique: CGI animation by Cinema Concepts.

Music/Sounds: A synth sci-fi sounder, followed by a majestic cinema fanfare.

Availability: Extinct in theatres.

4rd Logo (1999-2002)
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Logo: On a magenta-like background, we see a purple filmstrip holder with a flame coming out of one hole and a copper "Carmike C" in the center with a light coming out of the center of the "C". A blue ball rolls in, and the "C" turns clockwise about 30 degrees. Flames are coming out of the other holes, and one of them eclipses the screen from view just in time to transition to a futuristic background with metallic orbs and an open tube which we see the ball going down on. As the ball goes down, the orbs are revealed to contain a gold "Carmike C" in them. Before going through one of the filmstrip holders' holes, it knocks the smaller one of three stars from its place and into an electric blue environment which is revealed to be a red tube in an environment with a red/yellow sunburst background and a metallic green floor and popcorn stands. The star balances itself on a Coca-Cola circle before being thrown off by a bag of popcorn in a field full of popcorn bags and cups. It lands in an amphitheater with a platinum circle full of silver "Carmike C"'s in the center and red seats. Other stars are revealed to be in many of the other red seats. The blue ball from before bounces off three levels in the aisle and lands in the silver map of America with many locations pinpointed. The map explodes on contact, and stars are flying from the map as the camera zooms in on the map, which changes to gold and then to purple as the gold light collapses to form a gold "Carmike C". When the "C" settles into a position, "Carmike Cinemas" in a silver script font sparkles in as a green light flashes.

Technique: The ball rolling, the "Carmike C" rotating, and the stars. CGI animation by Wilming Reams Animation.

Music/Sounds: An industrial/orchestral combo, featuring a choir singing "Carmike Across America" somewhere in the middle.

Availability: Extinct in theatres.

5th Logo (2002-2005)


Logo: On a monochrome background with a silver "Carmike Cinemas" in script, we see a filmstrip counting down before revealing a futuristic background where a crane is picking up a gold "Carmike C" from a pool of molten steel. The countdown continues before we cut to an automatic refreshment stand pouring in such beverages as Coca-Cola, Pibb Xtra, and Sprite. Against a refreshment-style background, we see popcorn bags and cups in a pool of popcorn. The countdown continues as a cell phone appears, and in a ball of colored dots to the left, "PLEASE TURN OFF ALL CELLULAR PHONES." appears. The countdown continues as a map of America with a sky background and a green outline appears. The silver "Carmike Cinemas" is script zooms out with stars pinpointing the many Carmike theatres in America. The countdown finishes with a "BANG!" as the crane with the gold "Carmike C" puts it in the usual position on a gray background and the silver "Carmike Cinemas" in script zooms out. Searchlights are in the background.

Technique: The filmstrip, the crane, and the stars.

Music/Sounds: A remix of the "Carmike Across America" jingle, complete with the choir singing "Carmike Across America". Starting in 2003, the music was slightly remixed further, including a brief guitar solo at the end.

Availability: Extinct. While there used to be footage of the logo online, it is now lost and only preserved in the memories of past CLG Wiki editors who saw it and gave the description above.

6th Logo (2005-2012)
Logo: We open with an outline of the Carmike Cinemas Script spinning into place against a background of reddish lights. Once it's in place the outline in filled in gold and a trail of Carmike scripts appears behind it. The script trail is encased within a kaleidoscopic light beam as it pans upward. A montage of then-recent films slides in from the right, followed by a shot of a concession stand serving popcorn and Coca-Cola. We then cut to inside the auditorium, where we various patrons enjoying their movies, snacks, and Cokes. Below them the text "Enjoy the show with a large popcorn and ice cold Coca-Cola" wipes in. We cut back to some more film clips before the light beam reappears, this time carrying the Carmike "C" logo. The camera zooms in toward the "C" until the beam disappears, then the Carmike script writes itself in underneath and the logo shines. A smaller text reading "Thank you for selecting Carmike Cinemas" then fades in, followed by the texts "Please turn off your cell phone" and "Enjoy the show". The logo then fades out.

Technique: The red lights, the kaleidoscopic beam, the Carmike script trail, and the script writing/filling itself in. Live action and CGI graphics, produced by Triple Horse Productions and Cinema Concepts.

Music/Sounds: TBA

Availability: Extinct.

7th Logo (2009-2012)
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Technique: Live action and CGI graphics.

Music/Sounds: TBA

Availability: Shown on digital Carmike screens during this timeframe; 35mm screens continued to show the previous opening.

8th Logo (May 2012-2017)
Logo: On a white background, a red Carmike "C" logo forms, then fades out. "Please turn off your cell phones and other electronic devices." appears. Several pieces of popcorn cover the screen. The popcorn falls down, and after "This theater is equipped with DLP Digital Projection", ice cubes cover the screen. The screen is then drenched in Coca-Cola. A Coca-Cola branded straw drinks it all away, revealing "And dynamic digital surround sound". "Hope you have your Coke and popcorn." "Enjoy the show and thank you for choosing Carmike Cinemas." The Carmike logo and "Carmike Cinemas. Your State-Of-The-Art Hometown Theatre." appear, with Coca-Cola and DLP Cinema trailers and www.carmikerewards.com below it.

Trivia: After Carmike Cinemas was folded into AMC in 2017, Coca-Cola offered this template to at least three other theater chains carrying their products: Cinemark (until summer 2022), Showcase Cinemas (until December 2019), ShowBiz Cinemas, and Bow-Tie Cinemas.

Technique: CGI animation by Mirada.

Music/Sounds: TBA

Music/Sounds Variant: On all surviving prints of the logo, the "ahh" is omitted.

Availability: Extinct.

9th Logo (January-November 2015)
Logo: Various couple enjoy their night out at a Carmike cinema. Most of the focus is on one boy attempting to sneak his hand across his date's back. Eventually the girl takes notice and wraps the hand herself.

Technique: Live-action.

Music/Sounds: Various, alternating themes depending on the tone of the film presumed to be playing.

Availability: Extinct.

10th Logo (November 2015-2016)
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11th Logo (2016-2017)
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Technique: Live-action produced by the WITH/agency.

Music/Sounds: Composed and post-produced by Jason Shannon and Ben Holst at Tunewelders.

Availability: Extinct.

12th Logo (2016-2017)
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Logo: On a blue background, "Carmike" writes itself onscreen, and "CINEMAS" fades in underneath. The logo fades away, and "FEATURE PRESENTATION" fades in and slowly zooms in.

Technique: Simplistic computer animation.

Music/Sounds: Composed by Jason Shannon at Tunewelders.

Availability: Extinct.