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Davis Entertainment is an American independent film production company founded by John Davis in 1984.

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1st Logo (March 25, 1990-March 23, 2001)	2nd Logo (June 22, 2001-May 19, 2009)	3rd Logo (June 4, 2010-)	4th Logo (February 3, 2012-December 25, 2015)

1st Logo (March 25, 1990-March 23, 2001)

Visuals: On a black or blue background, a "D" made out of a filmstrip spins around and zooms out to the middle. The company name in sky blue fades in under the filmstrip as the logo shines.

Variant: A short version of the logo exists where it starts with the text fading in.

Technique: CGI.

Audio: None, or the opening/closing theme of the movie.

Availability: Seen on Gunmen, Fortress (1993) and other films from the era. It also appears on TV movies as well like Silhouette.

2nd Logo (June 22, 2001-May 19, 2009)

Visuals: Same as before, but with improved image effects, better quality and more intensive shining.

Variant: On Dr. Dolittle 2 (first movie to have this), the logo is on a blue background and the whole logo is in a silver/blue tint. Also, the animation is very similiar to the previous one.

Technique: CGI.

Audio: Same as before.

Availability: Seen on films such as the Dr. Dolittle sequels, Behind Enemy Lines, the Garfield movies, I, Robot, Flight of the Phoenix, and Fat Albert.

3rd Logo (June 4, 2010-)

Visuals: The camera moves out from some clouds on a daytime sky to see a hot-air balloon (striped in red and yellow), alongside another one seen in the background with a zeppelin moving from the right side of the screen. Then, a red biplane passes by and goes behind the clouds. After that, the view pulls back on a peephole on a wooden door in a mansion, which emits a bright golden light on it. Just as the screen zooms out to the front, the company name in gold appears from below, as the filmstrip flies and arranges itself over it. The logo then encloses in a golden rectangular box on a black background, as the mansion view fades out alongside the box, leaving just the logo as it shines before fading out.

Variants:

On Mr. Popper's Penguins, the company name is absent, and it transitions to the opening once it is done.
A more common shortened version exists where the filmstrip spins into view as the text fades in. The rectangular box is already there.
A still version exists.
At the end of A Little Bit of Heaven, the logo is in black-and-white and scrolls up in the credits.
The logo usually shares the screen with other logos on TV shows.
On The Equalizer (2021), only the shining is shown on the finished product, and it lacks the box.

Technique: CGI.

Audio: A soft ascending fanfare composed by Christopher Lennertz, with the sound of the biplane flying by at the start.

Audio Variants:

In some cases, the logo is silent, or has the opening/closing theme of the show/film.
ABC, CBS and NBC broadcasts of the company's TV series uses generic music/voiceover.

Availability:

The full version was so far seen on Marmaduke, Gulliver's Travels, A Little Bit of Heaven, Mr. Popper's Penguins, and Dolemite is My Name.
The other variants appear on Our House, the end of Jungle Cruise and on TV shows starting with The Blacklist.

4th Logo (February 3, 2012-December 25, 2015)

Visuals: On a black background, the filmstrip (now in steel blue) spins into view (with the same animation as the previous logo) as it shines a little.

Variant: On Devil's Due, the logo has a glitch VHS effect.

Technique: CGI.

Audio: None, or the opening theme of the movie.

Availability: It appeared on Chronicle, Devil's Due, Victor Frankenstein, and Joy. Used on more "serious" films in tandem with the previous logo.

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