Paramount Pictures/Trailer Variations

These are the logo variations seen on trailer throughout the years by Paramount Pictures, with more to be added overtime.

Wings (1927): On the trailer for the 2012 re-release of the film shown in Cinemark theaters with XD screens, the 2002 logo zooms in and morphs into the 1926 logo. Also, the 2010 Viacom byline is excluded.

Blue (1968), The Parallax View (1974) and Chinatown (1974): The company name and byline fade out, leaving the stars.

The Shootist (1976): The 1975 logo is in black & white.

Grease (1978): On the 1998 re-release trailer, the 1995 logo turns black and white.

Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979): We see a shot of the finished Paramount mountain logo with the Gulf+Western byline on a black background. The Registered trademark symbol "®" later disappears, ten additional stars fade in below, the light blue near-circle fades out, the Paramount print logo and the G+W byline later disappear, and red and blue stars fade in while the stars burst into many stars and start to zoom in. While the stars are zooming, we hear the sound of the USS Enterprise flying. Only appears on the teaser trailer.

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Explorers (1985) and Critical Condition (1987): The 1975-1986 logo isn't animated. Also, the realistic mountain in a canyon scenery with trees around it stays on-screen and doesn't fade into the print logo.

Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986): On a teaser TV spot, the 1975 logo appears to be more narrow than usual and the entire logo appears to use lighter shades of blue.

Scrooged (1988):
 * Same as the movie itself, but it also has snow coming down from the sky and the camera zooms into the Paramountain. It's seen on the theatrical trailer which is found on the DVD.
 * On another trailer of the film, there's snow falling from the sky while the camera zooms in towards the mountain.

Harlem Nights (1989): The Paramount script glows. The byline is a dark brown.

Indecent Proposal (1993) and Fire in the Sky (1993): The Paramount script logo is darker and the script logo and company byline are in shadow mode.

Congo (1995): On the teaser trailer, the logo is bylineless.

On the theatrical trailer, it's exactly the same as Ghost, School Ties, Indecent Proposal, and Coneheads.

Paramount Family Favorites (1995): A trailer for features in Paramount's Family Favorites collection, found on many Paramount kid and family-oriented releases of the time (such as titles from said collection and Rugrats tapes). The standard 1995 logo plays, but after that comes the 1975 logo's cameo appearance in Bon Voyage, Charlie Brown (and Don't Come Back!!), but with the 1975 logo replaced with the 1986 logo.

The Beautician and the Beast (1997): The logo has a page turning transition effect.

Good Burger (1997): The logo stretches into the 1997 Nickelodeon Movies logo.

'''It Was My Best Birthday Ever, Charlie Brown! (1997, VHS):''' The logo fades into the Peanuts Home Video logo.

Titanic (1997, US version): The logo flashes in the beginning. Seen on the TV spots & trailer. On the other TV spots, the logo fades to clips of the film, as with the 20th Century Fox variant seen on the international TV spots.

FairyTale: A True Story (1997): A meteor comes up and strikes the logo, then the logo turns normal. Also on a TV spot.

Star Trek: Insurrection (1998):
 * A zooming in effect (similar to the Warp Speed effect from Star Trek: The Next Generation, the Star Trek television series on which this film was based) reveals the 1995 version of the 1986 logo.


 * Another trailer of that movie starts out in negative tone, and shifts to normal.

Alfie (2004): The logo is in black & white.

Team America: World Police (2004): On one trailer, the text is written in a scrawly font.

Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004) and Last Holiday (2006): Only on one of the trailers. The Viacom byline fades in when the logo is almost done.

Sahara (2005): The mountain is put upon a golden coin on a black background, along with the Bristol Bay logo. Also, it is bylineless.

Jackass: Number Two (2006): The camera pulls back away from the mountain, segueing into the MTV Films logo.

Charlotte's Web (2006): The logo is tinted in blue with clouds and a yellow light surrounding it. It is also raining on the logo along with the Walden, Kerner and Nickelodeon Movies logos.

Flushed Away (2006, Aardman/DreamWorks Animation): It's the "Distributed by" version, and a slug pops up in the bottom-left corner and says "Rated PG!" Only on a TV spot.

Dreamgirls (2006): The logo is in medium blue with lights around it, replacing the stars.

Beowulf (2007, US version): The logo is all dark with black & white and some thunder and lightning.

Iron Man (2008): The logo is seen tilted, then animates in reverse. This was only shown on the Superbowl TV spot.

Monsters vs. Aliens (2009, DreamWorks Animation): The mountain jiggles just before the Viacom byline fades in.

Watchmen (2009): The logo is on a dark, cloudy background and is liver and nickel antimony titanium yellow.

Star Trek (2009): The logo is tinted in robin's egg blue, along with the Spyglass Entertainment and Bad Robot logos. Only on the TV spot.

Paranormal Activity (2009): The logo is shown in a theater. Only on one of the trailers.

Case 39 (2009): The stars and company name fade away, leaving only the mountain and the Viacom byline.

Shutter Island (2010): The mountain goes from black & white to negative black & white with splattered stars.

Iron Man 2 (2010): The logo is still, then animates in reverse.

The Last Airbender (2010): The logo blurs in and is slightly tilted.

Jackass 3D (2010): The logo has the same variation as the Jackass: Number Two trailer, but with the new Viacom byline.

Megamind (2010, DreamWorks Animation): It is the same as the Shrek Forever After closing variant. Also seen on the teaser trailer. On the theatrical trailer, the logo has the Viacom byline in its post-2005 font.

The Fighter (2010): The Viacom byline fades in early when the logo gets done.

Little Fockers (2010): The logo is bylineless.

True Grit (2010): A brighter version of the Super 8 variant.

Super 8 (2011):
 * The logo is much darker than the original version. Seen on the teaser trailer.


 * On the Super Bowl spot, it is like the Rango variant with the purple surrounding the mountain, but much darker.

Rango (2011):
 * On the teaser trailer, it's the same one from the Super 8 and True Grit trailers.


 * On the trailer, the stars and "Paramount" are in a slight shade of purple.

No Strings Attached (2011): The words "DISTRIBUTED BY" are omitted and the logo is slightly in a shade of brown.

Captain America: The First Avenger (2011): Exactly the same as Timeline, Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events, and Last Holiday, but with the new Viacom byline instead. Only on the TV spot.

Thor (2011): The logo animates in reverse.

Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (2011): On the trailer and TV spots, the 2010 Paramount, Skydance, and Bad Robot logos are all in boxes set next to each other on a black background.

The Avengers (2012): On the first trailer, the 2010 Viacom font is used, but is cut so that the word "Paramount" zooming out is seen for a split-second, then it cuts to the completed logo.

World War Z (2013): The 2010 print logo is made of steel and zooms in along with the GK Films, Plan B, and Skydance Productions logos.

The Wolf of Wall Street (2013, US): The mountain, stars and "Paramount" is 2D, is black and on a 2D yellow background.

G.I. Joe: Retaliation (2013): The 2010 logo is on the left with the MGM logo in the middle and the Skydance Productions logo on the right. Seen on the TV spot.

Interstellar (2013, US): The mountain, stars and company name are in black and white, on a space background.

Nebraska (2013): Same as the film itself. On another trailer, the 2012 logo is in black and white.

Noah (2014) and The Big Short (2015): The logo is in a box beside the Regency Enterprises logo.

The Little Prince (2015): Same as the movie itself.

Scout's Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse (2015): Same as the movie itself.

'''Everybody Wants Some!! (2016):''' The 1975 logo is used, but with the 2006 Viacom byline.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows (2016): The logo has a green tint to it.

Rings (2017): Same as the movie itself.

Ghost in the Shell (2017): The logo glitches twice and is colored midnight blue.

Bumblebee (2018): On an April Fools Day 2019 trailer advertising a "VHS release" of said film, the 1980 Paramount Home Video logo was used.

Sonic the Hedgehog (2020) and Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (2022): Same as the movie itself, but it uses the Viacom byline, and the rings spin around all at once. The top ring zooms in and transitions to the Sega logo.

For Sonic the Hedgehog 2, it's the same as the previous film, but the ViacomCBS Raisonné byline is used, which fades in as the "Paramount" script zooms in. The ring does not also transition to the Sega logo. Seen on the final trailer.

Halo (2022, Paramount Television Studios): The Paramount+ version of the mountain is seen at nighttime and the Banshee from the video games flies next to it.

Top Gun: Maverick (2022): Four fighter jets fly over the Paramount+ version of the mountain. The stars are drastically smaller to fit inside of it. Seen on the Paramount+ TV spot.

Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank (2022): The 2022 print logo (with "Pictures" below the mountain) is beside the Nickelodeon Movies, Align, GFM Animation and Aniventure logos in red on a white background, and slowly zooms in.

Smile (2022): The logo starts out as normal, but when the script zooms in, the logo turns upside-down.

Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves (2023): TBA.