Phoenix Pictures

Background
Phoenix Pictures is a production company that was founded in 1995 by Mike Medavoy, who was formerly the CEO of TriStar Pictures; before that, he worked at United Artists, and was one of the UA defectors that helped launch Orion Pictures.

(November 15, 1996-November 9, 2015)
Nicknames: "The Match", "The Phoenix"

Logo: On a black background, a hand holds up a lit match, which brings forth a morning skyline background. We fade to a black screen with two flames which resemble a phoenix bird, as "PHOENIX PICTURES" forms below with "PICTURES" in spaced-out letters inside the rectangular box under "PHOENIX". A light shines behind the logo and the logo fades out (except for the bird, which turns into an outline before fading away).

Variants:
 * A still version exists.
 * At the end of Miss Potter (the beginning has the normal logo), a closing print logo puts the phoenix to the right side. Plus, "PICTURES" is not in the rectangular box.
 * When The 33 debuted in North America, the logo was redone to include a desert with fast moving clouds and a bright sun instead of the skyline. The lens flares were added to the symbol and the aura is more colorful

FX/SFX: The sky (the CGI desert in 2015), the match with the flame in live-action. This was created by Rainmaker Digital Pictures.

Music/Sounds: The striking of a match followed by a French horn-led fanfare, composed by John Ottman.

Music/Sounds Variants:
 * Sometimes, it uses the opening theme of the movie with the sound of the striking of a match.
 * On some movies like Whatever It Takes and U-Turn, the music is re-orchestrated.
 * None for the still version.
 * The closing theme of the movie for the closing print logo.

Availability: Common.
 * Seen on films from the company such as Dick, The People vs. Larry Flint, The Mirror Has Two Faces (the first film to use this logo), U-Turn, Apt Pupil, Mad About Mambo, Urban Legend and its sequel Urban Legends: Final Cut, The Thin Red Line, The 6th Day, Lake Placid, Basic, Miss Potter, All The King's Men, and What to Expect When You're Expecting.
 * The still version was seen on the trailer for Miss Potter and at the end of License to Wed and Shutter Island.
 * This doesn't appear on Holes, Stealth, Black Swan and Zodiac (the movie posters and DVD covers have the print logo).
 * The last movie to use this logo was the Chilean release of The 33. However, the 2015 version was only used on its domestic prints.

Editor's Note: None.

2nd Logo (November 9, 2015-)
Nicknames: "The Match II", "The Phoenix II"

Logo: Basically an updated version of the previous logo. It starts off exactly like before, but instead of a morning skyline, we see a desert with fast moving clouds and a bright sun. Then the logo appears just like before, but with lens flares added and a more colorful aura behind the logo. The logo fades out, except for the phoenix which fades into an outline once again.

FX/SFX: The live-action match footage, and the CGI desert and phoenix.

Music/Sounds: Same as the previous logo.

Availability: So far, it's only seen on The 33 (the Chilean release has the previous logo), but it will most likely be seen on future films from Phoenix Pictures.

Editor's Note: A solid update to the previous logo.