Lionsgate Logo History

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Lions Gate Entertainment Corporation, doing business as Lionsgate, is an American-Canadian entertainment company. It was formed by Frank Giustra on July 10, 1997, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, and is currently headquartered in Santa Monica, California, United States. In addition to its flagship Lionsgate Films division, which generated the seventh-highest gross revenue in North America in 2015, the company contains other divisions such as Lionsgate Television and Lionsgate Interactive. It owns a variety of subsidiaries such as Summit Entertainment, Debmar-Mercury, and Starz Inc.

[emmanuelsanchez]

1st Logo (1996-1998)
Logo: On an evening sky background above with water below (a la Atlantis Films), we see the sun setting. Then, the silver words "CFP" (in the CFP corporate font (a slim variation of the Adobe Revue font)) slowly rises out of to the water to face us. Then it spins and changes into "CiNEPiX" in the same font. Finally, "FILM PROPERTIES" fades in underneath "CiNEPiX" at the right corner.

2nd Logo (June 6, 1997-July 21, 2000)
Logo: On a black background, several stars join together at the right of the screen to form the constellation of the lion. As this happens, a stylized white drawing of a lion standing on its hind legs and looking to the right fades in. LIONS GATE fades in the Bernhard Modern typeface, then FILMS and PRESENTS.

3rd Logo (June 26, 1998-April 2, 2004)
Logo: Against a dark blue starfield background, several stars swirl around to form the lion logo from before, which zooms out. Some more stars that turn from white to gold zoom-out and arrange themselves on the logo, and the words "LIONS GATE FILMS", in gold, flash in at the top right of the lion. A burst of light wipes in a white line with the byline "A LIONS GATE ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY" underneath it. The words sparkle a bit.

4th Logo (April 16, 2004-March 11, 2006)
Logo: Against a dark sky with clouds and thunder, the letters "LGF", followed by "LIONS GATE FILMS" below, appear in a "flashing" effect. It zooms forth, and the Lions Gate byline from before gets wiped in from left to right.

5th Logo (August 26-November 23, 2005)
Logo: We see the black letters "LGF" with "LIONS GATE FILMS" below. A blue spotlight passes on the background. Suddenly the words turn blue, and the background fades to black. The logo zooms in. Then the light streak draws the same byline as the previous logo.

6th Logo (October 2005-April 26, 2013)
Logo: We fade in close to several gears and zoom out to a view of them rotating in a large Art Deco-inspired chamber. The camera then zooms all the way back and out through a keyhole, revealing an enormous pair of doors, with the company's "lion rampant" logo on both of them and a geometric pattern as well. The doors open and we see the name "LIONSGATE", now written as one word and with a metallic texture, over a heavenly sky background with clouds surrounding it.

7th Logo (April 14, 2013-)
Logo: We see the horizon of the earth surrounded by clouds as it zooms away from us. Stars fly past us as they form a lion constellation based on the first two logos. As soon as the constellation forms, it is seen reflected on "S" of "LIONSGATE" in 3-D lettering as the word flies past through the clouds from the fifth logo. A light shines through the "S" and the "G" as the name is revealed in a deep blue. The clouds swoop away, leaving the light.

[ginnielacy]

Lionsgate is my favorite movie company! ❤

[petercdowney]

8:44 This logo is used for many of the Saw films (Saw II through to Saw 3D).

[Rclarke]

15:13 This never fails to bring a smile to my face.

[jonahthehedgehog]

8:00 Takes me back because this is the one they used for the LeapFrog movies

[theotherguyYT]

This one 8:00 is the most nostalgic one for me Because I grew up watching leapfrog movies

[nani.the.tigress]

I like the sound effects variation at 11:48 . So cool. 😊

[tracestephens]

13:17 Lionsgate (2005)
With Trimark Pictures fanfare

[levimorton]

The 6th and 7th logos I'm familiar with. They were found in some of the Leapfrog movies with Tad, Lilly, Scout and friends.

[lovableidiotfiona]

Can we just collectively agree that the 2005-2013 one is the one we all remember the most

[WlRZ]

I grew up with the 2005 - 2013 logo, although i swear it had a slightly different theme on some DVDs i had. Can't find them, though, so i can't really know for sure.

Also, i was yesterday years old when i found out that Lionsgate modified their logo for the Saw franchise, and it's genuinely haunting

[KameronO.]

6th and 7th Logo brings back memories from all the Tyler Perry Movies and Plays, and the Saw movies from the horror one.

[superneonicelogan]

17:43 what movie is that from that has different music instead of the fanfare?

[GasolinePark]

i guess lionsgate has always had a thing for giant floating letters in the sky

[DudeLebowski_]

I like the 2005 to 2013 intro the best

[carlosoofficial]

Lionsgate was in partnership with HiT entertainment to distribute HiT shows on DVD from 2008-2014.

[SaadAlamri-epmp]

Welcome to the new home of Lionsgate! 📽️🎞️🦁

[SpotTheCartoonandAnimeLover]

My favorite lionsgate logos are 6th and 7th. They give me leapfrog and my little pony the movie vibes. And I hope one day I can watch a lionsgate movie called alpha and omega that one makes me curious.

[SaadAlamri-epmp]

Lionsgate // Studiocanal // Aardman Animation - Taken from a animated comedy film "Shaun The Sheep: Movie" (2015) 📽️🎞️🐑

[BjcesarAdorablee]

13:17 Lionsgate (2005-2013) logo with Trimark Pictures music