In the beginning of each film, there are different variations of 20th Century Studios.
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1950-1959[]
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| Known for being the first movie filmed in open matte, this was the debut of the open matte version of the 1935 logo while the trademark 20th Century Fox fanfare plays. Recent prints plastered with the normal version of the 1935 logo. | |
| First black & white film to use the open matte version of the 1935 logo. Recent prints plastered with the normal version of the 1935 logo. | |
| Known for being the first movie filmed in CinemaScope, this was the debut of the iconic 20th Century Fox "CinemaScope" logo. Here, the sky background is replaced with a red curtain backdrop. | |
| The Girl Can't Help It (1956) | The film uses the 1935 logo, but uses the 1953 fanfare. |
| Peyton Palace (1957) | The fanfare is replaced with Christmas-themed music. |
| Will Success Spoil the Rock Hunter? (1957) | The guy with drums and a violin shows. He starts playing the fanfare, moves to the left, then the logo fades in. He plays the trumpet for the first half, then the violin for the second half. |
1960-1969[]
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| The logo is pink, as well as the CinemaScope screen. | |
| Those Magnificent Men In Their Flying Machines (1965) | |
| The logo has its colours slightly faded and uses the 1935 fanfare. | |
1970-1979[]
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| The World's Greatest Lover (1977) | The fanfare is redone with different instruments. |
1980-1989[]
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| The logo uses the opening drums from the 1935 fanfare, but is played twice. | |
| The 1953 logo begins as usual, but then a searchlight is taken out, causing the music to wind down to a stop. Police sirens and car engines are then heard. Another searchlight is taken out, and an animated Ferrari colored red appears. It makes itself into the "0" while the cop takes out the last three searchlights. Unexpectedly, the police car crashes into the searchlight on the right. The Ferrari comes out of the "0", honks, and laughs in a Burt Reynolds fashion. This logo is usually edited out of television airings. The 1953 logo also looks different than its original design (most likely because this variation was designed by Hal Needham, the director of the movie, and not Rocky Longo). This logo was reused for 20th Century Fox Records discs. | |
| Movie variant: The 1981 logo looks like an open matte. Only seen on 35mm uncropped film scan prints. Trailer variant: Only seen on the trailer. The logo starts normal, but the searchlights go crazy. There is also an announcer. Later, the structure crumbles, with the Revenge of the Nerds structure rising up. | |
| The Sicilian (1987) | The logo has a dark blue/grey tint. |
| The 4:3 version of the 1981 logo is stretched. Only seen on the Blu-ray, DVD, Laserdisc and VHS widescreen, while the 1995 Laserdisc and 1999/2001 DVD uses the standard logo widescreen 2:35.1. | |
| The 1981 logo is heavily cropped. The film was shot in Super 35, a process that created a widescreen image by cropping the top and bottom portions of the frame. Thus, the pan-and-scan version looks normal. | |
| The 1981 logo plays and instead of the trademark 20th Century Fox fanfare, "I Can’t Break Away" by Big Pig is heard and continues during the opening titles. This plasters over the Nelson Entertainment logo. | |
1990-1999[]
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| Snow is falling on the 1981 logo, in keeping with Edward creating snow in the film. The structure is also covered with snow. Also, it's tinted in a steel blue color. Instead of the trademark 20th Century Fox fanfare, there is haunting, yet fairy tale-like music in the background. On 4:3 full-screen prints, along with the film itself, it is open matted. On 35mm uncropped film scan prints, along with the film itself, the logo is in 1.14:1 open matte. | |
| A funky version of the fanfare plays, which segues into the opening theme of the movie | |
| The fanfare is re-orchestrated. The logo plays normal, but when it nearly finishes, the composer holds a note, giving it the dramatic effect. | |
| "Largo al factotum" by Gioachino Rossini is heard over the 1981 logo. On early 4:3 pan & scan prints, the 1.37:1 academy version of the 1981 logo was used instead, despite the whole film being cropped to 4:3. | |
| The 1994 logo is in a shade of red and is zoomed-out more than usual (less-than open-matte) and jingle bell sounds are heard at the end of the logo. | |
| The 1994 logo moves up until the screen is black and the credits start, and it also has a golden tint to it. On 35mm uncropped film scan prints, along with the film itself, the logo is in 1.14:1 open matte. | |
| The fanfare is re-orchestrated by Mark Mancina (the film's composer; he later composed the 2006 Disney fanfare) and after it finishes, the logo is swept away by water, segueing into the opening scene of the movie. It is also the first part of the first track of the film's score soundtrack as "Twentieth Century Fox Fanfare / Motorbike Chase". | |
| The 1994 logo is in a shade of orange. | |
2000-2009[]
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| Picture | Description |
| In all the logo variants, the X in the logo stays for a brief moment after the logo has faded out. This version makes a surprise appearance on Mon incroyable fiance, the French version of My Big Fat Obnoxious Fiance. | |
| The logo is tinted dark blue. On 35mm uncropped film scan prints, the logo is in 1.14:1 open matte. | |
| Exactly like on Miracle on 34th Street, but the logo is zoomed out way further than usual (open-matte) and is in a shade of metallic gold. | |
| Footage of the Fox logo plays on screen in a concert hall behind draped red curtains. There is a conductor on stage is conducting the orchestra playing the fanfare, which can be seen below the stage. The orchestra's warmup and the audience's applause sounds for when the conductor arrives on stage, as well as the conductor's baton being tapped three times, are heard before the fanfare. | |
| The logo is in international Klein blue. On small widescreen prints, the logo is in 16:9 open matte. | |
| The background in the logo changes to space and the Fox structure slowly fades into the opening sequence. Also, the logo is pushed to the left and has a large green-yellow tint. | |
| The logo plays as normal, but after several seconds, an animal will moan, the logo animates in reverse, speeds up and sounds of swords can be heard. Only appears before the DVD menu. | |
| The logo is stretched out and snowing sounds are heard at the end of the logo, segueing into the opening scene. On 35mm uncropped film scan prints, the logo is zoomed out further than usual (open-matte). | |
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The 20th Century Fox logo and the DreamWorks logo take place in an underwater scenery. |
| The logo fades into a mist of clouds. On small HD widescreen versions, the logo is zoomed out further than usual (open-matte). | |
| The logo starts normally, but after the opening drums, the logo turns into a different effect. Only appears before the DVD menu. This film itself used the normal logo, albeit cropped to 16:9 on small widescreen prints. | |
| The film uses the 1953 logo, but still uses the 1997 fanfare. It even has the News Corporation byline and the CinemaScope screen. | |
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The logo animates as normal, but at the end, it turns dark and the structure turns into some obscure buildings. |
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The logo turns lapis lazuli blue and a thunderstorm appears in the background. |
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After the sunflash, the logo turns black and white, which appear darker and contrasted. |
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The logo is tinted in dark yellow-orche. |
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When the logo finishes, the logo turns red and fades to the 2002 Marvel logo (much akin to the Lionsgate and Columbia Pictures film The Punisher). |
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When the 1994 logo finishes, it turns red as the camera zooms out to show it on a flag. On 4:3 fullscreen prints, the 1994 logo is shown in open matte. On 35mm uncropped film scan prints, the 1994 logo is shown in 1.14:1 open matte. |
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The 20th Century Fox logo appears darker than usual, with a moodier color palette. |
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Exactly like the first film, but the fanfare plays at the end while the logo turns blue when the flipbook page appears. On Small widescreen prints, the logo is cropped to 16x9. |
| Live Free or Die Hard (2007) | The logo plays normally, but after it finished, the camera glitches and all the searchlights turn off one by one. |
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The movie itself is the first one with the brighter enhanced version of the 20th Century Fox logo. Here, Ralph Wiggum (voiced by Nancy Cartwright) walks out of the 0 in 20th and sings along to the second half of the fanfare. The logo then turns black and white as the camera pans up to the moon. Also, the logo is cropped to 16x9 aspect ratio to match the prologue. The animation for Ralph is done by 20th Century Fox Animation. |
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The logo plays normally until the end, when it turns selective yellow. A pair of swirls, representing the first sign, appear in the sky. |
| The logo is carved out of stone, with snow topping above it among a prehistoric backdrop, surrounded by snow-covered pine trees. A volcano pit replaces the "stage", and the searchlights are replaced with an assortment of smoke-spewing geysers. This variant is only seen on the 3D version; the 2D version uses the regular 1994 logo instead. However, it is seen on the 2010 Blu-ray 3D release, as well as the 2009 TrioScopics 3D DVD release. This was done by Blue Sky Studios, who would later animate the 2009 logo. | |
2010-2019[]
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| Tooth Fairy (2010) |
The movie itself is the last one with the brighter enhanced version of the 1994 20th Century Fox logo. Here, the logo is zoomed out further than usual (open-matte). This variant is only seen on 35mm uncropped film scan prints; the DVD and Blu-ray prints use the normal 1994 logo instead. |
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The 75th Anniversary of the 2009 logo plays as usual, but when it finishes, it transforms into a paper sheet drawing. The camera pans back down to the structure (which is seen in the front) before zooming out to reveal the logo of Greg Heffley's diary. Also, the News Corporation byline and the word "CENTURY" are written in Greg's handwriting. |
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The 2009 logo plays as normal, but with a large orange tint. At the end, it turns into a paper sheet drawing before the camera pans downwards. |
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Same as Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules, but this time a paint splash effect is seen before the logo turns into a drawing. A beach ball flies in front of the camera as it pans downwards. |
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The logo's fanfare is redone in a Samba style by John Powell (the film's composer). This theme is also the first track in the film's original score, titled "20th Century Fox Fanfare (Rio 2 Samba Version)". According to the soundtrack, Alfred Newman (the original composer of the fanfare) is credited. |
| The Fault in Our Stars (2014) | The logo is turned into a slight shade of blue. After the logo finished, the camera pans up to the sky. |
| Gone Girl (2014) | The fanfare is nowhere to be heard and instead has different music. The logo fades in and out earlier than expected. |
| Alien: Isolation (2014) | The film uses the 1981 logo with the 1935 fanfare. It looked like it was recorded from a CRT TV and the quality of the VHS tape is poor. After the logo finishes, the VHS tape fuzzes out. |
| Joy (2015) | The logo plays normally, but after the first half of the fanfare, chimes will play. |
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The 2009 logo plays as usual, albeit in open-matte, but after the opening drums are played, a piano rendition is played, backed with a re-arranged version of the drum track of the normal fanfare, based on the 1994 fanfare, which is later revealed to be performed by Schroeder on his toy piano, sitting in front of the podium, as the logo finishes turning into its position. There is no registered trademark symbol here (later removed in 2021). Just like the regular logo as well as the whole movie, Schroeder is done by Blue Sky Studios. |
| The logo turns blue-tinted. | |
| Alien: Covenant (2017) | The logo is turned blue, but plays normally. |
| War of the Planet of the Apes (2017) | The fanfare is redone. |
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As the fanfare ends, a paper drawing of the logo (this time appearing to have been cut out from a sheet of paper) flips in from the bottom of the screen as several notecards cover the background, followed by the camera panning downward. |
| Two versions of the logo are used. First, there is the 1953 logo with the shortened 1997 fanfare from the final 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment logo. Then, there is the 2009 logo in black and white and at double speed with the film's opening song ("The Greatest Show") is heard. | |
| The fanfare is played on a xylophone. | |
| Bohemian Rhapsody (2018) | The fanfare is played on an electric guitar. |
| The logo plays as normal until the end, when two searchlights swoop across the screen (a la the 1994-2010 logo), turning the structure into a dilapidated version in the future reading "26th CENTURY FOX". | |
| Terminator: Dark Fate (2019) | The logo has a VHS filter and the fanfare is nowhere to be heard. The 1981 logo can be seen briefly when it fuzzes. |
| Once the logo reaches its final position, the "X" in "FOX" turns molten red and the background gets darker. | |
2020-present[]
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| The logo is dimmed to match the lighting of the rest of the film. | |
| The fanfare is played on a ukulele, with most of the second half played on Gene's keyboard along with laser sounds and fart noises from his megaphone. The drums at the beginning remain normal as usual. | |