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'''Availability:''' It was seen on every film from the company until ''Quiet Cool''.

*It is also featured on the 1987 [[HBO/Cannon Video]] release of ''The Evil Dead'', though it's completely absent on recent releases of said film; it is unknown if it's intact on the original [[Thorn EMI Video|Thorn EMI Video]] release or the Congress Video reprint.  

*It is also unknown if this appears at the start of the 1978 [[Media Home Entertainment]] release of ''Tell Your Children'' (under the title ''Reefer Madness''), or its 1985 re-issue.

*It does not appear on the Media releases of ''Night of the Living Dead'' and ''Magical Mystery Tour''.

===2nd Logo (3rd logo prototype) (February 27-August 28, 1987)===

'''Availability:''' First appeared on ''A Nightmare On Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors'', last seen at the end of ''The Rosary Murders'' (the beginning of the film uses the next logo).

*This was originally used on the original theatrical release and TV spots of ''A Nightmare On Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors'' and appears on the 1987 Media Home Entertainment VHS and Laserdisc releases, as well as the 1999 [[New Line Home Entertainment|New Line Home Video]] VHS release.

===3rd Logo (August 28, 1987-April 26, 1995)===

*There is a 2.35:1 scope variant, cropped from the 1.85:1 aspect ratio.

*On ''Drop Dead Fred'', the logo has a stronger glow around the box and filmstrips, looking similar to the 4th logo.

*On ''Slash & Burn: The Freddy Krueger Story'', a still in-credit version of this logo is seen.

*On ''A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child'', there is a quiet flute and string jingle with bells and chimes composed by Jay Ferguson. This is included on the 2015 remastered version of the soundtrack on the track 'New Line Logo/Main Title'.

*The Roadshow Television variant has an extended version of the said logo's jingle playing over it.

'''Availability:'''  Seen on most New Line films from ''The Rosary Murders'' to ''Friday''.

*Current prints of most films replace it with the next logo, though older prints will have this logo.

*This logo made its last appearance on ''In the Mouth of Madness'', though it is plastered on early home media releases with the next logo.

*It also may have been seen on American theatrical prints of ''Communion'' (1989), but most home video releases skip the logo entirely, although it is on the packaging.

*It is unknown if it was seen on theatrical prints of ''Naked Tango'' or ''Without You, I'm Nothing''.

*The opening variant appears after the closing variant on recent HBO airings of ''The Mask''.

*It doesn't show up on the Cinetel Films releases they distributed into theaters.

*The logo can be seen on YouTube prints of ''The Lawnmower Man''.

*Seen on theatrical prints of ''The Mask'', however home media releases plaster it with the next logo.

===4th Logo (October 14, 1994-December 11, 2010)===

*August 1, 1997-January 12, 2001, November 7, 2003: "A Time Warner Company" (in Helvetica Condensed)

*January 26, 2001-October 17, 2003: "An AOL Time Warner Company" (in Times New Roman, earlier films may have a smaller byline)

'''Trivia:''' On the 1996 Laserdisc audio commentary of ''The Mask'' (carried over to every DVD/Blu-ray release of the film), director Chuck Russell proudly mentions the film was the debut of the 1994 prototype logo. However, theatrical prints of the film used the previous logo, and home media releases and television prints plaster it with the 1994 prototype variant. The film's first home video release was released on January 18, 1995, three months after the theatrical release of ''Wes Craven's New Nightmare,'' making the latter film the actual debut of the logo. It's possible, but currently not confirmed, that the logo was initially supposed to debut on theatrical prints of ''The Mask'' but wasn't ready yet by the time of the film's theatrical release.

*From the logo's debut until November 18, 1994, a prototype variant of this logo was used. The differences are the light moves all around the logo before settling into its usual place, and the text (in Times New Roman Condensed) zooms out with a trail effect (which starts out black before fading to white). The Turner byline is used here, sometimes chyroned in on some releases. This may or may not have been a placeholder logo.

*Earlier films from the Turner years shown in 1.85:1 aspect ratio have the logo more zoomed in, with the light having a larger radius. Later films used an open matte version, which is more zoomed out.

*There are two variations of the 1997-2003 Time Warner byline:  

**The earlier variation essentially freezes the Turner version of the logo to hide the byline (the shining animation stops if you look closely). Additionally, the size of the byline varies in this version and appears chyroned in. It was used in tandem with the next variation below.

*On ''Dog Park'', the Time Warner byline is in Times New Roman, the same font that would later be used for the AOL Time Warner byline.

*In the later years of its use, the logo has gained hues of {{color|darkviolet|purple}} and {{color|pink}}.

*Depending on the quality of the print or the color grading, the logo may start out completely black, then reveal it is the box rotating, or may show a glossy surface before revealing the box. Usually, the logo had a generally darker shade during its earlier years.

'''Closing Variants:'''

*The theme is shortened on some movies.

*On films that originally used the silent 1987 logo, either it is silent or it has the standard theme.

*Recent prints of ''Jason X'' (2001) have a high-pitched version of this fanfare playing over the 2003 logo (plastering over the 2001 variation).

*On current prints of ''The Mack'', the 2001 version has both normal and rearranged themes playing at the same time.

'''Availability:'''  Much more prolific than their past logos, given their higher-profile status thanks to the Turner and Time Warner acquisitions.

**Many newer issues of 1994-1997 releases replace the Turner versions with later variations having an AOL byline or Time Warner byline (whether the 1997 or 2003 one), although the bylineless closing logo is usually left unplastered.

**Originally this version used the alternate fanfare; the normal fanfare debuted on ''Now and Then''.

*Even though both bylines are plastered with the 2003 TimeWarner version, said version first appeared on ''The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King'', and was also the first overall usage until it was renamed to WarnerMedia.

*This plasters the 3rd logo on current prints of most 1987-1994 films.

*Also seen on some video games based on New Line Cinema properties, mainly the ''Lord of the Rings'' franchise.

*Notable appearances with the videotaped variant occurs on ''Mortal Kombat'', and the DVD-ROM disc of ''Drop Dead Gorgeous''.

*It appears on the Canadian C/FP Video release of ''The Basketball Diaries'', a co-production with [[PolyGram Filmed Entertainment]]; contrariwise, the [[PolyGram Video]] and Palm Pictures releases only start with the Island Pictures logo.

*It was last used on a trailer of ''The Rite'', released on December 11, 2010.

'''Availability:''' Appeared on most of the company's films from ''The Rite'' (trailers for the movie use the previous logo) to the HBO Max original ''Superintelligence''.

*This does not appear on films that were given a studio credit, such as ''The Secret Life of Walter Mitty'' and ''Straight Outta Compton'', both under different studios (20th Century Fox for the former and Universal Pictures for the latter).  

===6th Logo (April 8, 2021-)===