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'''Availability:''' Common. Seen on Lions Gate films from the period. Don't expect this to appear films merely released by them such as ''O'' and ''Lantana''. It appears on some early Lions Gate and late period Artisan/Trimark DVD releases as a de facto home video logo as well; some examples of this include the two-disc edition of ''Step Into Liquid'' and a reprint of ''All of Me''.

'''Availability:''' Uncommon. Can be seen on films such as ''The Punisher'', ''A Love Song for Bobby Long'', ''Crash'' (not to be confused with the 1996 erotic thriller starring James Spader and Holly Hunter), the 2006 film ''Minotaur'', and the first two ''Saw'' films (recent prints of the second film however, plasters this with the horror version of the 5th logo). This also plasters the Kings Road Entertainment logo on the current releases of ''Kickboxer III: The Art of War'' (including the double feature DVD release with ''Kickboxer IV'').

'''Availability:''' Extremely rare. This was only used for a very short time. Can be found on ''In the Mix'' (not to be confused with the PBS series of the same name), and ''Undiscovered''. Also seen on current prints of ''Love and a .45'' (1994) and ''Pi'' (the 1998 Darren Aronofsky film).

* On current prints of ''Star Kid'', the logo plasters the Trimark Pictures logo and is sped up to accommodate the length of the original logo. The film's opening music is left intact.

*On Syfy airings of ''Leprechaun 2'', the Trimark Pictures theme was heard over the first half of the logo, and the Lionsgate theme played over the second half of the logo, possibly due to an editing error or cheap plastering.

*The THX variant directly fades the end of the Lionsgate theme into the second half of the THX "Deep Note" (more specifically the 2005 "Science of Sensation" version), which includes the whoosh from that logo before fading out early.

*The standard version was first unveiled on the company's website in late October 2005, and later debuted on Madea's Family Reunion on February 24 the next year; it can be seen on titles such as ''Akeelah and the Bee'', the ''Tyler Perry'' film series, ''Employee of the Month'', and releases from Pantelion Pictures, among others. The horror version can be seen on the ''Saw'' films starting with ''Saw III'' (as well as recent prints of ''II''), ''The Descent'', and action films such as ''The Expendables'', among others. The short version was seen at the beginning of one of the Marvel DTV features, ''The Invincible Iron Man''. The "Heaven" variant was last used on ''The Big Wedding'', and the "Horror" variant was last seen on ''Texas Chainsaw 3D''. It also plasters other companies logos on its titles released by Lionsgate, such as films formerly distributed by Trimark Pictures. At some cases of plastering older logos on horror movies (like ''The Blair Witch Project'' and ''Leprechaun'' sequels), the normal version appears instead of the preferred horror one.

*The variant fading into the THX logo is extremely rare, and is only known to exist on the 2006 THX Optimum Resolution DVD of ''Total Recall'' (1990), however more such releases may exist.

*First seen on the teaser for ''The Hunger Games: Catching Fire''. The full logo debuted on the wide release of ''Mud'' (the TIFF release had the previous logo), and can be seen on newer Lionsgate films released after that. This logo is absent from Nickelodeon airings of ''Shaun the Sheep Movie'', but still mentions Lionsgate in the opening credits. This also appears at the beginning on some PolyGram films, such as ''King of the Mountain''.