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'''Visuals:''' On a black background, an abstract "{{color|red|'''W'''}}", consisting of two slanted elongated circles and a shorter elongated circle, zooms towards us. Around halfway through, the words "'''WARNER BROS'''" (in the Warner Communications custom typeface, which resembles Saul Bass' earlier typeface, "Handel Gothic") appear below it. The {{color|red}} logo overtakes the screen as a smaller white "W" zooms in. It stops at the middle of the screen and a black square field, whose corners have been rounded and softened, fades in around the logo. "A WARNER COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY", in the same font as "WARNER BROS", fades in below. Most of the time, "PRESENTS" also fades in below (in Helvetica).

'''Variants:'''

'''Availability:''' The 1992 version is usually the one that plasters older logos. Fortunately, WB has eased up on this somewhat, and older logos have been seen more often in recent years on newer prints/masters.

* This logo made its first appearance on the aforementioned ''Gremlins'' (released on June 8, 1984) and made its final regular appearance on ''True Crime'' (released on March 19, 1999). The closing version made its final appearance on ''Valentine'' (released on February 2, 2001).

* The Warner Communications byline version can be found on the 1997 DVD and the 2022 4K UHD Blu-ray releases of ''National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation'' (1989) (the 2003 DVD release has the 1998 logo with the AOL Time Warner byline), current DVD and Blu-ray prints of ''The Dead Pool'', TCM prints of ''The Goodbye Girl'', and the Blu-ray release of ''Full Metal Jacket'' (1987).

** However, it's not as easy to spot as the 1992 variant, as many DVD releases and Encore/Starz prints replace it with the Time Warner Entertainment byline variant, such as on the DVD release of ''Pee-wee's Big Adventure'' or even with the next logo below (occurs on the ''Police Academy'' films and ''Moving'').

** On the [[Warner Animation Group]] films ''Storks'' and ''The LEGO Batman Movie'', the byline (excluding "TimeWarner") is in the Proxima Nova font and is smaller.

* July 22, 2018-November 26, 2020: "A WARNER{{color|gray|'''MEDIA'''}} Company", with "WARNER{{color|gray|'''MEDIA'''}}" in its own logo font, called AT&T Aleck Sans Bold, while the rest of the byline is in the standard variation of the same font. The shadow behind "'''{{color|gray|MEDIA}}'''" is also absent.

* On the 2003 DVD of ''Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines'', the AOL byline gets cropped out, meaning that it's bylineless, like the [[Warner Bros. Family Entertainment]] logo. This only applies for widescreen copies.

'''Closing Variants:'''

* 1998-February 2, 2001, May 17, 2002, March 5, 2004: Same as the previous logo.

** February 16, 2001-December 5, 2003 (AOL Time Warner and prototype Time Warner bylines): The text "{{font|Times New Roman|'''Distributed by'''}}" is in Garamond, like its television counterpart, while the "'''www.warnerbros.com'''" URL address is in bold below the byline reading either "{{font|Times New Roman|'''An AOL Time Warner Company'''}}" or "{{font|Times New Roman|'''A Time Warner Company'''}}".

** December 12, 2003-August 24, 2018 (official TimeWarner byline): When the byline was changed to "A {{font|Times New Roman|'''TimeWarner'''}} Company", the "{{font|Times New Roman|'''Distributed by'''}}" was updated to the custom Didot/Bodoni hybrid font with the URL in FF Meta. Also, starting with this version, the sky background is different, however some films such as ''TMNT'', ''IT'', ''The LEGO Batman Movie'', ''The LEGO Ninjago Movie'' and ''Ready Player One'' used the old sky background instead.

* A low tone version of the "As Time Goes By" theme was heard on an AMC print of ''Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory''.

* The 16mm/35mm montage intro for the 75th anniversary of Warner Bros. uses an extended version of the "As Time Goes By" theme on the 75th Anniversary logo. The voiceover (voiced by Chuck Riley) thanks audiences around the world for celebrating 75 years.

* The intro video of Warner Bros. Studio Tour Hollywood has "As Time Goes By" from ''Casablanca'' (archival audio) transitioning into the 1998 fanfare, as soon as Jack (played by Dooley Wilson) sings the phrase "The fundamental things apply...".

* On pre-Disney prints of ''Star Wars: The Clone Wars'' (film), the normal fanfare fades into clone trooper communication, which continues to the [[Lucasfilm Ltd.|Lucasfilm]] logo.