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 ===1st Logo (November 1, 1980-November 28, 1987)===
-[[File:Miramax_1980.jpg|300px|center]]
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 '''Nickname:''' "Filmstrip M"
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 '''Nickname:''' "The Banner of Boredom"
 '''Logo:''' On a black background, we see the text "MIRAMAX" in the Gill Sans Ultra Bold font. Below it is "FILMS", stretched to fit the width of "MIRAMAX", with a line on top and on the bottom of it.
-'''Variantː''' On a TV Spot of ''Freddie as F.R.O.7'', the logo is in green.
+'''Variantː''' On a TV Spot of ''Freddie as F.R.O.7'', the logo is in {{color|green}}.
 '''FX/SFX:''' None.
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 '''Music/Sounds:''' None or the theme of the movie or trailer.
-'''Availability:''' Rare. It's found mainly on trailers for some Miramax features and films such as ''The Unbelievable Truth'', ''My Left Foot'' (VHS only) and ''Blue in the Face''. It also makes appearances on ''Clerks'' and the 2002 restoration of ''A Hard Day's Night'' (1964). It also makes a surprise appearance at the start of ''Serendipity''.
+'''Availability:''' Rare. It's found mainly on trailers for some Miramax features and films such as ''The Unbelievable Truth'', ''My Left Foot'' (VHS only) and ''Blue in the Face''. It also makes appearances on ''Clerks'' and the 2002 restoration of ''A Hard Day's Night'' (1964), and a surprise appearance at the start of ''Serendipity''.
 '''Editor's Note:''' None.
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 '''Nicknames:''' "The M", "The Big M", "Flashing M", "The Miramax M", "The Blue M"
-'''Logo:''' A {{Font color|blue|blue}} "{{Font color|blue|M}}" in the same font as before zooms out to the left of the screen. It scrolls to the right, revealing "{{Font color|gold|MIRAMA}}" in {{Font color|gold|gold}}, and when it gets to the end, it disappears in a flash of light, revealing an "X". The word "FILMS" with its usual lines fades in below. A large "M" in black with a glowing {{Font color|blue|blue}} corona surrounding it zooms out and borders the logo.
+'''Logo:''' An "{{color|blue|'''M'''}}" in the same font as before zooms out to the left of the screen and scrolls to the right, revealing "{{color|gold|'''MIRAMA'''}}", and when it gets to the end, it disappears in a flash of light, revealing an "{{color|gold|'''X'''}}". The word "FILMS" with its usual lines fades in below. A large "M" in black with a glowing {{color|blue}} corona surrounding it zooms out and borders the logo.
 '''Variants:'''
 *For a number of years until Disney acquired the company, the word "presents", in script, would appear under the logo.
-*On some films, such as ''Wings of the Dove'', the "FILMS" text is omitted.
+*On some films, the "FILMS" text is omitted.
 *On some widescreen versions of the logo, the top and bottom edges of the "Big M" touch the black borders, or are cut off.
 *Sometimes, the logo fades out early while the rest of the music plays.
-*Rarely, the text would be {{Font color|silver|silver}}.
+*Rarely, the text would be {{color|silver}}.
 *On ''Ready to Wear'', when the "M" zooms out, the entire logo zooms out even further.
-*For the international version, "INTERNATIONAL" replaces films.
+*For the international version, "INTERNATIONAL" replaces "FILMS".
 *There is a version of the International version where "presents" (in the same script) appears under the logo.
 *On ''Scandal'', the logo is still, except for "presents" fading in.
-'''FX/SFX:''' The zooming out of the "M", the glowing letters, the flash, and the "Big M".
+'''FX/SFX:''' Nice cel animation for the time!
 '''Music/Sounds:''' A calm synth fanfare with a "new age" feel to it. Some films have the opening theme of the film; otherwise, it is silent.
 '''Music/Sounds Variants:'''
-*On ''Pulp Fiction'' and the English Canadian VHS of ''Gordy'', the last two notes of the fanfare were cut off.
+*On ''Pulp Fiction'' and the English Canadian VHS of ''Gordy'', the last two notes of the fanfare are cut off.
-*On films such as ''Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood'', the music is double pitched.
+*Sometimes, the music is double pitched.
 '''Availability:''' Used to be common, but due to chronic plastering with both 4th and 5th logos, now it is uncommon, bordering on rare.
-*Examples with this are recent releases of ''Pulp Fiction'' and ''Sling Blade''. This logo first appeared on ''I've Heard the Mermaids Singing'', and made its last appearance at the end of ''Music of the Heart'' (which uses the next logo below at the beginning).
+*This first appeared on ''I've Heard the Mermaids Singing'', and made its last appearance at the end of ''Music of the Heart'' (which uses the next logo below at the beginning).
 *The "presents" variant appears on the R1 DVDs of ''Strictly Ballroom'', ''Kolya'', the Live Entertainment releases of ''The Crying Game'', the VHS releases of ''The Grifters'' (but not on the Canadian Cineplex Odeon VHS, where it's skipped entirely), ''Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!'', the Canadian VHS release of ''Prospero's Books'', and the Canadian Seville Pictures DVD of ''Breaking the Rules'' (VUDU prints use MCEG instead, though with Miramax's jingle retained, oddly), among others.
 *The version that fades out early can be seen on ''Il Postino'' (''The Postman'') and ''Everest''.
-*Don't expect to see this logo on ''Bob Roberts''. Despite the print logo appearing on posters and trailers, only the 1990 Paramount Pictures logo is used on-screen.
+*Don't expect to see this logo on ''Bob Roberts'', despire the print logo appearing on posters and trailers, only the 1990 [[Paramount Pictures]] logo is used on-screen.
 *It was also originally seen on U.S. theatrical prints of ''Freddie'' as ''F.R.O.7'' and ''Tom and Jerry: The Movie'', but the home video releases show no evidence, though in the case of the former, it's an alternate cut.
 *Strangely, this can be seen on ''The Crow: City of Angels'', but [[Dimension Films|Dimension]] distributed the film. It was also spotted on the 1999 HBO DVD of ''My Left Foot'', and is preserved on the Anchor Bay DVDs of ''Strapless'' and ''The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover''. It is also seen on early U.S. prints of ''Princess Mononoke'' while later prints use the next logo and the 2017 DVD uses the GKIDS logo. It was also seen on the Canadian VHS releases of ''The Girl in a Swing'' and ''The Miracle'', despite the fact that [[Millimeter Films|Millimeter]] and [[Prestige Films|Prestige]] distributed those two respective films to U.S. theaters. It can also be found on the U.S. Buena Vista/Lionsgate Blu-Rays of ''Sling Blade, Chasing Amy, Life is Beautiful'', the Alliance Blu-Ray releases of ''The English Patent, Good Will Hunting'', and the Echo Bridge Blu-Ray of ''Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood''.
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 '''Nicknames:''' "The Buildings", "Lights/Lites in the Big City", "Manhattan Skyline", "The City", "Miramax Skyline"
-'''Logo:''' We zoom down a river, and pan up to see the skyline of Manhattan, New York, at sundown. As the sun sets, the lights in the building windows begin to turn on, just like in real life. As we zoom in closer to the buildings, several lights begin forming the print Miramax Films logo, simply in white (no glowy effects like last time). The city skyline fades to black as the Miramax Films logo forms, piece by piece, while zooming towards the center of the screen. The end result is similar to the 2nd logo.
+'''Logo:''' We zoom down a river, and pan up to see the skyline of Manhattan, New York, at sundown. As the sun sets, the lights in the building windows begin to turn on, just like in real life. As we zoom in closer to the buildings, several lights begin forming the company's print logo, simply in white (no glowy effects like last time). The city skyline fades to black as the logo forms, piece by piece, while zooming towards the center of the screen. The end result is similar to the 2nd logo.
 '''Trivia:'''
 *If you look hard enough, you may possibly see the World Trade Center. This was animated long before the original World Trade Center was destroyed in a terrorist attack on September 11, 2001. On recent films shot on digital, the right tower is removed and the left one is placed to the edge of the city skyline.
 *The logo appears to be shot at the present-day Hudson Yards.
-*One Astor Plaza, the headquarters of Miramax's future owner ViacomCBS (now Paramount Global), could be also seen.
+*One Astor Plaza, the headquarters of Miramax's future owner ViacomCBS (now [[Paramount Global]]), could be also seen.
 '''Variants:'''
 *From 1998 until 2004, the logo was shot on 35mm film. In the logo's final years from 2005-2008, it is shot on digital.
 *When the logo debuted and during the logo's first official year, 1999, the words "20TH ANNIVERSARY" appear above.
-*There is a prototype variant of the "20TH ANNIVERSARY" logo where the top text is in {{Font color|orange|orange}} or {{Font color|gold|yellow}}, depending on the film quality.
+*There is a prototype variant of the "20TH ANNIVERSARY" logo where the top text is in {{color|orange}} or {{color|yellow}}, depending on the film quality.
-*Yet another variant of the "20TH ANNIVERSARY" version exists. On a couple of films released in 1999, the anniversary text is smaller.
+*Yet another variant of the "20TH ANNIVERSARY" version exists, where the text is smaller.
-*For releases outside the United States, the word "FILMS" was replaced with "INTERNATIONAL". There is an anniversary variant of this version also.
+*For releases outside the United States, the word "FILMS" was replaced with "INTERNATIONAL".
-*There exists a 1.78:1 open-matte version where the landscape is zoomed out much farther back. This version is seen on the Miramax DVD release of ''Three Colors: Blue'', and on some films released between 2007 and 2008 such as ''The Queen''.
+*There exists a 1.78:1 open-matte version where the landscape is zoomed out much farther back. This version is seen on the Miramax DVD release of ''Three Colors: Blue'', and on some films released between 2007 and 2008.
-**For the international version, "INTERNATIONAL" replaces films.
 '''FX/SFX:''' The CGI effects are nothing short of perfect.
-'''Music/Sounds:''' The logo is usually silent, or has the opening theme of the film playing over it. Although some films, such as ''Music of the Heart'', have a pleasant orchestrated piece with a few instruments in the selection.
+'''Music/Sounds:''' Usually silent, or has the opening theme of the film playing over it. Although some films have a pleasant orchestrated piece with a few instruments in the selection.
 '''Music/Sounds Variants:'''
-*On early films with this logo such as ''Children of Heaven'', and pre-1998 films such as ''The Harmonists'' and ''Mouth to Mouth'', it uses the last logo's theme!
+*On early films with this logo such as ''Children of Heaven'', and pre-1998 films such as ''The Harmonists'' and ''Mouth to Mouth'', it uses the last logo's theme.
 *On the some older HDTV airings and the UK StudioCanal Blu-Ray of ''Shaolin Soccer'', it uses the shortened theme from the next logo, possibly due to a botched plaster job.
 '''Availability:''' Common. Seen on releases from 1998 to 2008 and was the norm for plastering the previous logo, but is replaced with the next logo on most newer prints of their film library.
-*This logo first appeared on ''Shakespeare in Love'', and made its final theatrical appearance on ''The Boy in the Striped Pajamas''. ''Gangs of New York'' (2002) does not have this logo at all.
+*This logo first appeared on ''Shakespeare in Love'', and made its final theatrical appearance on ''The Boy in the Striped Pajamas''.
 * In an interesting occurrence, when ''Confessions of a Dangerous Mind'' airs on Starz/Encore, the standard-definition version retains this logo, but the high-definition showing features the next logo below instead.
 *Despite plastering from the following logo, it can still be seen on US prints of ''The Talented Mr. Ripley'', ''There Will Be Blood'', and a YouTube Movies print of ''The Aviator'' (2004) and ''Underclassman''.
 *This might have appeared on some international prints of the 2002 French/Italian co-production, ''Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra'' (which includes Miramax's English dub), or the [[Buena Vista International]] logo, as [[The Walt Disney Company|Disney]] owned Miramax at the time.
 *The International version was seen on international releases of films of the time.
+*Don't expect to see this logo on ''Gangs of New York''.
 '''Editor's Note:''' Despite the nice CGI, some people don't like how this plastered the previous logo on some films.
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 '''Nicknames:''' "The Buildings II", "Lights/Lites in the Big City II", "Manhattan Skyline II", "The City II", "Miramax Skyline II"
-'''Logo:''' Same concept as before, but instead of the skyline, we pan up to see the Brooklyn Bridge at sundown. As the sun sets, we zoom towards the buildings until we finally get to the skyline of Manhattan. One difference of the skyline is that the World Trade buildings are gone (possibly due to 9/11). After we get to the city, the lights in the building windows begin to turn on. As we zoom slowly to the skyline, several lights begin forming the Miramax Films logo like before. The city skyline then fades to black as the Miramax Films logo forms, piece by piece.
+'''Logo:''' Same concept as before, but instead of the skyline, we pan up to see the Brooklyn Bridge at sundown. As the sun sets, we zoom towards the buildings until we finally get to the skyline of Manhattan. One difference of the skyline is that the World Trade buildings are gone (possibly due to 9/11). After we get to the city, the lights in the building windows begin to turn on. As we zoom slowly to the skyline, several lights begin forming the logo like before as we then fade to black, piece by piece.
 '''Variants:'''
 *A prototype variant exists where there is added motion blur, there is a timelapse effect in the clouds, a boat is floating in the water, the buildings' lights turn off slower and the dark yellow sky at the end doesn't fade out. It's overall a much more detailed version of the logo.
 *Since 2010, most films only show the last half of the logo.
-*Starting in 2011, the word "FILMS" is omitted. This variant first appeared on ''The Debt''. Both of these versions (particularly the latter) plaster over older Miramax logos on new releases of their films.
+*Starting in 2011, the word "FILMS" is omitted. Both of these versions (particularly the latter) plaster over older Miramax logos on new releases of their films.
-*Starting in 2016, a registered trademark ("®") symbol appears next to the Miramax wordmark.
+*Starting in 2016, a registered trademark ("®") symbol appears next to the wordmark.
 *On recent prints of ''My Life So Far'' (2002), this plastered the “20th Anniversary” variant of the previous logo, but for some reason, they keep the “20th Anniversary” text.
-*The closing version has just the Miramax logo and the city skyline.
+*The closing version has just the logo and the city skyline.
-'''FX/SFX:''' A marvelous hybrid of live-action and CGI effects. This was made by Studio Nos.
+'''FX/SFX:''' A marvelous hybrid of live-action and CGI effects, made by Studio Nos.
 '''Music/Sounds:''' Usually, a soft piano tune with coastal and city noises. Sometimes, it is silent or has the opening theme of the movie.
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 '''Music/Sounds Variants:'''
 * On some recent prints of their 1987-98 films, such as ''Pulp Fiction'' and ''Il Postino (The Postman)'', it uses the 1987 theme.
-* On Starz’s prints of ''40 Days and 40 Nights'', the 1997 Universal theme is used, due to the editors using the audio from an international master.
+* On Starz’s prints of ''40 Days and 40 Nights'', the 1997 [[Universal Pictures]] theme is used, due to the editors using the audio from an international master.
-'''Availability:''' Common. It first appeared on ''Doubt'', and made its final appearance on ''Whitney''. It also plasters older Miramax logos on recent prints of films. Strangely, it appears before the 1990 Walt Disney Pictures logo on ''Runaway Brain'' when it was a digital-exclusive extra on ''Walt Disney Animation Studios Short Films Collection''. It also strangely appears on a recent Cinemax broadcast of ''Tombstone'', a Hollywood Pictures film. Until Lionsgate and Echo Bridge assumed the home media rights to the Miramax catalog, this was used as a de-facto home video logo.
+'''Availability:''' Common.
+*It first appeared on ''Doubt'', and made its final appearance on ''Whitney''.
+*It also plasters older Miramax logos on recent prints of films. Strangely, it appears before the 1990 [[Walt Disney Pictures]] logo on ''Runaway Brain'' when it was a digital-exclusive extra on ''Walt Disney Animation Studios Short Films Collection''.
+*It also strangely appears on a recent Cinemax broadcast of ''Tombstone'', a [[Hollywood Pictures]] film. Until [[Lionsgate Films|Lionsgate]] and [[Echo Bridge Home Entertainment|Echo Bridge]] assumed the home media rights to the Miramax catalog, this was used as a de-facto home video logo.
-'''Editor's Note:''' Once again, this logo is well liked, but some people are annoyed how it plasters older Miramax logos. While it does get some notoriety, the logo wasn't very notorious when it debuted in 2008 (due to it being the longer variant and not plastering).
+'''Editor's Note:''' Once again, this logo is well-liked, but some people are annoyed how it plasters older Miramax logos. While it does get some notoriety, the logo wasn't very notorious when it debuted in 2008 (due to it being the longer variant and not plastering).
-===6th Logo (October 19, 2018- )===
+===6th Logo (October 19, 2018-)===
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-File:Miramax Logo (2020).jpg
+Miramax Logo (2020).jpg
+Miramax 2022.png
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 '''Nicknames:''' "The Buildings III", "The City III", "Aurora Miramaximus", "The Big M Returns"
-'''Logo:''' We see three sets of {{Font color|blue|blue}} light rings (2 of the 'R', and one of the first 'M', where the I is partially visible) at night in the Hudson Valley, soon followed by the company name, spread out, slowly coming together to form the logo, illuminating a city (possibly a bird's-eye view of New York) below. The respective byline fades in.
+'''Logo:''' We see three sets of {{color|blue}} light rings (2 of the "{{color|blue|'''R'''}}", and one of the first "{{color|blue|'''M'''}}", with the "{{color|blue|'''I'''}}" partially visible) at night in the Hudson Valley, soon followed by the company name, spread out, slowly coming together to form the logo, illuminating a city (possibly a bird's-eye view of New York) below. The respective byline fades in.
 '''Bylines:'''
-*2018-2020: A '''beIN MEDIA GROUP''' COMPANY (in variations of the Gotham font) underneath the "MAX" text.
+*2018-2020: {{color|blue|A '''beIN MEDIA GROUP''' COMPANY}} (in variations of the Gotham font) underneath the "{{color|blue|'''MAX'''}}" text.
-*2020- : A '''beIN MEDIA GROUP''' AND '''VIACOMCBS''' COMPANY, with "VIACOMCBS" being the corporate logo, centered underneath the logo.
+*2020-: {{color|blue|A '''beIN MEDIA GROUP''' AND '''VIACOMCBS''' COMPANY}}, with "VIACOMCBS" being the corporate logo, centered underneath the logo.
-*2022- (tentative) : A '''beIN MEDIA GROUP''' AND '''PARAMOUNT''' COMPANY, with "PARAMOUNT" being in the Gotham Bold font, centered underneath the logo.
+*2022-: {{color|blue|A '''beIN MEDIA GROUP''' & '''PARAMOUNT''' COMPANY}} in the Peak Sans font, centered underneath the logo.
 '''Variant:''' There is a shorter version, which skips the the first pan across the "R".
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 '''FX/SFX:''' Amazing CGI animation! This was animated by MOCEAN, who also animated the [[Searchlight Pictures]] logo earlier, also from 2020.
-'''Music/Sounds:''' A somber four-note theme, or the opening soundtrack of the movie.
+'''Music/Sounds:''' A somber four-note theme, or the opening theme of the film.
-'''Availability:''' Current. First appeared on the final trailer for ''Halloween'' (2018), and debuted on the film itself. It was also seen on ''The Gentlemen'', ''Wrath of Man'' and the 4K remastered of ''Scream'' (1996). The shorter version first appeared on ''The Perfection'', and it will most likely only appear on non-theatrically released films and [[Miramax Television]] shows. The short version also appears at the beginning of Miramax's YouTube videos.
+'''Availability:''' Current.
+*First appeared on the final trailer for ''Halloween'' (2018), and debuted on the film itself.
+*It was also seen on ''The Gentlemen'', ''Wrath of Man'' and the 4K remastered of ''Scream'' (1996).
+*The shorter version first appeared on ''The Perfection'', and it will most likely only appear on non-theatrically released films and [[Miramax Television]] shows. It also appears at the beginning of Miramax's YouTube videos.
+*The Paramount byline debuted on the company's website and is expected to make its first appearance on ''Halloween Ends''. As of now, it is used in tandem with the BeIN/ViacomCBS byline, although that could change in the foreseeable future.
-'''Editor's Note:''' This is the first time Miramax hasn't used the Manhattan skyline concept since 1998. With the renaming of ViacomCBS to [[Paramount Global]], the BeIN/ViacomCBS byline's future is uncertain, For now, it will continue to see usage on upcoming productions from Miramax.
+'''Editor's Note:''' This is the first time Miramax hasn't used the Manhattan skyline concept since 1998.
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