Logos[]
1st logo (1996-2006): On a black background, we see a moving blue ribbon. The ribbon slowly floats down, and it falls. The ribbon then moves up to become an outline of a mountain. The mountain moves back, and the words:
S U M M I T
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E N T E R T A I N M E N T fade in below.
2nd logo (2007-2018): On a black background, a light shines, showing the outline of a mountain. The resulting mountain outline gradually zooms out, and the light gradually gets brighter until there is something akin to a flash on the screen. The background becomes an ice blue, the mountain's outline becomes white, and this zooms out until the logo becomes an ice blue rectangle with a mountain outline. The light fades out in the distance, and the ice blue rectangle is on a blue/white gradient background. The words:
S U M M I T
E N T E R T A I N M E N T fade in below the mountain on the ice blue rectangle.
Bylines[]
- November 9, 2007-February 24, 2012: (Bylineless)
- July 27, 2012-August 17, 2018: "A LIONSGATE COMPANY"
Variants[]
- A still version on a black background exists.
- An enhanced variant debuted on The Cold Light of Day, released on September 7, 2012. In it, the light in the beginning is more blue, the flash is brighter and more realistic, the logo zooms out further, the gradient background has been replaced with a white gradient background, and a Lionsgate byline fades in (which previously debuted on Step Up: Revolution).
- Starting in 2014, the Lionsgate byline is larger and zooms in.3rd logo (2018-):On a sky background in the middle of several moving clouds, the stacked text "SUMMIT ENTERTAINMENT" floats in the middle of the screen, in blue. The text then rotates to reveal the stacked text "A LIONSGATE COMPANY", with "LIONSGATE" in its corporate font.
Music/Sounds[]
1st Logo (1996-2006): A whoosh sound on some sort of flute, then a dreamy synth tune with a tympani beat at the end. For Summit's later films, past 2000, the logo was silent.
2nd logo (2007-2018):A soft and dramatic fanfare that gradually becomes more majestic. But most films with this logo have no music or the opening theme of the movie.
3rd logo (2018-): Same as the previous logo.
Scare Factor[]
1st logo
Low. The whoosh sound can get to some, but this is a great logo.
2nd logo
None. This is an incredible logo, and it is a favorite of many.
3rd logo
None. This is just a very disappointing change from the previous logo.