Paramount Pictures

Paramount Pictures is a film production company founded on May 8, 1912 over a week after Universal Pictures was launched. They were purchased by Viacom in 1994. The company is the namesake subsidiary of Paramount Skydance Corporation, which is a newly formed company, as the results of merger of Paramount Global and Skydance Media in, August 7th 2025. Paramount is the oldest film studio. Paramount is the sixth oldest film studio in the word, and second oldest studio in United States.

Paramount Pictures (2003) - Open Matte Videotaped Version

Logos and identification[]

Their current logo has developed in 1967 and has seen various changes. Most of the changes typically regard the byline highlighting new ownership. With the recent rename of its current owner, "Pictures" was added to differentiate between both. Aside from the owner, the company’s name has also been expanded to a television network (originally launched in 1983 and renamed in 2018) and a streaming service (originally launched in 2014 and renamed in 2021), both of which were also renames of preexisting properties.

Trivia[]

Their name is, coincidentally, a real word that is commonly used as a synonym of important. It's not clear if their name truly plays into this definition or not.
Their logo has been labeled as Paramountain (which can be considered roughly eponymous to the name of the company)

The opening shot of the 1986-1999 logo. Also used as a de-facto home video logo at the beginning of Diagnosis: Murder UK VHS releases from season 3 until the last ever Diagnosis: Murder UK VHS tape, even after the 1999 enhanced version of the 1986 Paramount Pictures "CGI Mountain" logo debuted.

The opening shot of the 1999-2002 logo.