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[poppabk]

You start a movie on a whim sight unseen. How many company production animations before the credits is enough for you to back right out because it is going to be shit?
You know the deal:
Camera glides over a landscape, pulls back to reveal the Hilltop Pictures logo, fade to black, street scene fades to black and white - Mainstreet Pictures, fades to black,
animated quill writes out Chinese letters, written below - Mandarin Productions, fade to black, .......

 

[DanteFox]

Obligatory:

 

[poppabk]

Obligatory:

Yeah this, but there is a point where if you see 4 of those things you know the movie is gonna be shit, not sure if it is because the idea wasn't good enough to get major funding, or if it's a sign that they were struggling to get money, or whether it's a too many cooks spoil the broth.

 

[jason10mm]

It's a red flag at 4. Most every film has 2 for tax purposes I think, 3 is a vanity company for the director or lead actor, but 4 is starting to scrape the bottom of the barrel.

 

[Spaceman292]

too

 

[MastaKiiLA]

It really depends. I'm overseas, so local distributions of US films funnel through multiple publishers. So there are production companies tacked on who might only handle distribution. As a result, I don't even pay attention anymore.