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Time to Titles

I thought it would be fun to time how long it takes a film to get to the title screen. Timing starts after the opening company logos (unless the logos are part of the film, e.g. music from the film is playing over the logos or dialogue is happening over the logos or the logos transition directly into the film), and ends when the entire title is shown on screen. The films are ranked from longest time to shortest time. See the notes for the times.

If anyone has any suggestions for really short or long times to titles, let me know!

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Status: Next up alphabetically in my DVD collection:
The 39 Steps
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  • Apocalypse Now

    1

  • The Adventures of Baron Munchausen

    2

  • The Constant Gardener

    3

  • Stranger Than Fiction

    4

  • Isn't It Romantic

    5

  • Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

    6

  • Pretty Lethal

    7

  • Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle

    8

  • The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

    9

  • Revolutionary Road

    10

  • The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

    11

  • The Five-Year Engagement

    12

  • Europa Report

    13

  • Zodiac

    14

  • Charlie's Angels

    15

  • Josie and the Pussycats

    16

  • The Mummy

    17

  • Anastasia

    18

  • Bridget Jones's Diary

    19

  • Jack

    20

  • Made of Honor

    21

  • 12 Years a Slave

    22

  • The Sound of Music

    23

  • Zoolander

    24

  • The Imitation Game

    25

  • Finding Nemo

    26

  • Napoleon Dynamite

    27

  • 2001: A Space Odyssey

    28

  • The Break-Up

    29

  • The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

    30

  • Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood

    31

  • Jawbreaker

    32

  • Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

    33

  • The Family Man

    34

  • The Marc Pease Experience

    35

  • The Blind Side

    36

  • Little Miss Sunshine

    37

  • Sleepless in Seattle

    38

  • Wedding Crashers

    39

  • Midnight in Paris

    40

  • Materialists

    41

  • Gone with the Wind

    42

  • Now and Then

    43

  • The Way Way Back

    44

  • Becoming Jane

    45

  • Get Out

    46

  • Bend It Like Beckham

    47

  • 12 Angry Men

    48

  • Ever After

    49

  • Bed of Roses

    50

  • The Cabin in the Woods

    51

  • Requiem for a Dream

    52

  • Blood Diamond

    53

  • 21

    54

  • Amadeus

    55

  • Garden State

    56

  • Mr. Nobody

    57

  • A Far Off Place

    58

  • Spanglish

    59

  • He's Just Not That Into You

    60

  • The Great Mouse Detective

    61

  • DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story

    62

  • Casper

    63

  • Donnie Darko

    64

  • V for Vendetta

    65

  • A Few Good Men

    66

  • Away We Go

    67

  • I ♥ Huckabees

    68

  • Amour

    69

  • Romeo + Juliet

    70

  • Sunshine

    71

  • Erin Brockovich

    72

  • Life or Something Like It

    73

  • Children of Men

    74

  • Where the Heart Is

    75

  • Sister Act

    76

  • Across the Universe

    77

  • The Beautician and the Beast

    78

  • Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie

    79

  • As Good as It Gets

    80

  • Armageddon

    81

  • The Fountain

    82

  • The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

    83

  • Family Guy Presents: Blue Harvest

    84

  • Practical Magic

    85

  • The Holiday

    86

  • Twelve Monkeys

    87

  • Remember the Titans

    88

  • Notting Hill

    89

  • Elektra

    90

  • The Color of Money

    91

  • Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy

    92

  • Daredevil

    93

  • The House Bunny

    94

  • Proof

    95

  • How to Deal

    96

  • Miss Congeniality

    97

  • How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days

    98

  • Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer

    99

  • A Beautiful Mind

    100