And while it drove some critics up a tree, the highly recognizable title, playing on 3,500 screens, proved to be an irresistible draw for fans, appealing heavily to the over-25 crowd (62% of the audience, more than half of them male), many of whom remember the original and its four sequels.
To the director, the project offers its own startling turn, not least because he's in a cinematic world of no recognizable title or category for the first time in a long while.
In Japan, the PlayStation launched with Ridge Racer, its most immediately recognizable title.
Startlings instantly recognizable title logo was redolent of the magazine's pulp roots, and in early 1952 Mines decided to replace it with a more staid typeface.
During Hollywood's Golden Age in the thirties and forties, you had Max Steiner, who composed one of the most powerful, recognizable title themes ever- for "Gone With The Wind" (1939).
But the most cursory scan of those films by a knowledgeable film buff will produce 50 or more recognizable titles.
"It's one of the most recognizable titles we've ever done, and the most recognizable British drama title in this country," Ms. Eaton said.
Fortunately, there are still plenty of recognizable titles buried in the junk: "Unforgiven," "Air Force One," "Amadeus," "Driving Miss Daisy," "The Killing Fields," "Philadelphia" "The Shining," "Men in Black," "Blade Runner," "Five Easy Pieces," "Cool Hand Luke," "A Clockwork Orange," "March of the Penguins" and so on.
Good seasons result in surprising dramatic set pieces with easily recognizable titles.
Although Lord of the Rings and Harry Potter are just two suggested series of many, they are the largest and most recognizable titles for students.
