In the beginning of each film, there are different variants of DreamWorks Animation.
NOTE: In the era were DreamWorks Animation was a division of DreamWorks SKG. their logo didn’t appeared on the opening of the movie.
| Title | Variant | Image | Released |
|---|---|---|---|
| Antz | Z's Theme is played during the beginning. |  |
October 2, 1998 |
| The Prince of Egypt | Main Title is played during the beginning. |  |
December 18, 1998 |
| The Road to El Dorado | Once the logo finishes animating, the camera zooms past the clouds and into the night sky. |  |
March 31, 2000 |
| Chicken Run | Opening Escape track is played during the beginning. |   |
June 23, 2000 |
| Joseph: King of Dreams | Instrumental of More Than You Take plays during the beginning. |   |
November 7, 2000 |
| Shrek | The "S"'s in "DREAMWORKS" and "SKG" turn into the "S" in the film's logo. |   |
May 18, 2001 |
| Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron | Homeland track is played during the beginning. |   |
May 24, 2002 |
| Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas | The "DREAMWORKS SKG" text is already in place when the clouds pan away, then the camera zooms away from the logo, segueing into the opening sequence. |     |
July 2, 2003 |
| Shark Tale | After the logo is finished, the screen fades into a closer shot of the fishing boy, who throws his fishing rod (and an earthworm that's on its hook) into the water, leading the prologue. On 35mm open matte film scan prints, along with the film itself, the logo is seen at a much farther distance. |   |
October 1, 2004 |
| Madagascar | Born Free song by Mormon Tabernacle Choir is played during the beginning. |   |
May 25, 2005 |
| Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit | A Grand Day Out track is played during the beginning. |   |
October 7, 2005 |
| Over the Hedge | The "ANIMATION" and "SKG" text is removed. |   |
May 19, 2006 |
| Flushed Away | The "ANIMATION" text is removed again, leaving only "SKG" text and the moon boy appears at the end after the text is finished. London Intro track is played during the beginning. |   |
November 3, 2006 |
| Shrek the Third | The normal logo plays, but once it is complete, storm clouds appear from each side and gradually cover the logo. As this happens, the camera pans down to start the movie. The logo also has been slightly re-animated, with somewhat noticeable changes including different placement of the camera and certain objects such as the balloons going over the clouds instead of through them. |   |
May 18, 2007 |
| Bee Movie | Normal logo, but the camera pauses moving when the moon is seen. Barry B. Benson (voiced by Jerry Sinfield) flies by a few seconds in, and the boy repeatedly shoos him. Barry stings the boy, and he accidentally lets go of his balloons and injures his groin, then tumbles and hits his head and falls off the moon. Barry then takes the boy's spot on the moon, and the text fades in. The boy's voice is also revealed in this variant (voiced by Jeffrey Katzenberg) |   |
November 2, 2007 |
| Kung Fu Panda | The logo starts out with an animal wearing a hat climbing up houses and clouds and working his way up until he reaches the moon. It sits on the moon and takes out a fishing rod, which he uses to pull up the rest of the DreamWorks Animation logo. This is accompanied by an oriental rendition of "Fairytale", by Hans Zimmer and John Powell. The logo is done in the animation style used in the beginning of the movie. On the latter, the logo fades in a little later. |   |
June 8, 2008 |
| Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa | The logo plays normally, until the camera pauses on the boy sitting on the moon, with the text fading in below, like the Bee Movie variant. Skipper (voiced by Tom McGrath) hits the boy (voiced by Jeffrey Katzenberg) and drags him through the moon. A fight can be heard and soon the penguins appear together. Skipper then uses the rod to catch a fish, saying, "Well done, boys. Looks like ice cold sushi for breakfast." They all do their high fives as the camera pans down to start the movie. Additionally, there are more clouds surrounding the boy, the product with the Moon Boy is different, and the music is slightly re-orchestrated. |     |
November 7, 2008 |
