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At the start of my thread here, I was thinking like Hal and since neither the cover nor the on-screen title has a colon, I thought it didn't need one.

Point of clarification.  I've always said the colon was needed.   

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Once again, the covers of these titles show it on a single line with no font changes.

So the criteria is very straight forward:

1.  The film must be part of a series of films starting with the same title
2.  The Cover must display the main title on one line and the subtitle on a second line using a different size font

If you  have any other examples you'd like to question, please feel free to post them.

By your criteria, it A Knockaround Gals were to be released where the same stuff happens to some women, we would have to go back and add a colon to Knockaround Guys, which makes no sense. Also, Analyze This and Analyze that do have a second line with a different size font. See these further examples (on of which is part of my previous example series):








Do you really want "Bill & Ted's: Excellent Adventure" or "Harry Potter: And the Order of the Phoenix"?

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Quoting Gerri Cole:

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Hal is correct on his point. None of the films in your post are part of a series or consider various episodes of a movie. If you have others you have questions on, feel free to ask.

Quoting hal9g:

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Once again, the covers of these titles show it on a single line with no font changes.

So the criteria is very straight forward:

1.  The film must be part of a series of films starting with the same title
2.  The Cover must display the main title on one line and the subtitle on a second line using a different size font

If you  have any other examples you'd like to question, please feel free to post them.

Beverly Hills Cop
Beverly Hills Cop II
Beverly Hills Cop III

or

Beverly Hills: Cop
Beverly Hills: Cop II
Beverly Hills: Cop III

In those logos, "Cop" is below "Beverly Hills" in a different font. The "II" and the "III" are next to "Cop" on the second line for the "episodes". 

Since the title of the first film is "Beverly Hills Cop", this is then the "main title", so all "episodes" would use "Beverly Hills Cop" as the main title.  Since these have numbers to describe the episodes, they are not "episode descriptors", but "episode numbers".

This is fun.  Keep them coming.

Quoting Ace_of_Sevens:

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Quoting hal9g:

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Once again, the covers of these titles show it on a single line with no font changes.

So the criteria is very straight forward:

1.  The film must be part of a series of films starting with the same title
2.  The Cover must display the main title on one line and the subtitle on a second line using a different size font

If you  have any other examples you'd like to question, please feel free to post them.

By your criteria, it A Knockaround Gals were to be released where the same stuff happens to some women, we would have to go back and add a colon to Knockaround Guys, which makes no sense. Also, Analyze This and Analyze that do have a second line with a different size font. See these further examples (on of which is part of my previous example series):

Do you really want "Bill & Ted's: Excellent Adventure" or "Harry Potter: And the Order of the Phoenix"?

I won't address hypotheticals like "Knockaround Gals".

"Analyze This" is on two lines with the same size font, therefore, the main title, if there were an episodic series, would have to use "Analyze This" as the main title.  Since "Analyze That" does not contain the main title, the "episodic descriptor" rule dos not apply.  It would if the title were "Analyze This And That", were "And That" on a second line in a different size font.

"Ted & Bill's" is not the "main title" of the original movie.  It is simply a possessive included in the title.

Again Curious George is not the "main title of this movie.

Is there a series of movies called "The Violation" each with a different subjetc?  If not, the "episode descriptors" do not apply.

The Harry Potter example brings up a good point. We'd have to add that episode descriptors are not to used when the main title and the subtitle are joined by a conjunction.

Keep 'em coming.

Keep trying, Ace.

Here's another piece of argument I don't endorse or not. But'''Terminator salvation begs the question is the film trying to Save the Terminators, REALLY?, from what do they need saving. Tern=minator: Salvation not only makes clear it is another episode in the series but also seems to clarify the use of the term Salvation.<shrugs>

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