The rules don't make it clear. The full ruling on studios is as follows -

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Studios
List the Studios in the following priority.

    * Theatrical Release Studio(s)
    * Production Company(s)

Enter the DVD publishing company which is usually found (dated with the year of the DVD release) on the back of the box. If the DVD Publishing company isn't located on the box or packaging, take the DVD publisher from the disc's credits.

Do not abbreviate Studio names. e.g, use Universal Pictures not just Universal; The Criterion Collection rather than Criterion or Criterion Collection; Walt Disney Pictures not just Disney or Disney DVD. Exception: If the studio name is too long to fit, use standard abbreviation rules.

Omit company suffixes such as LLC, Ltd., Inc.

Omit any locality-specific suffix. e.g. Enter Paramount Home Entertainment, not Paramount Home Entertainment (UK)

There is further information about correct names for studios, and the opportunity to ask questions if unsure, in the Contributions forum.

That only gives us the order that they should be listed in, not where they come from.

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That much I knew, I suppose I thought that the best source for the theatrical release studios has always been accepted as the Film credits.

Unfortunately, the credits don't always show the "correct names for studios" the rules say we're after.

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Quoting Graveworm:

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That much I knew, I suppose I thought that the best source for the theatrical release studios has always been accepted as the Film credits.

Unfortunately, the credits don't always show the "correct names for studios" the rules say we're after.

Based on the Rules, how do you come to that conclusion. And how do you define correct names, is it some random common name created by you, is it the legal name of the Studio, is it based on the Actual film credits for a given film, or some fiction.

Since everything we do is based on ACTUAL data from the DVD, then the On Screen credits would be the determining factor and while from film to film we may not see much change, era to era we certainly will see variations in Studio names which are historically very important. While an alias system might be useful, a system such as we have for Cast and crew I NEVER want to see. Studios are subject to even more variation internationally than Cast and Crew and I do not wish to the database ravaged by a renegade user who has decided that the Studio data is the same across all copies and versions of a film.

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What, you think I am referring to someone in particular. You want to provide a list? There are at least a half-dozen users i am aware of who could fit this bill, surfeur.

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We are not talking about the correct name for studios here but the actual studios and the order of the studios. In a few examples I have seen contributed and have personally checked the box differs from the opening credits. Which one do we go with?

Quoting Graveworm:

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We are not talking about the correct name for studios here but the actual studios and the order of the studios. In a few examples I have seen contributed and have personally checked the box differs from the opening credits. Which one do we go with?

I think the rules are quite clear here.  The data from the DVD takes precedence.

I also wanted to confirm this...

A lot of Alliance releases in Canada list Alliance Films in the credits on the back, usually the first one listed.  But when watching the credits Alliance is nowhere to be found.  Just wanted to confirm that the film credits are the correct source and Alliance should be listed as the media company (in the name listed, as it changes quite a bit for them)

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I also wanted to confirm this...

A lot of Alliance releases in Canada list Alliance Films in the credits on the back, usually the first one listed.  But when watching the credits Alliance is nowhere to be found.  Just wanted to confirm that the film credits are the correct source and Alliance should be listed as the media company (in the name listed, as it changes quite a bit for them)

Alliance is generally just the media company. I think I own four, maybe five, releases where Alliance appears during the film credits. They usually have nothing to do with the actual film and only act as the distributor of the dvd/blu-ray. If it's not in the credits and only on the back, I've always listed it in the media companies section.