National Film Vault

FILM NOTES

The Punisher arrived in April 2004 through Lionsgate Films, marking the studio's growing ambition in action and genre cinema during a period when Marvel properties were being aggressively adapted for the screen. Directed by Jonathan Hensleigh, the film represented a grittier, more revenge-driven take on the Marvel Comics antihero, distinguishing itself from the lighter superhero fare of the era.

This cell captures the Lionsgate Films production logo card from the opening credits sequence, the very first frames a theater audience would have encountered when the film began. As a 35mm element from the opening credits, it represents the studio's identity as it appeared on screen in 2004, a tangible artifact from the film's theatrical presentation.