Are the two New Line credits referring to separate entities?  I don't know and would have left it alone based on that.

Usually, the 'presents' part indicates the Theatrical Release Studio.  I would list all three in the order given.

I would vote for this order:
1) New Line Cinema
2) New Line Productions
3) 3 Arts Entertainment

New Line Productions is clearly referring to the production of the movie (production studio). New Line Cinema has always been the theatrical release studio. The logo at the start of the movie indicates that as well.

I don't have this DVD, so I can't check this myself. From the info given I would go for this.

It should be in this order:
1) New Line Productions
2) New Line Cinema
3) 3 Arts Entertainment

We use the writen words of the studio companies not their logos

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I would vote for this order:
1) New Line Cinema
2) New Line Productions
3) 3 Arts Entertainment

New Line Productions is clearly referring to the production of the movie (production studio). New Line Cinema has always been the theatrical release studio. The logo at the start of the movie indicates that as well.

The wording of the credit says otherwise.  As you can see below, and in the original post, the credit clearly says 'a New Line Cinema production'.

This is a fairly common credit style and breaks down as follows:

New Line Productions presents  <--Theatrical Release Studio
a New Line Cinema production  <-- Primary Production Company
in association with 3 Arts Entertainment  <-- Secondary Production Company

Except that "New Line Cinema" simply isn't their production arm but their theatrical releasing arm, and "New Line Productions" isn't their theatrical release arm, but their production arm. Seeing as this is a National Lampoon's film, maybe they messed this up on purpose? Also, a quick check around the net shows that every source lists "New Line Cinema" as theatrical distributor, including sites like mpaa.org and filmratings.com...

Beware of the llamas!

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None of that matters.

The rules explicitly don't tell us to enter the studios in the order that they appear on-screen. Instead, they tell us to list the theatrical release studio first, and the production company second. Well, "New Line Cinema" is the theatrical release studio, and "New Line Productions" is the production company. I'm glad to see this is supported by the poll results.

I agree

I understand what T!M is saying but as others have said we need to take the information from what is shown on screen as we don't know if it was intentional or not.