The film opens without any opening credits. The title of the film is stated just before the closing credits.
"The Director (Tom Hooper) would like to thank his parents Meredith Hooper and Richard Hooper, Rachel Hooper, Ben Hooper and Roger Mortimer for introducing him to musicals."
"Special thanks to all the casts and creative teams that have kept LES MISERABLES so thrillingly alive on stage since 1985 and everyone at Cameron Mackintosh for their unstinting devotion to our darling Cosette."
The first six seconds of the Universal Pictures logo are cut out, fading in when the studio's name starts to fly over the globe.