The film had its official premiere held at Los Angeles' now-defunct Mann Plaza Theater on June 25, 1996. It was then screened privately at the White House for President Bill Clinton and his family before receiving a nationwide release in the United States on July 2, 1996, a day earlier than its previously scheduled opening. During its initial theatrical release, the film as well as distributor 20th Century Fox and then-owned Lucasfilm Ltd. THX introduced a new CGI trailer featuring the eventual new character mascot Tex, who was created by John Lasseter of Pixar Animation Studios (fresh off of "Toy Story" half a year prior) and Industrial Light & Magic. The trailer would later be seen in theatres and on older home media prints of early Pixar films from "A Bug's Life" to "Cars", though the trailer was not shown on its original home media release of another Pixar film, "The Incredibles".