Animal Logic · Village Roadshow Pictures · The Lego Group · 101 min
Box office
$469.2M worldwide on a $60M budget
Honors
British Academy Film Awards — 1 winNational Board of Review — 1 winAnnie Awards — 1 nominationCritics' Choice Movie Award — 1 winAll 3 wins · 2 nominations on record
British Academy Film Awards: BAFTA's Children & Young People Award - Feature Film
National Board of Review: National Board of Review: Top Ten Films
Critics' Choice Movie Award: Best Animated Feature
Scholarship
Named in the title of 14 peer-reviewed works
Examples
The LEGO Movie — University of Texas Press eBooks, 2020
The Lego Movie, 2022
The LEGO Movie as Savvy Cinema — University of Texas Press eBooks, 2020
Sources: Wikidata · OpenAlex · Library of Congress. The record of the motion picture, not an assessment of this cell.
FILM NOTES
Warner Bros. released The Lego Movie in February 2014, a computer-animated feature built from Lego's toy universe that surprised the industry by pairing brand-driven premise with genuine critical acclaim. Directed by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, it became a box office success and a touchstone for how licensed properties could carry sharp writing and visual invention. Its influence extended into sequels, spinoffs, and a broader reconsideration of animated family films as vehicles for wit rather than mere merchandising.
This cell preserves Wyldstyle, also known as Lucy, one of the film's central figures and a favorite among collectors drawn to her dual identity as rebel and love interest within the Master Builder world. As a 35mm frame, it belongs to the physical record of the production rather than any single scene description, offering a tangible artifact of a character whose presence anchors much of the story's momentum and thematic tension between conformity and creativity.
Authentication Findings8 checks
Consistent with a 35mm colour release print of The Lego Movie (2014)
Gauge
35mm, confirmed by four perforations per frame on both edges; the strip holds three frames
Perforations
Four per frame on both edges, evenly spaced, cleanly punched with no torn or deformed holes visible
Soundtrack
Not visible in this capture; the area beside the picture frames is obscured by the strip's mounting or cropping
Edge print
Not visible in this capture
Base & colour
Base appears neutral to very slightly warm; dye image shows strong, saturated colour with no visible fading
Projection history
No scratches, splice marks or cue marks are visible in this capture
Picture
Positive colour image; all three frames appear to be from the same shot and show animated content consistent with The Lego Movie (2014)
Era check
A 35mm colour positive print with saturated dye and clean perforations is consistent with a 2014 theatrical release print era
Read from the original intake capture shown below. Observations only — film is authenticated, not graded.
This original motion picture film element has been examined and authenticated by Crown Grading in partnership with National Film Vault, and encapsulated for archival preservation.
Why so little survivesRelease prints were leased to theaters, not sold. When the run ended they went back to the distributor to be destroyed, and most were. What collectors hold today came from the prints that escaped that order, and no new 35mm prints of these films are being struck.
CROWN SERIAL 000063848
Original Film CaptureAs received
Photographed on the light panel at intake, before encapsulation — tap to open full size
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