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
The Lego Movie arrived from Warner Animation Group in 2014, directed by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, and reshaped what a toy-brand feature could be. Built almost entirely from CG that mimicked stop motion Lego pieces, it paired anarchic humor with genuine craft, becoming both a box office success and a critical favorite. Its "Everything Is Awesome" ethos and meta commentary on creativity versus conformity gave it staying power well beyond a typical licensed film, and it remains a touchstone of 2010s animation for embracing its plastic medium rather than hiding it.
This cell brings together the film's central trio: Vitruvius, the blind mentor prophet; Emmet Brickowski, the ordinary construction worker mistaken for the Special; and Wyldstyle, the sharp-witted rebel who guides him. A three-character grouping like this speaks to the heart of the story, the moment the ordinary hero is drawn into a larger cause alongside his guide and his love interest. For collectors, having all three together in one frame set is prized, since it captures the film's central relationship in a single reel segment rather than isolated character shots.
Authentication Findings8 checks
Consistent with a 35mm theatrical 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
A Dolby Digital data block pattern is visible in the inter-perforation gaps on one edge, consistent with a theatrical release print carrying multiple format tracks; a variable-area optical track is also visible running beside the picture area.
Edge print
Not visible in this capture at sufficient resolution to quote characters reliably.
Base & colour
Base shows a cyan-teal tint typical of modern colour print stock; dye image appears neutral with no visible red shift or fading.
Projection history
No splices, cue marks or prominent scratches are visible; the image surface appears consistent with a projected print.
Picture
Positive colour image; the three frames appear to be consecutive frames from a single continuous shot, and the animated brick-world imagery is consistent with the CGI animated feature on record.
Era check
The combination of Dolby Digital inter-perforation data blocks, variable-area optical track, and cyan-tinted polyester base stock is consistent with a mid-2010s theatrical release print, matching the 2014 release date on record.
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 000063851
Original Film CaptureAs received
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