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 in 2014 from Warner Animation Group, directed by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, and quickly became one of the defining animated features of its decade. Built from the beloved building block toy line, it married sharp comedy with genuine visual invention, using CG animation to mimic the texture of physical bricks. Its success proved that a film built on a toy license could still carry wit, heart, and cultural commentary, and it spawned a franchise while cementing the directing pair's reputation for reinvigorating familiar material with unexpected depth.
This piece preserves Wyldstyle, also known as Lucy, one of the franchise's central figures and a favorite among collectors for her role as the confident, capable counterpart to Emmet's everyman hero. She embodies the film's rebel spirit, master builder skill, and independent streak. A 35mm frame bearing her name and likeness represents a physical artifact from the movie's actual theatrical print, a tangible fragment of the film stock itself rather than a reproduction, making it a compact piece of the picture's production history.
Authentication Findings8 checks
Consistent with a 35mm theatrical release print of The Lego Movie (2014).
Gauge
35mm, four perforations per frame visible 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 variable-area optical track is visible running along one edge beside the picture area, appearing as a dual-bilateral (two-track) configuration; Dolby Digital data blocks are visible in the inter-perforation gaps on the same edge, consistent with a combined optical/digital soundtrack strip.
Edge print
Not visible in this capture at sufficient resolution to read manufacturer codes or key numbers.
Base & colour
Base shows a cyan-tinted clear stock; the dye image appears warm with strong amber and deep shadow rendering, consistent with a colour release print.
Projection history
No visible scratches, splice marks or cue marks seen.
Picture
Positive colour image; all three frames appear to be consecutive frames from a single shot, and the animated character style is consistent with the computer-animated feature on record.
Era check
The combination of dual-bilateral optical track, Dolby Digital inter-perforation data blocks, and cyan-base colour stock is consistent with a 35mm theatrical release print from the 2010s era of the film 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 000063853
Original Film CaptureAs received
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