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
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FILM NOTES
The Lego Movie arrived from Warner Bros. Pictures and Warner Animation Group in February 2014, directed by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, and quickly became one of the most talked about animated films of its decade. Built from a beloved toy line, it surprised audiences and critics alike with its wit, visual invention, and surprisingly emotional core, earning acclaim well beyond typical family fare and cementing itself as a modern animation landmark that balanced corporate origins with genuine artistic ambition.
This cell preserves a moment featuring Wyldstyle, also known as Lucy, one of the film's defining figures and a favorite among collectors for her independence and pivotal role in the story's journey toward creativity and self belief. As a key supporting presence in the master builder world, she represents rebellion against conformity, making any frame bearing her name a meaningful artifact. Whether drawn from a trailer moment or a scene excerpt, a 35mm cell like this offers a tangible piece of the film's visual identity, tying the physical medium directly to a character central to its enduring appeal.
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; punched edges appear clean with no torn or deformed holes visible.
Soundtrack
A blue-tinted decorative border obscures the area beside the picture where soundtrack tracks would normally run; no optical track, Dolby Digital blocks, DTS timecode line, or SDDS strips are visible in this capture.
Edge print
Not visible in this capture.
Base & colour
Base appears with a slight warm-amber tint consistent with a colour dye-coupler image; dye saturation appears rich 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 consecutive frames from a single shot, and the animated character style is consistent with the computer-animated production of The Lego Movie (2014).
Era check
A 35mm colour positive release print with this perforation layout is consistent with a 2014 theatrical release, as 35mm prints were still in distribution alongside digital formats at that time.
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 000063861
Original Film CaptureAs received
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