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 February 2014, directed by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, and immediately reset expectations for what a toy-brand animated feature could be. Built on stop motion-style CGI rendered to mimic actual brick construction, it married a sprawling meta narrative about creativity and conformity with genuine box office and critical success, eventually spawning a franchise. Its willingness to fold in "the real world" alongside the Lego universe made it a talking point well beyond the usual family film audience, and it remains a touchstone for character-driven franchise animation.
This cell draws its name from the film's climactic passage into the human world above the Lego universe, a sequence central to the story's emotional and structural turn. Unikitty appears here, one of the Master Builders whose bright temperament made her a favorite among fans and merchandise collectors alike. A cell tied to this cosmic transition carries weight for anyone assembling frames from the film's key structural beats, marking the moment the story's two layers of reality begin to intersect.
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 and cleanly punched with no visible torn or deformed holes.
Soundtrack
A variable-area optical track with two tracks is visible along the bottom edge, alongside what appears to be a Dolby Digital data block pattern in the inter-perforation gaps on the lower edge.
Edge print
Not visible in this capture at sufficient resolution to read any key numbers or manufacturer text.
Base & colour
The base shows a cyan-tinted stock consistent with modern colour print film; the dye image appears neutral with strong, saturated colour rendition and no visible fading or red shift.
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 continuous shot, consistent with an animated feature matching The Lego Movie (2014).
Era check
The cyan-base colour print stock, dual variable-area optical track, and Dolby Digital inter-perforation data blocks are all consistent with a 2014 theatrical release print.
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 000063866
Original Film CaptureAs received
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