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, a co-production spanning studios in Australia and the United States, directed by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller. It became an unexpected critical and commercial triumph, praised for turning a toy licence into a sharp, self-aware comedy about creativity versus conformity. Its success reshaped how studios approached brand-driven animation, proving audiences would embrace wit alongside merchandising. The film's cultural footprint extended well beyond children's entertainment, earning it a lasting place in discussions of 2010s animated cinema.
This cell centers on Emmet Brickowski, the ordinary construction worker whose accidental rise to "Special" status drives the entire story. Collectors seek Emmet material because he anchors the film's emotional and comedic core, the everyman thrust into a prophecy he never asked for. A cell bearing only his name suggests a foundational frame, one used to introduce or represent him within promotional material, trailer cuts, or studio archives. Such pieces matter to collectors as touchstones of character identity, preserving the moment Emmet exists simply as himself before the chaos of the plot unfolds around him.
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; punched edges appear clean with no torn or missing perforations visible.
Soundtrack
A variable-area optical track is visible running along one edge beside the picture area, appearing as a two-track variable-area format; Dolby Digital data blocks are visible in the inter-perforation gaps on the same edge, indicating a hybrid optical/Dolby Digital soundtrack configuration.
Edge print
Not visible in this capture at the resolution provided; no legible key numbers or manufacturer text can be read.
Base & colour
Base appears neutral to very slightly warm; dye image shows strong, saturated colour with no visible fading or red shift.
Projection history
No visible scratches, splice marks, or cue marks are apparent in this capture.
Picture
Positive colour image; all three frames appear to be consecutive frames from a single continuous shot, and the animated LEGO character and cityscape imagery is consistent with The Lego Movie (2014).
Era check
The hybrid variable-area optical plus Dolby Digital inter-perforation data block soundtrack configuration is consistent with a standard theatrical 35mm release print from the 2010s era, 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 000063870
Original Film CaptureAs received
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