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
Released by Warner Animation Group in February 2014, The Lego Movie arrived as an unlikely triumph, turning a toy-line premise into a sharp, self-aware animated feature. Directed by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, it won over critics and audiences alike with its blend of meta-humor, genuine heart, and dazzling stop-motion-style CG craftsmanship. Its success proved that a film built around a beloved brand could still deliver original storytelling, launching an enduring franchise and cementing the movie's place as a defining animated release of the 2010s.
This cell brings together three of the film's central figures: Emmet Brickowski, the ordinary everyman thrust into an extraordinary destiny; Wyldstyle, the sharp, independent fighter who guides him; and Batman, the self-important hero whose ego provides much of the film's comic tension. A frame pairing these three speaks to the heart of the story's dynamic, the unlikely alliance driving the plot forward. For collectors, this grouping represents a key relational moment, the kind of ensemble still that anchors the film's themes of teamwork and identity, making it a desirable piece for anyone tracing the movie's narrative arc through physical film.
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 as a white waveform band running along the lower edge beside the picture, with a second blue-tinted stripe consistent with a Dolby SR or digital hybrid track area.
Edge print
Not visible in this capture at sufficient resolution to read any key numbers or manufacturer text.
Base & colour
Base shows a cyan-blue tint consistent with a colour print stock; dye image appears warm-yellow in the lit areas with dense black in the unexposed regions.
Projection history
No splices, cue marks or prominent scratches are visible in this capture.
Picture
Positive colour image; the three frames appear to run consecutively as a single continuous shot, and the animated character content is consistent with The Lego Movie (2014).
Era check
The variable-area optical track with a dual-stripe appearance, cyan-tinted base stock, and positive colour print format are all consistent with a 35mm theatrical release print from the 2014 era.
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 000063871
Original Film CaptureAs received
Photographed on the light panel at intake, before encapsulation — tap to open full size
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