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
FILM NOTES
Warner Bros. released The Lego Movie in early 2014, a rare instance of a toy-licensed production earning genuine critical acclaim alongside box office success. Directed by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, the film turned what could have been a straightforward promotional exercise into a sharp, self-aware comedy about creativity and conformity, anchored by Everything Is Awesome and a sprawling voice cast. It expanded the brand into franchise territory while proving animated features built from existing properties could still carry real wit and heart, cementing its place among the decade's most surprising studio successes.
This cell preserves the opening title card, the frame where the film formally announces itself before the story begins. Such cards are prized by collectors as the threshold moment of a picture, the point where studio, distributor, and creative voice first meet the audience on screen. Coming at the very start of The Lego Movie, this card marks the entry into Emmet's world and the visual language the film would sustain throughout its runtime, making it a foundational artifact for anyone assembling a complete record of the release.
Authentication Findings8 checks
Consistent with a 35mm theatrical release print of The Lego Movie (2014).
Gauge
35mm, four perforations per frame on both edges; the strip holds three frames.
Perforations
Four per frame on each edge, evenly spaced; punched holes appear cleanly cut with no visible tearing or distortion.
Soundtrack
A variable-area optical track is visible along the bottom edge, appearing as a dual bilateral variable-area pattern, with what appears to be a Dolby Digital data block strip also present between the perforations on the lower edge.
Edge print
Not visible in this capture at sufficient resolution to quote specific key numbers or manufacturer codes.
Base & colour
Base appears with a slight cyan-teal tint consistent with modern polyester stock; dye image appears neutral with no visible fading or red shift.
Projection history
No visible scratches, splice marks, or cue marks seen in this capture.
Picture
Positive image; three consecutive frames appear to show the same title card shot, consistent with a title sequence from The Lego Movie (2014).
Era check
The dual bilateral variable-area optical track, apparent Dolby Digital data blocks, polyester base tint, and positive print format 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 000063879
Original Film CaptureAs received
Photographed on the light panel at intake, before encapsulation — tap to open full size
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