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
The Lego Movie arrived from Warner Bros. in early 2014, directed by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, and quickly became one of the studio's most celebrated animated releases of the decade. Built from a premise that risked feeling like an extended toy commercial, it instead delivered sharp satire, genuine heart, and a visual style that mimicked stop motion within a fully computer animated frame. Its success proved that family animation could carry both broad comedy and cultural commentary, and it cemented a franchise that continues to draw both children and adult collectors into its brick built universe.
This cell preserves Batman, voiced by Will Arnett, in a moment marked by an overhead vantage point. Arnett's version of the character became an instant fan favorite for its brooding self absorption played entirely for laughs, a comic counterpoint to the more familiar caped crusader. An overhead angle suggests a wider view of the action, the kind of framing directors use to place a single figure within a larger world or set piece. For collectors, this piece captures a defining voice performance from a film that reshaped how audiences saw a very serious hero.
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 visible tearing or distortion.
Soundtrack
A variable-area optical track is visible along the lower edge, appearing as a dual bilateral waveform; Dolby Digital data blocks are also visible 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
Base appears neutral to very slightly warm; dye image shows rich amber and deep black tones with no visible fading or colour 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 The Lego Movie (2014).
Era check
The combination of dual bilateral variable-area optical track and Dolby Digital inter-perforation data blocks is consistent with a standard theatrical release print from the 2010s 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 000063882
Original Film CaptureAs received
Photographed on the light panel at intake, before encapsulation — tap to open full size
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