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 and Warner Bros., directed by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, whose blend of stop-motion aesthetics with full CGI reinvented what a toy-brand tie-in could achieve. It grossed over $469 million worldwide and earned a Golden Globe nomination, praised for its self-aware humor and surprising emotional depth beneath the merchandising premise. The film also introduced audiences to a scene-stealing take on a familiar hero, one that would spin off into its own feature two years later, cementing this version's place in modern animation history.
This cell holds Batman, the film's brooding, self-absorbed take on the Caped Crusader, voiced with deadpan swagger by Will Arnett. Collectors seek this character because his parody of the grim superhero archetype became one of the movie's most quoted and merchandised elements, a comedic anchor amid Emmet's earnest journey. As a single 35mm frame, this piece represents a tangible artifact of the film's photochemical production trail, a physical link to the character's presence within the finished picture, independent of any particular scene's dialogue or plot context.
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; spacing appears even and the punched holes appear cleanly formed with no visible tearing.
Soundtrack
A variable-area optical track is visible along the bottom edge, appearing as a dual-bilateral (two-track) waveform pattern running the full length of the strip.
Edge print
Not visible in this capture at sufficient resolution to read any key numbers, manufacturer text, or SAFETY FILM legend.
Base & colour
The base shows a cyan-tinted clear stock consistent with modern color print film; the dye image appears warm-toned with strong yellow and orange values, no visible fading or red shift.
Projection history
No visible splices, cue marks, or heavy scratching are apparent; the image surface appears consistent with a projected release print.
Picture
Positive color image; all three frames appear to be consecutive frames from a single shot, and the Batman logo visible on a costume prop is consistent with the animated feature on record.
Era check
The cyan-base color stock, dual-bilateral optical soundtrack, and Kodak-style perforation pattern are all consistent with a 35mm 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 000063893
Original Film CaptureAs received
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