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 premiered in 2014, a Warner Bros./Warner Animation Group production that redefined what a toy-brand tie-in film could be. Directed by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, it married stop-motion-style CG animation with sharp satire and genuine heart, becoming both a box office hit and a critical favorite. Its success launched an entire franchise and proved that a film built around a plastic toy line could carry real wit, philosophy, and emotional stakes, earning it a lasting place in animated film history.
This cell preserves a frame of Vitruvius, the blind wizard whose prophecy sets the entire plot in motion. As one of the film's mentor figures and a source of much of its comic and philosophical dialogue, he's a favorite among collectors drawn to the film's blend of humor and mysticism. A 35mm cell bearing his likeness represents a physical fragment of the movie's visual identity, a tactile link to its theatrical run, appealing to fans who want a piece of its foundational storytelling presence rather than just its action sequences.
Authentication Findings8 checks
Consistent with a 35mm Dolby Digital composite 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 composite optical track is visible along one edge, showing a variable-area optical track alongside Dolby Digital inter-perforation data blocks, consistent with a standard theatrical release composite print.
Edge print
Not visible in this capture.
Base & colour
Base carries a cyan tint typical of Kodak Vision or Fuji release print stock; colour dyes appear stable and fully saturated with no apparent fading.
Projection history
No scratches, splice marks, or cue marks are visible.
Picture
Positive colour image; three consecutive frames from one continuous shot; animated content is consistent with The Lego Movie (2014).
Era check
The Dolby Digital inter-perforation data blocks combined with a variable-area optical track and cyan-base colour stock are all consistent with a mid-2010s theatrical 35mm 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 000063951
Original Film CaptureAs received
Photographed on the light panel at intake, before encapsulation — tap to open full size
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