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 from Warner Animation Group in February 2014, a wide theatrical release that turned a toy line into a genuine piece of pop cinema. Directed by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, it won over audiences and critics alike with its rapid visual wit and surprising emotional core, becoming a rare family blockbuster that doubled as sharp commentary on creativity versus conformity. Its success reshaped how studios approached brand-driven animation for the rest of the decade.
This cell holds Emmet Brickowski, the ordinary construction worker mistaken for a prophesied hero, the everyman at the center of the story's rise from anonymity to purpose. Collectors seek Emmet frames because he is the emotional anchor of the film, the figure whose journey from instruction-following conformist to inventive leader carries its message. A single 35mm cell of Emmet, without further context, stands as a fragment of that arc, a quiet artifact from a film built entirely from constructed pieces, fitting for a character whose whole identity is assembly.
Authentication Findings8 checks
Consistent with a 35mm theatrical release print of The Lego Movie (2014).
Gauge
35mm, four perforations per frame visible on both edges; the strip holds three frames.
Perforations
Four per frame on both edges, evenly spaced, cleanly punched with no torn or deformed holes visible.
Soundtrack
A variable-area optical track is visible running along one edge beside the picture area, appearing as a dual bilateral waveform pattern.
Edge print
Not visible in this capture.
Base & colour
Base appears with a slight cyan-teal tint consistent with modern safety stock; dye image reads as neutral with no visible fading or colour shift.
Projection history
No scratches, splice marks, or cue marks are visible on this strip.
Picture
Positive colour image; all three frames appear to be from the same continuous shot and are consistent with a release print of The Lego Movie (2014).
Era check
The dual bilateral variable-area optical track and cyan-tinted polyester base are consistent with a 2014-era 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 000063954
Original Film CaptureAs received
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