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 Bros. and Warner Animation Group in February 2014, a rare theatrical outing built from a licensed toy line that critics expected to be disposable and audiences instead embraced as sharp, self-aware comedy. Directed by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, it became a box office success and a genuine cultural touchstone, later spawning sequels and spinoffs. Its blend of stop-motion-style animation, meta humor, and genuine sentiment about creativity marked it as one of the more surprising studio achievements of the decade.
This cell centers on Wyldstyle, the sharp, resourceful Master Builder whose skepticism toward Emmet drives much of the film's early tension and eventual heart. Her pairing here with Vitruvius, the blind prophet guiding the Special's journey, and Batman, her on-again romantic complication and comic foil, situates the frame within the film's core ensemble dynamics. Collectors seek Wyldstyle material for her design and narrative centrality, and a grouping like this reflects the interplay between mentorship, romance, and rivalry that anchors the story's midsection.
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 edges appear clean with no torn or missing perforations visible.
Soundtrack
A variable-area optical track is visible along the bottom edge, appearing as a dual bilateral (two-track) white waveform pattern on a blue-tinted strip; Dolby Digital data blocks are also visible in the inter-perforation gaps on the bottom edge.
Edge print
Top edge reads (mirrored): '2 3 8 3 3 8 8 1 5 0 5 9 3 9 K O D A K D 2 0 1 3'
Base & colour
The base shows a cyan-tinted clear stock consistent with a colour print; the dye image appears rich and not visibly faded or red-shifted.
Projection history
No visible splices, cue marks, or heavy scratching are apparent; the surface appears consistent with a projected release print.
Picture
Positive colour image; all three frames appear to be consecutive frames from a single continuous shot, and the animated imagery is consistent with The Lego Movie (2014).
Era check
The Kodak 2013 stock edge code, dual bilateral optical track with Dolby Digital inter-perforation data blocks, and cyan base are all consistent with a 35mm theatrical release print from the 2014 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 000063969
Original Film CaptureAs received
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