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
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FILM NOTES
Warner Bros. released The Lego Movie in early 2014, a co-production with Village Roadshow that turned a toy line into a genuine cinematic event. Directed by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, it married stop-motion-style CGI with a deep bench of licensed characters from across pop culture, earning strong reviews and box office well beyond typical family fare. Its success reshaped how studios approached brand-driven animation and proved that a film built around a children's construction toy could carry sharp satire and genuine emotional stakes for adult audiences too.
This cell preserves a frame featuring Superman, voiced by Channing Tatum, alongside Marsha, Queen of the Mermaids, voiced by Amanda Farinos. Superman's inclusion draws collectors interested in DC crossover appearances within Warner's own animated universe, a rare wink at corporate synergy played for comedy. Marsha, Queen of the Mermaids represents one of the film's many quick cameo characters populating its ensemble universe of Master Builders. Together they mark a shared-scene moment, the kind of pairing prized by collectors who track unusual character combinations across a single frame of film.
Authentication Findings8 checks
Consistent with a 35mm theatrical release print of The Lego Movie (2014).
Gauge
35mm, four perforations per frame on both edges; the strip holds three frames.
Perforations
Four per frame on each edge, evenly spaced; punched edges appear clean with no visible tearing.
Soundtrack
A variable-area optical track is visible running along one edge beside the picture area, with what appears to be a Dolby Digital data-block strip in the inter-perforation zone on the same edge.
Edge print
Not visible in this capture at sufficient resolution to read any key numbers or manufacturer text.
Base & colour
Base appears with a slight cyan-blue tint consistent with modern polyester stock; dye image reads as neutral with no visible colour shift or fading.
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 shot, and the animated LEGO character content is consistent with The Lego Movie (2014).
Era check
The combination of polyester base, Dolby Digital data blocks between perforations, and variable-area optical track is consistent with a 35mm theatrical release print from the 2010s.
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 000063974
Original Film CaptureAs received
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