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The Lego Movie(2014)
Released
2014 · FILM

The Lego Movie

An ordinary construction worker discovers he’s the prophesied “Special” destined to wield a mystical brick that can stop a tyrannical businessman’s world‑freezing superglue, forcing him to rally an unlikely crew and outwit relentless henchmen before reality is permanently glued shut.

“The story of a nobody who saved everybody.”

Directed by
Phil Lord, Christopher Miller
Written by
Phil Lord, Christopher Miller
Rated
BBFC · U
Runtime
100 min
ActionAdventureAnimation

Synopsis

An ordinary Lego mini-figure, mistakenly believed to be the extraordinary MasterBuilder, is recruited to join a quest to stop an evil Lego tyrant from conquering the universe.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 213+ credited

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by David BurrowsShot by Pablo PlaistedScored by Mark MothersbaughDesigned by Grant FreckeltonSound by Bob Eber

Box Office

2014 · Box office

💰 Box-office hit — grossed 7.8× its budget

Why 2.5×?

Cinemas keep roughly half of every ticket sold, and a wide release’s marketing often costs about as much again as the film — so a movie needs to gross around 2.5× its production budget just to break even theatrically. It’s a rule of thumb, not the studio’s ledger (home video and streaming come later).

Worldwide gross

$470.8M

Budget$60.0M
Worldwide gross$470.8M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $257.8M — 55% of worldwide · International: $213.0M (45%)

Opening weekend: $69.1M — 27% of its US run.

Opening week (7-day): $80.3M — 31% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 3,775 theaters

Full synopsis

Also known as

  • Der LEGO Filmde
  • Legode
  • The Lego Moviede
  • (Dutch)De Lego Film
  • La grande aventure legofr
Release dates around the world5 countries · show
  • DenmarkFeb 1, 2014
  • United StatesFeb 1, 2014
  • United Arab EmiratesFeb 6, 2014
  • ArgentinaFeb 6, 2014
  • BoliviaFeb 6, 2014

Companies

ProductionWarner Bros., Village Roadshow Pictures, RatPac-Dune Entertainment

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