<Tr> <Th> Box office </Th> <Td> $470 million </Td> </Tr> <P> The Lego Movie is a 2014 3D computer - animated adventure comedy film written for the screen and directed by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller from a story by Lord, Miller and Dan and Kevin Hageman . Based on the Lego line of construction toys, the story focuses on an ordinary Lego minifigure who finds himself being the only one to help a resistance stop a tyrannical businessman from gluing everything in the Lego worlds into his vision of perfection . Chris Pratt, Will Ferrell, Elizabeth Banks, Will Arnett, Nick Offerman, Alison Brie, Charlie Day, Liam Neeson and Morgan Freeman provide their voices for the film's main characters . </P> <P> The film was released on February 7, 2014, by Warner Bros. Pictures . It became a critical and commercial success, grossing $469 million worldwide against a $60 million budget and receiving praise for its visual style, humor, voice cast and heartwarming message . The film won the BAFTA Award for Best Animated Film, the Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Animated Feature and the Saturn Award for Best Animated Film; it was also nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Animated Feature Film and received an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Song for "Everything Is Awesome". </P> <P> The film has since expanded into a major franchise which ties into the Lego brand, with a sequel to the film, entitled The Lego Movie Sequel, scheduled for release on February 8, 2019 . A spin - off film, The Lego Batman Movie, was released to theaters on February 10, 2017, with a second spin - off, The Lego Ninjago Movie, released September 22, 2017, a third spin - off, The Billion Brick Race, planned for development, a TV series, Unikitty!, based on the character from this film and a 4D film based on the film itself, entitled The Lego Movie: 4D - A New Adventure, released to Legoland parks across the world after its premiere at Legoland Florida on January 29, 2016 . The film was dedicated to the memory of Kathleen Fleming, the former director of entertainment development of the Lego company, following her death in Cancún, Mexico in April 2013 . </P>

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