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The Lego Movie

2014 PG 1h 40m Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family Warner Bros.

The story of a nobody who saved everybody.

Box office summary

Opening Weekend
$69.1M
3-day opening
Domestic Total
$258.4M
Final
Worldwide Total
$467.2M
$208.9M international
Domestic Legs3.74x
Budget$60.0M
2014 Rank#5
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Cast & Crew

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Phil Lord Phil Lord Director Christopher Miller Christopher Miller Director Chris Pratt Chris Pratt Starring Elizabeth Banks Elizabeth Banks Starring Will Arnett Will Arnett Starring Morgan Freeman Morgan Freeman Starring
ScreenplayPhil Lord, Christopher Miller Produced byDan Lin, Phil Lord, Christopher Miller, Roy Lee CinematographyPablo Plaisted MusicMark Mothersbaugh StudioWarner Bros. SeriesThe Lego Movie
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The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Feb 7-9 1 $69.1M 3,775 $18,291 $69.1M
2 Feb 14-16 1 $49.8M −27.8% 3,775 $13,204 $130.1M
3 Feb 21-23 1 $31.3M −37.2% 3,890 $8,048 $183.0M
4 Feb 28-30 3 $20.8M −33.5% 3,770 $5,525 $209.1M
5 Mar 7-9 4 $10.9M −47.6% 3,290 $3,317 $224.9M
6 Mar 14-16 6 $7.7M −29.4% 3,040 $2,533 $236.9M
7 Mar 21-23 9 $4.1M −46.1% 2,501 $1,659 $243.4M
8 Mar 28-30 11 $3.0M −27.3% 2,001 $1,508 $248.2M
9 Apr 4-6 13 $1.4M −53.5% 1,350 $1,039 $250.6M
10 Apr 11-13 15 $502.0K −64.2% 610 $823 $251.6M
11 Apr 18-20 18 $399.5K −20.4% 340 $1,175 $252.3M
12 Apr 25-27 20 $356.0K −10.9% 303 $1,175 $252.8M
13 May 2-4 23 $228.9K −35.7% 220 $1,041 $253.1M
14 May 9-11 18 $488.4K +113.4% 401 $1,218 $253.7M
15 May 16-18 16 $524.6K +7.4% 355 $1,478 $254.3M
16 May 23-25 20 $407.3K −22.4% 323 $1,261 $254.9M
17 May 30-32 20 $276.5K −32.1% 302 $916 $255.4M
18 Jun 6-8 18 $288.1K +4.2% 274 $1,051 $255.9M
19 Jun 13-15 24 $227.2K −21.1% 274 $829 $256.3M
20 Jun 20-22 27 $172.6K −24.0% 315 $548 $256.7M
21 Jun 27-29 28 $146.5K −15.1% 335 $437 $257.0M
22 Jul 4-6 38 $64.0K −56.4% 240 $267 $257.2M
23 Jul 11-13 37 $78.6K +22.9% 350 $225 $257.3M
24 Jul 18-20 41 $42.3K −46.2% 202 $209 $257.5M
25 Jul 25-27 49 $36.4K −13.9% 202 $180 $257.6M
26 Aug 1-3 71 $7.0K −80.9% 38 $183 $257.7M
27 Aug 8-10 82 $4.3K −38.8% 17 $250 $257.7M
28 Aug 15-17 81 $3.3K −22.7% 15 $219 $257.7M
29 Aug 22-24 92 $377 −88.5% 7 $54 $257.7M
30 Aug 29-31 78 $4.0K +959.9% 25 $160 $257.8M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Cumulative total$251.9M
Feb 7Feb 24Mar 14Mar 31Apr 17
Weekend grossWk 10 · $502.0K
$69.1M
$49.8M
$31.3M
$20.8M
$10.9M
$7.7M
$4.1M
$3.0M
$1.4M
$502.0K
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Theater countPeak 3,890 → 610 −84.3%
3,775 open610 now
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −64.2%
−27.8% W1→2
−37.2% W2→3
−33.5% W3→4
−47.6% W4→5
−29.4% W5→6
−46.1% W6→7
−27.3% W7→8
−53.5% W8→9
−64.2% W9→10
Steepest −64.2%Best hold −27.3%

Run milestones

$200M in 23 days
$100M
Day 9
Feb 15
$200M
Day 23
Mar 1

Profitability

Return on Budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

Records held

All records →
#7 Biggest February openingsAll-time $69.1M #11 Best second-weekend holds$50M+ openers, all-time −27.8%

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