The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part
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| File:The Lego Movie 2 The Second Part.jpg Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Mike Mitchell |
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| Based on | Lego Construction Toys |
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| Edited by | Clare Knight |
| Music by | Mark Mothersbaugh[1] |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures[2] |
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Running time | 107 minutes[3] |
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| Language | English |
| Budget | $99 million[4] |
| Box office | $56.7 million[5] |
The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part (known in some countries as The Lego Movie 2) is a 2019 computer-animated adventure musical comedy film produced by the Warner Animation Group and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures. A direct sequel to The Lego Movie (2014), it is the fourth film in the franchise, following the release of two spin-offs, The Lego Batman Movie and The Lego Ninjago Movie (both 2017). Animal Logic, who provided the animation for all the films in the franchise, returned.
The film is directed by Mike Mitchell,[6] with Phil Lord and Christopher Miller (writers and directors of the first film) returning as producers and writers; animation direction is by Trisha Gum.[7] It features Chris Pratt, Elizabeth Banks, Will Arnett, Charlie Day, Alison Brie, Nick Offerman, and Will Ferrell reprising their roles from the previous film, along with new additions to the cast including Tiffany Haddish, Stephanie Beatriz, and Maya Rudolph.
The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part was released in the United States on February 8, 2019, in 2D, 3D, RealD 3D, Dolby Cinema, IMAX, and IMAX 3D formats. The film received positive reviews from critics, who commended its humor, screenplay, animation, and voice acting, although some said it was not as "fresh" as the first film.[8]
Plot
In the five years since the events of the first film, Finn's younger sister Bianca has started taking some of his LEGO creations and other toys from the sets in their basement along with her own set of Duplo bricks to play with in her own room.[9] Metaphorically, in the LEGO universe, the Duplo invaders have destroyed and turned Bricksburg into a post-apocalyptic wasteland named Apocalypseburg, and continue to invade periodically. The ordeal has made most of Apocalypseburg's citizens hardened, but Emmet remains the same from, before, wanting to move into a dream home with Lucy. However, Emmet is troubled by dreams of a pending "Our-Mom-Ageddon" that is about to destroy the entire universe and other people.
General Sweet Mayhem, the leader of the Duplo army, arrives in Apocalypseburg with her spaceship and announces that Queen Watevra Wa'Nabi of the Systar System intends to wed Batman. Mayhem's forces kidnap Batman, Lucy, Benny, MetalBeard, and Unikitty, taking them to the Systar system. There, Batman is taken to Wa'Nabi where he eventually finds that the Queen helps satisfy his emotional validation, and proposes marriage. The others are placed in environments designed to tempt them. The others each fall for these temptations, but Lucy refuses to accept hers, an endless attempt to brainwash her with catchy pop music that could get stuck inside her head (no pun intended).
Emmet, without his friends, decides to go save his friends, but the others warn that this is too dangerous like a suicide mission and Emmet is still in the past. Later, Emmet decides to convert his dream house to a spaceship to give pursuit and rescue his friends. En route, he is saved from colliding with an asteroid field by the rugged adventurer Rex Dangervest. As they continue on to the Systar system, Emmet begins to take on several of Rex's mannerisms, hoping to impress Lucy. When they arrive, they evade capture by Wa'Nabi's forces and join with Lucy. Rex helps them come up with a plan to rescue their friends which involves switching off the pop music that is brainwashing the others, while Emmet will destroy the reception cake encased in a temple to stop the wedding. After Lucy fights Mayhem to get to the music, she defeats her, but Mayhem was about to fall off the platform without her helmet. Luckily, she gets saved by Lucy and her master building techniques. As both got back on the platform, she learns that the Systar System never meant to be antagonistic and to Apocalypseburg, but instead were trying to establish universal peace, and simply failed at communications. As they head to the cake, Mayhem tells that Emmet created the queen and they were created because of them. As a result, the Our-Mom-Ageddon is about to occur, making Lucy realize what was she is doing wrong. Lucy tries to stop Emmet from destroying the temple, but Emmet, facilitated by Rex's manipulations, destroys the temple anyway. This creates a hole in the LEGO universe, and Wa'Nabi warns them all the Our-Mom-Ageddon is upon them all and they are doomed.
In the real world, the act of destroying the temple is represented by Finn angrily destroying Bianca's LEGO creations. Hearing them bicker over their LEGOs, their mother, The Man Upstairs' Wife, orders them to put the LEGOs into storage, this event being the Our-Mom-Ageddon in the LEGO Universe. Emmet tries to stop them but is prevented by Rex, who reveals he is an embittered version of Emmet from the future. After being neglected for years underneath the dryer after crashing in the asteroid field, he changed his clothes and hair, disassembled some creations to form a time machine that is a spaceship, get a crew by using raptors, and time-travelled back with the intention to deliberately bring upon the Our-Mom-Ageddon as revenge. When Emmet tries to fight back, Rex knocks him under the same dryer, ensuring that he would continue to exist for good. Lucy rallies the others into escaping from the storage bin, and brings them back into the LEGO world with their new spaceships. Rex and Emmet fight each other under the dryer while Rex's raptors fight with Lucy's army. Meanwhile in the real world, Rex injures Emmet and prepares to finish him. Luckily, Lucy decides to jump off the ship, making Lucy fall into the real world and meet up with Emmet. Emmet and Lucy overpower Rex and destroy his time machine by using an exploding heart. Redemptive while still declaring “no regrets”, and realizing that Emmet being saved by Lucy means he won't end up becoming him, Rex's timeline, and therefore Rex himself, is erased from existence forever. During his process of disappearance, he tells Emmet that he will still be better than him.
Wa'Nabi and Batman finally wed, represented by Finn and Bianca reconciling with each other and agreeing to play together again. Their mother returns their LEGOs, averting Our-Mom-Ageddon and saving the LEGO people. As Finn and Bianca play together as one, the LEGO universe transforms into a mishmash of Apocalypseburg and the Systar System called "Syspocalypstar" which is peaceful with two worlds collided and everything is awesome (no pun intended). Emmet's dream house is rebuilt and Lucy reveals that she was one of the original artists of "Everything is Awesome" as Emmet gasps in response.
Cast
- Chris Pratt as:
- Emmet Brickowski, an everyman, construction worker, rookie Master Builder from Bricksburg.[10]
- Rex Dangervest, self-declared galaxy-defending archaeologist, cowboy and raptor trainer.[11] The character is an amalgamation of other roles played by Pratt including Star-Lord from the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Owen Grady from Jurassic World, Burt Macklin from Parks and Recreation and Joshua Faraday from the 2016 remake of The Magnificent Seven, and also a reference to rumors that Pratt would play Indiana Jones.
- Elizabeth Banks as Lucy / Wyldstyle, a Master Builder.[10]
- Will Arnett as Bruce Wayne / Batman, a DC Comics superhero who is a Master Builder.[10]
- Tiffany Haddish as Queen Watevra Wa-Nabi, the shape-shifting alien queen of the Systar System.[10]
- Stephanie Beatriz as General Sweet Mayhem, an intergalactic mini-doll who is general of the Systar System Army and works under the orders of Queen Watevra Wa-Nabi. She captures all of Emmet's friends and takes them prisoner in the Systar System.[12]
- Charlie Day as Benny, a Master Builder who is a spaceship-obsessed 1980's spaceman.[13] In this film, he has a metallic arm.
- Alison Brie as Princess Unikitty, a Master Builder who is a unicorn-horned cat. In this film, instead of turning red when angry, she is red altogether. Over the years since the first film, she has developed the ability to become a giant robotic version of herself when a battle is about to occur.[14]
- Nick Offerman as MetalBeard, a Master Builder who is a large bionic robot pirate with a severed head after he lost his original body in an earlier encounter with Lord Business's forces.[10]
- Jadon Sand as Finn, a young teenager in the real world, whose imagination drives the events happening in the Lego universe.[15]
- Graham Miller portrays a younger Finn.
- Brooklynn Prince as Bianca, Finn's younger sister, who is the reason why the aliens from the planet Duplo attacked Bricksburg.[9]
- Maya Rudolph as:
- Mom, the unnamed mother of Finn and Bianca in the real world. In the LEGO universe, she’s the bringer of "Our-Mom-Ageddon". She was previously voiced by Amanda Farinos in the first film.[16]
- Dorothy Gale, a character from The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.
- Will Ferrell as:
- President Business / Lord Business, the former President of the Octan corporation and the LEGO World who previously served as the main antagonist of the first film.[17]
- The Man Upstairs, Finn & Bianca’s father. Outside of re-used footage from the first movie, Ferrell does not appear on-screen in this role, performing only an off-screen voiceover.
- Richard Ayoade as Ice Cream Cone, a talking ice cream cone who is a citizen of the Systar System.[12] Arturo Castro was originally set to voice the character, but Ayoade took over the role.
- Channing Tatum as Superman, a DC Comics superhero who is one of the Master Builders.[10]
- Jonah Hill as Green Lantern, a DC Comics superhero who is one of the Master Builders.[10]
- Cobie Smulders as Wonder Woman, a DC Comics superhero who is an ambassador of the Amazon people as well as a Master Builder. [18]
- Jason Momoa as Aquaman, a DC Comics superhero who is the king of Atlantis and is also a Master Builder. Momoa reprises his role from the DC Extended Universe.[19]
- Margot Rubin as:
- Harley Quinn, a Gotham City criminal. She was previously voiced by Jenny Slate in The Lego Batman Movie.
- Susan, a mini-doll who is one of Queen Watevra Wa-Nabi's servants.
- Mermaid
- Wonder Woman Mini-Doll
- Panda
- Ike Barinholtz as Lex Luthor, a DC Comics villain and the archenemy of Superman.[20]
- Ralph Fiennes as Alfred Pennyworth, a DC Comics character who is Batman's loyal butler. Fiennes reprises his role from The Lego Batman Movie.[21]
- Will Forte as Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President of the United States and a Master Builder.
- Bruce Willis as himself, a Lego caricature of the actor who appears in two scenes including one referencing his character John McClane from the Die Hard series.[22]
- Ben Schwartz as Banarnar, a sentient banana peel who is a citizen and jester of the Systar System.
- Jimmy O. Yang as Zebe, a lavender and black zebra who is a citizen and the bus driver of the Systar System.[18]
- Noel Fielding as Balthazar, a sparkly vampire describing himself as an "attractive and non-threatening teen vampire" who is a citizen and the spa expert/DJ of the Systar System. He is a nod to Edward Cullen from The Twilight Saga.[23]
- Jorma Taccone as Larry Poppins, a male counterpart of Mary Poppins.
- Gary Payton as himself, a Lego caricature of the basketball player.
- Sheryl Swoopes as herself, a Lego caricature of the basketball player.
- Todd Hansen as Gandalf, a wizard from Middle-earth and a Master Builder.
- Hansen also voices the Swamp Creature, a gill-man from Lego Monster Fighters and a Master Builder.
- Doug Nicholas as Chainsaw Dave / Purgatory Dave, formerly known as Surfer Dave, who is a citizen of Apocalypseburg, formerly known as Bricksburg.
- Mike Mitchell as:
- Sherry Scratchen-Post, a cat lady who is a citizen of Apocalypseburg, formerly known as Bricksburg.
- A Royal Guard
- Eight, an octopus
- A Harmony Town Citizen
- An Announcer
- An Apocalypseburg Warrior.
- Christopher Miller as:
- Chad, a citizen of the Systar System who is the DJ of the Pop-Up Party Bus under the stage name Tempo.
- A Horse
- Chocolate Bar
- Plantimals, plant-like creatures in the Systar System.
- Paper Boy
- Emily Nordwin as Cleopatra, an Egyptian queen and Master Builder.
- Chris McKay as Larry, a barista that works in Bricksburg.
- Trisha Gum as Velma Dinkley
- Ralph Halprin as Dolphin Clock
In addition, Scribble-Faced Good Cop/Bad Cop and Vitruvius' ghost from the first film appear, but do not have any dialogue. There is also a Lego caricature of Ruth Bader Ginsburg who appears, but has no dialogue.
Production
Development
On February 3, 2014, Jared Stern was hired to write the sequel, along with Michelle Morgan.[24] On March 12, 2014, Deadline reported that animation co-director Chris McKay would direct the sequel with Phil Lord and Christopher Miller as producers.[25] On April 10, 2014, it was reported that McKay wanted to have more women in the sequel than men.[26] On July 28, 2014, it was reported that Chris Pratt wants to return to reprise his role as Emmet. It was also reported that Will Arnett might return to reprise his role as Batman, but had not decided yet.[27]
In October 2014, Warner Bros. scheduled The Lego Batman Movie for 2017, and The Lego Movie 2 for May 25, 2018.[28][29] On October 25, 2014, it was reported that Lord and Miller had signed on to write The Lego Movie 2.[30] On October 30, it was announced that Australia-based animation studio Animal Logic was in talks to produce the next three Lego films (though the deal was not finalized at the time) and the New South Wales government would make financial contributions to all the films.[31] On November 12, during an interview with BBC News, Lord and Miller revealed that there would be more female characters featured in the film.[32]
On February 24, 2015, the sequel was titled The Lego Movie Sequel and Rob Schrab was announced as the film's director, replacing McKay as director as he was scheduled to direct The Lego Batman Movie instead.[33] By November 2015, Miller announced that the first draft of the script was completed.[34] Subsequent rewrites were provided by Raphael Bob-Waksberg,[35] Dominic Russo[36] and Matthew Fogel.[37] By February 2017, Schrab had been replaced by Mike Mitchell, reportedly due to "creative differences".[6] Production started in Canada on October 2, 2017.[38][39] In an interview with Collider, producer Dan Lin confirmed that Lord & Miller were rewriting the script during production.[40]
The film is dedicated to Charie Miller, Christopher Miller's mother, who died on December 27th 2018, before the film was released.[41]
Writing
The Lego Movie 2's narrative starts after the events of the first film, just as Finn's toddler sister Bianca starts to play with Duplo blocks and tries to take over Bricksburg. In the intervening years, Bianca has taken more of the Lego sets to incorporate into her own creations. The animation team recognized that girls would likely not only use Lego bricks but also incorporate other materials, such as fabrics and paper, creating a challenge for their rendering team. They wanted these elements to appear as if a child was manipulating them through their stop-motion animation process. They explored multiple design styles for each playset that is within Bianca's room, the "Systar System", and developed new animation approaches for some of these styles, including using fewer frames as in inbetweening.[15]
They also incorporated the Lego Friends line of toys aimed at girls, which include mini-dolls like General Sweet Mayhem. However, unlike traditional Lego mini-figurines, the Lego Friends' mini-dolls do not have the same articulation, for example, having no separate leg movement or wrists that rotate. The production team, working with Lego, did not want to create walking and movement patterns that did not match the articulation the real figurines could do, and came up with creative solutions for animating these in the film. This also created a challenge for at least one song and dance number; production brought in a choreographing team to help plan out the dance taking into account for the restrictions of movement for the mini-figures. For Queen Watevra Wa-Nabi, the production team decided to simply assign a pile of random Lego bricks for her, but required that each of the forms that she could shape-shift into used only those bricks from that pile.[15]
Among a concern between the creative leads was how to represent the Lego universe. Miller stated that they see each of the Lego films taking place in the mind of a child, with both The Lego Movie and The Lego Batman Movie occurring within Finn's mind. With The Lego Movie 2, both Finn and Bianca's imaginations drive events, and the creators opted to leave parts of the film vague if the scene was based on Finn's version, Bianca's version or some combination. However, in some scenes they wanted to be clear it was Finn or Bianca's view influencing the events, and thus provided clues such as the type of dialogue given by the main characters to figure out whose imagination was at work.[9]
Among the mini-figures within the film will be one based on Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Lord and Miller had considered figures that would be unexpected within the film, with Ginsburg as one of their ideas. They received Ginsburg's blessing for this appearance, though she did not perform any voice work for this role. Subsequently, the Ginsburg mini-figure will be made as part of the movie's toy line.[42][43]
Casting
On March 23, 2018, it was reported that Tiffany Haddish had been cast in the film to voice a new lead character, while returning actors would be Chris Pratt as Emmet, Elizabeth Banks as Wyldstyle, Will Arnett as Batman, Channing Tatum as Superman, and Jonah Hill as Green Lantern.[10] Stephanie Beatriz and Arturo Castro were announced to be part of the film on June 4, 2018.[12] Castro was replaced by Richard Ayoade in the final film. During San Diego Comic Con 2018, it was announced that Pratt would also voice a new character in addition to Emmett, Rex Dangervest, who is based after Pratt himself, while Margot Robbie would reprise her role as Harley Quinn from the DC Extended Universe, replacing Jenny Slate from The Lego Batman Movie.[11] In November 2018, Maya Rudolph joined the cast.[16] In early January 2019, it was revealed that Jason Momoa would reprise his role as Aquaman from the DC Extended Universe. Gal Gadot was to also reprise her role as Wonder Woman from the DC Extended Universe, replacing Cobie Smulders from the previous film,[44] but Smulders ended up returning shortly before the film's release.[18]
Daniel Radcliffe was originally set to voice a look-like of his iconic Harry Potter character known as Larry Potter, but his scene was ultimately cut. It was revealed by Mike Mitchell that Radcliffe's cameo was deleted due to not wanting to risk anything that would upset the Harry Potter fandom. The character was replaced by Larry Poppins (another look-alike character based on a British media icon).[45]
Music
Following the same attempt to create an earworm with the first film's "Everything Is Awesome", the producers of the film created a similar song for the sequel, called "Catchy Song", which principally features as its only lyric the repeated phrase "This song is gonna get stuck inside your head". The song was written by Jon Lajoie, produced by Dillon Francis, and sung by T-Pain and That Girl Lay Lay. According to Lajoie, he found that "Everything is Awesome" was "annoyingly catchy", and the only way that they could outdo that was "Dial the 'annoying' up to 11!".[46]
Mark Mothersbaugh, who composed the first film's soundtrack, as well as the score for The Lego Ninjago Movie, returned to compose the score for the sequel.[47]
Soundtrack
| The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part Original Motion Picture Soundtrack | |
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| Soundtrack album by Various artists | |
| Released | February 7, 2019 |
| Recorded | 2018 |
| Genre | Film soundtrack |
| Length | 23:51 |
| Label | WaterTower Music |
| No. | Title | Performer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Everything Is Awesome (Tween Dream Remix)" | Garfunkel & Oates featuring Eban Schletter | 1:53 |
| 2. | "5:15" | Stephanie Beatriz | 0:34 |
| 3. | "Welcome to the Systar System" | Yossi Guetta, Esther Guetta & Fiora Cutler | 0:38 |
| 4. | "Not Evil" | Tiffany Haddish | 3:33 |
| 5. | "Catchy Song" | Dillon Francis featuring T-Pain & That Girl Lay Lay | 2:48 |
| 6. | "Gotham City Guys" | Tiffany Haddish & Will Arnett | 2:16 |
| 7. | "Everything's Not Awesome" | Stephanie Beatriz, Ben Schwartz, Alison Brie, Noel Fielding, Charlie Day, Nick Offerman, Will Arnett, Elizabeth Banks, Chris Pratt & Richard Ayoade | 3:01 |
| 8. | "Super Cool" | Beck featuring Robyn and the Lonely Island | 3:23 |
| 9. | "Come Together Now" | Matt and Kim | 2:13 |
| 10. | "Hello Me & You" | Superorganism | 3:32 |
| Total length: | 23:51 | ||
Score
| The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part Original Motion Picture Score | |
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| Film score by | |
| Released | February 7, 2019 |
| Recorded | 2018 |
| Genre | Film soundtrack, film score |
| Length | 51:56 |
| Label | WaterTower Music |
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Your Sister" | 0:51 |
| 2. | "Main Title (The LEGO® Movie 2: The Second Part)" | 1:25 |
| 3. | "Apocalypseburg / Green Hornet" | 1:02 |
| 4. | "Apocalypseburg" | 0:58 |
| 5. | "House Tour" | 1:43 |
| 6. | "A Shooting Star" | 0:45 |
| 7. | "Run" | 2:39 |
| 8. | "Door Slowly Closing" | 1:21 |
| 9. | "General Mayhem" | 1:37 |
| 10. | "Triple Decker Couch" | 0:59 |
| 11. | "No Real Heroes Left" | 2:30 |
| 12. | "I'll Show Them" | 0:58 |
| 13. | "The Systar System" | 1:01 |
| 14. | "Introducing Queen Watevra Wa'Nabi" | 1:33 |
| 15. | "Did You Say Wedding?" | 1:06 |
| 16. | "Emmet Saved by Rex / Circular Stairway" | 1:15 |
| 17. | "Rexcelsior Tour / Crank the Warp Drive" | 3:45 |
| 18. | "Heading to Planet Sparkles" | 1:02 |
| 19. | "Emmet and Rex" | 1:01 |
| 20. | "Alien Jungle" | 1:57 |
| 21. | "Heck Town" | 1:53 |
| 22. | "Duplo Brickyard" | 1:04 |
| 23. | "The Man of Bats Welcome" | 0:40 |
| 24. | "Fresh Nightmare" | 1:49 |
| 25. | "Queen Watevra Wa'Nabi & Batman Falling in Love" | 1:10 |
| 26. | "Lucy Fights Mayhem" | 1:31 |
| 27. | "Introducing The Wedding Party" | 1:01 |
| 28. | "Emmet The Hero" | 0:48 |
| 29. | "The Fight Continues" | 3:08 |
| 30. | "What Did I Just Do?" | 2:43 |
| 31. | "There I Was" | 1:51 |
| 32. | "You're Weak / Brother Gives Heart" | 2:35 |
| 33. | "Rex Vanishes" | 2:15 |
| Total length: | 51:56 | |
Release
The film was theatrically released in the United States and the United Kingdom on February 8, 2019. The film was released one day earlier in Denmark. [48] This was its third rescheduling; it was first scheduled to be released in the US on May 26, 2017 and then on May 18, 2018.[49][50] The film was originally titled The Lego Movie Sequel before it was officially renamed The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part in May 2018.[51]
On January 24, 2019, Warner Bros. announced it would hold one-day previews for the film in 500 theaters in the United States on Saturday, January 26, 2019.[52]
Marketing
On June 4, 2018, the first poster was released along with an announcement that the first trailer would be released the following day.[53] The second trailer was released on November 20, 2018, along with the second poster.[54] On Black Friday 2018, Warner Bros. released The Lego Movie on YouTube in its entirety for one day only, with a trailer for The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part attached.[55] The third and final trailer was released on December 19, 2018. In the UK, DFS Furniture ran a marketing campaign that tied in with The Lego Movie 2.[56] Other brands that partnered[57] with the film include Chevrolet[58] for promoting the Silverado, Chiquita[59], McDonald's for Happy Meal toys, and Turkish Airlines.
Video game
A video game based on the film, The Lego Movie 2 Videogame, a direct sequel to The Lego Movie Videogame, was announced on November 27, 2018 and is scheduled to be released on February 26, 2019, two weeks after the film's release, for the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, and for the Nintendo Switch a month later on March 26. A Microsoft Windows version is also set to be released.
Short films
On August 1, 2018, Turkish Airlines and Warner Bros. released a special safety video featuring characters from the franchise.[60] On December 10, 2018, Warner Bros. released a short film, titled Emmet's Holiday Party, as a Christmas styled promotion for the film.[61][62] On January 8, 2019, one month before the film's release, Lego released a music video titled "Everything is Awesome" Dance Together Music Video, on its official YouTube Channel. The video uses the titular song.[63] From January 5 to January 26, 2019, the Lego channel made a series of short films, Saving Bricksburg, in which characters from the film were shown in short reenactments of The Lego Movie.
Reception
Box office
As of February 12, 2019[update], The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part has grossed $38.2 million in the United States and Canada, and $18.5 million in other territories, for a total worldwide gross of $56.7 million.[5]
In the United States and Canada, The Lego Movie 2 was released alongside What Men Want, Cold Pursuit and The Prodigy, and was originally projected to gross $50–55 million from 4,303 theaters in its opening weekend.[64] The film made $1.5 million from Thursday night previews, and when combined with advance screenings held at 550 theaters on January 26, 2019, made a total preview gross of $2.1 million. After making just $8.5 million on its first day, weekend estimates were lowered to $31 million. It went on to debut to $34.4 million, finishing first at the box office but marking a 50% decline from the first film.[65][66]
Critical response
On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 85% based on 216 reviews, with an average rating of 7/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "While it isn't quite as much fun as its predecessor, The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part fits neatly into an animated all-ages franchise with heart and humor to spare."[67] On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 65 out of 100, based on 45 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[68] Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A–" on an A+ to F scale (down from the first film's "A"), while those at PostTrak gave it an average 4 out of 5 stars; social media monitor RelishMix noted online responses to the film were "great".[65]
Jesse Hassenger of The A.V. Club called the film "lovable", giving it a grade of B and writing "Like Brad Bird's recent Incredibles 2, it follows up a dazzling animated original (all the more dazzling for earning that designation despite being based on a toy line) with some big ideas that don’t cohere with the same streamlined magic as its predecessor."[69] TheWrap's Yolanda Machado commended the screenplay and directing and wrote that the film "expands on the original's premise, adding new worlds and characters to the growing LEGO universe, while also crafting a story that is timely, inventive, hilarious and perfect for all ages."[70]
Chris Nashawaty of Entertainment Weekly says that while it was better than most other films it didn't recapture the surprise of the first film, saying "Everything is still awesome. Just a little bit less so."[71] For The Hollywood Reporter, Michael Rechtshaffen wrote that the film brought "little that's fresh or funny to the interlocking brick table despite boasting a script penned by originators Phil Lord and Christopher Miller."[72]
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