The LEGO Batman Movie was king of the box office this weekend! It made $55.6 million, beating out Fifty Shades Darker and John Wick: Chapter 2. Worldwide, The LEGO Batman Movie has made $92.6 million so far. The LEGO Batman Movie also set a box office record. With $55.6 million in its first weekend domestically, it became the biggest opening of 2017. With very positive reviews from critics and great feedback from fans, I don’t see The LEGO Batman Movie slowing down any time soon.Lego Batman has been officially recognised as the best-selling superhero videogame of all time, beating a host of comic book classics such as Arkham Asylum and Marvel vs Capcom to the title.Originally released in 2008 following the success of Lego Star Wars and Lego Indiana Jones, as of November 2014 it had sold a staggering12.81million copies worldwide.Developed by Traveller's Tales and published by Warner Bros, the game was released on eight different platforms (Microsoft Windows, Xbox 360, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, Mac OS X, Nintendo DS, and Wii).
LEGO Batman: The Videogame is awarded a Guinness World Record for Best Selling Superhero Game! — LEGO Batman (@LEGOBatmanGame) November 30, 2014Featuring Batman’s iconic enemies Joker, Riddler and Penguin in plastic brick form, the game also has Robin as the Dark Knight’s crime fighting sidekick, allowing for the series’ renowned cooperative gameplay alongside exploration, combat and puzzle solving elements.The game has gone on to spawn two sequels; Lego Batman 2: DC Super Heroes released in June 2012 and this year’s Lego Batman 3: Beyond Gotham.We caught up with Arthur Parsons, Game Director for Traveller's Tales, pictured above, at the Bric Lego fan convention in London last week to talk about the record and why he thinks the game has proved so popular.Lego Batman’s record appears in Guinness World Records 2015 Gamer’s Edition which is out now. If you liked Will Arnett‘s lair in The Lego Batman Movie trailer, just wait until you check what this Dark Knight fan was able to put together.
Dan Glasure posted photos to Flickr of his latest LEGO creation, the ultimate Batcave for the world’s greatest detective. “When I set out to build our Batcave MOC [My Own Creation], I was well aware there was already some stunning MOCs out there,” he told The Brothers Brick. “So my goal was never ‘to be the biggest or best.’ Rather, I simply hoped to take a little different approach.” He continued, “My thought was to have a ‘working’ Batcave. I wanted it to look as if this was where ‘The World’s Greatest Detective’ spent a lot of time. Perhaps in his workshop, or in his labs, or working on turbine engines for his vehicles (though maybe that’s Alfred’s job!).”Subscribe now to keep up with the latest in movies, television and music. Arnett, who will be reprising his voice role as the Caped Crusader in next year’s The Lego Batman Movie, should take some notes. Glasure’s creation has been making headlines after another LEGO project earned some viral recognition.
A Star Wars fan put together his own Millennium Falcon last year using approximately 7,500 pieces.Set 10179Set OfBiggest Lego Set11 BiggestMillenium FalconLego SetsSets You ReWars StarTrek EuForwardWhich LEGO sets are the biggest of the big? To construct any of these sets, you're probably going to need a bigger table... Before Ben Affleck makes his standalone film debut with The Batman, The Dark Knight of Gotham City is set to return to the big screen yet again with Warner Bros.’ The LEGO Batman Movie. A spinoff to the popular LEGO Movie, the film is set to focus entirely on Will Arnett’s self-parodying Bruce Wayne/Batman as he deals with the many criminals and allies he has scattered throughout his beloved city. To say that the studio is going all in on the meta, self-referential tone of the first LEGO Movie would be an understatement based on the film’s extremely humorous and dry marketing campaign so far. The film is just a few weeks away from being released, and as of late, the studio has been putting more and more attention on the other iconic characters fans can expect to see show up in the film.
The latest pieces of merchandising for the film continue that recent trend as well, teasing the appearance of some of Batman’s most iconic and beloved foes. Today, The LEGO Group has revealed four new LEGO toy sets that will be released in conjunction with the film. Titled “Scarecrow Fearful Face-off,” “Bane Toxic Truck Attack,” “Two-Face Double Demolition,” and “The Batwing,” the new sets feature appearances from Scarecrow, Bane, and Two-Face. Take a look for yourself below: These four villains are just some of the many, many characters from the Batman comics that are set to make an appearance/play a role in the film. Other notable characters include Harley Quinn (Jenny Slate), The Joker (Zach Galifianakis), Batgirl (Rosario Dawson), and more. Directed by Chris McKay (who worked on the first LEGO Movie), the film quite simply promises to be one of the most ambitious and enthusiastic deep dives into Batman’s world that has ever been attempted onscreen.
However, one of the biggest hurdles that the film is facing is whether or not it’ll be able to live up to the acclaim of the first LEGO Movie. Released in 2014, it was one of the most critically-acclaimed films of the year (with a sequel already in development), and sparked a newfound interest and love for the LEGO brand around the world. But Arnett’s Batman was just one of the supporting characters of the film, and while he was a scene-stealer in his own way, many fans have wondered if he’ll be able to carry a movie of his own. Fortunately, it looks like the film will actually be a full-fledged Batman film in its own right, and not just a feature-length joke about the seriousness of the character. So if it can manage to capture that same love and sense of adventure that every standalone Batman film should, then it’ll hopefully be able to live on its own merits, rather than just trying to keep the momentum of its LEGO Movie predecessor going. Source: The LEGO Group