Coco (2017 film)

Coco
The theatrical release poster depicts the characters Coco, Dante the dog, Miguel, Héctor, Ernesto, and Imelda, clockwise from the bottom left around the white Day of the Dead-styled guitar. The guitar has a calavera-styled headstock with a small black silhouette of Miguel, who is carrying a guitar, and the dog Dante at the bottom. The neck of the guitar splits the background with their village during the day on the left and at night with fireworks on the right. The film's logo is below the poster with the "Thanksgiving" release date.
Theatrical release poster
Directed byLee Unkrich
Screenplay by
Story by
  • Lee Unkrich
  • Jason Katz
  • Matthew Aldrich
  • Adrian Molina
Produced byDarla K. Anderson
Starring
Cinematography
Edited bySteve Bloom[1]
Music byMichael Giacchino[2]
Production
company
Distributed byWalt Disney Studios
Motion Pictures[a]
Release dates
  • October 20, 2017 (2017-10-20) (Morelia)
  • November 22, 2017 (2017-11-22) (United States)
Running time
105 minutes[4]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish[4]
Budget$175–225 million[5][6]
Box office$814.3 million[7]

Coco is a 2017 American animated fantasy comedy-drama film produced by Pixar Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures. It was directed by Lee Unkrich, co-directed by Adrian Molina, and produced by Darla K. Anderson, from a screenplay written by Molina and Matthew Aldrich, and a story by Unkrich, Molina, Aldrich, and Jason Katz, based on an original idea conceived by Unkrich. The film stars the voices of Anthony Gonzalez, Gael García Bernal, Benjamin Bratt, Alanna Ubach, Renée Victor, Ana Ofelia Murguía, and Edward James Olmos. The story follows a 12-year-old boy named Miguel (Gonzalez) who is accidentally transported to the Land of the Dead, where he seeks the help of his deceased musician great-great-grandfather to return him to his family and reverse their ban on music.

The concept for Coco is inspired by the Mexican holiday Day of the Dead. Pixar began developing the animation in 2016. Unkrich, Molina, Anderson, and some of the film's crew visited Mexico for research. Composer Michael Giacchino, who had worked on prior Pixar animated features, composed the score. With a cost of $175–225 million, Coco is the first film with a nine-figure budget to feature an all-Latino principal cast.

Coco premiered on October 20, 2017, during the Morelia International Film Festival in Morelia, Mexico.[8] It was theatrically released in Mexico the following week, the weekend before Día de Muertos, and in the United States on November 22, 2017. The film received acclaim for its animation, voice acting, music, visuals, emotional story, and respect for Mexican culture. It grossed over $814 million worldwide, becoming the 15th highest-grossing animated film ever at the time of its release.[9][10][11][12] Coco received two awards at the 90th Academy Awards and numerous other accolades. The film was chosen by the National Board of Review as the Best Animated Film of 2017.

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  3. ^ "Coco Press Kit" (PDF). Wdsmediafile.com. Archived (PDF) from the original on April 15, 2019. Retrieved November 28, 2017.
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  5. ^ "2017 Feature Film Study" (PDF). FilmL.A. Feature Film Study: 23. August 2018. Archived (PDF) from the original on August 9, 2018. Retrieved August 9, 2018.
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  7. ^ "Coco (2017)". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Archived from the original on March 26, 2023. Retrieved June 20, 2021.
  8. ^ "Coco, the new Disney•Pixar movie, will open the 15th FICM". Festival Internacional del Cine en Morelia. July 21, 2017. Archived from the original on October 17, 2017. Retrieved November 6, 2017.
  9. ^ Tartaglione, Nancy (November 15, 2017). "Coco's Otherworldly Mexico Run Lands Pixar Toon As Market's No. 1 Movie Ever". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on November 20, 2017. Retrieved November 21, 2017.
  10. ^ Tartaglione, Nancy (November 20, 2017). "'Justice League' Lassos $185M Overseas, $279M WW; 'Thor' Rocks To $739M Global – International Box Office". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on November 21, 2017. Retrieved November 21, 2017.
  11. ^ Trumbore, Dave (November 18, 2017). "This Week in Animation: Pixar's Coco Now Mexico's #1 Film of All-Time". Collider. Archived from the original on November 20, 2017. Retrieved November 21, 2017.
  12. ^ McNary, Dave (November 15, 2017). "Disney-Pixar's Coco Breaks Box Office Record in Mexico". Variety. Archived from the original on November 22, 2017. Retrieved November 21, 2017.


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