Henry Bevan on Coco and the Oscars’ aversion to animated film… My granddad became a husk when he was diagnosed with dementia. He looked the same, but he had died before he actually died. A football revived him. A former player and lifelong fanatic, if you put a ball in front of him, his grace […]
Coco, Black Panther, and why representation in tentpole films matter
Rafael Motamayor on the impact Pixar’s Coco had on him, and the overwhelming anticipation for Black Panther.. When Coco came out, it quickly became the highest grossing film of all time in Mexico, and it’s easy to see why. Asides from being beautifully made, it’s a film that respects and honours the culture it’s presenting […]
Coco passes $700 million at the worldwide box office
Fresh from its success at the 2018 Annie Awards where it took home eleven gongs, Disney-Pixar’s latest animated feature Coco has now hit a new box office milestone, with the film passing $700 million worldwide. Coco has grossed $204.6 million domestically, with a further $496.3 million from international markets, for $700.9 million to date. That […]
Disney-Pixar’s Coco dominates the 2018 Annie Awards
Disney-Pixar’s latest animated masterpiece Coco warmed up for the Oscars last night by dominating proceedings at the 45 annual Annie Awards, which celebrating the very best in animation over the past twelve months. Coco was successful in 11 of the 13 categories it found itself nominated in, including the top prize, Best Animated Feature – […]
Movie Review – Coco (2017)
Coco, 2017. Directed by Lee Unkrich. Featuring the voice talents of Anthony González, Benjamin Bratt, Gael García Bernal, Alanna Ubach, Renee Victor, Jaime Camil, Gabriel Iglesias, Ana Ofelia Murguía, Edward James Olmos, John Ratzenberger, and Cheech Marin. SYNOPSIS: A young Mexican boy, in love with music and desperate to meet his hero, finds himself stuck […]
Disney-Pixar’s Coco passes $600 million worldwide
Ahead of its U.K. release this coming Friday, Disney-Pixar’s Coco has pushed its worldwide box office haul beyond $600 million, with the film having earned $196.5 domestically and a further $425.2 million internationally for a total of $621.7 million and counting. Directed by Lee Unkrich and Adrian Molina, Coco follows an aspiring musician who, confronted […]
Second Opinion – Coco (2017)
Coco, 2017. Directed by Lee Unkrich and Adrian Molina. Featuring the voice talents of Anthony González, Benjamin Bratt, Gael García Bernal, Alanna Ubach, Renee Victor, Jaime Camil, Gabriel Iglesias, Ana Ofelia Murguía, Edward James Olmos, John Ratzenberger, and Cheech Marin. SYNOPSIS: Like a Mexican Footloose, music is banned in the world of young Miguel (Anthony […]
As The Last Jedi looms, Coco wins the box office and The Disaster Artist excels
Joining an illustrious list of movies that have topped the US box-office for three straight weekends in 2017 (Split, The Fate of the Furious, and The Hitman’s Bodyguard), Disney-Pixar’s Coco managed one final week at the summit, before a certain little independent movie about disgruntled family members waving around glowsticks attempts to break records. That movie […]
Coco takes down Justice League with $70 million box office opening
Disney-Pixar’s day-of-the-dead delight Coco conquered the Thanksgiving box-office with an estimated $71 million this weekend ($49 million 3-day total), knocking Justice League down a spot with $60 million over the same five-day period, and a running domestic total of $171 million after ten days of release. Coco‘s numbers gave it the third best Thanksgiving opening ever, […]
Justice League on target to lose holiday weekend to Coco
Coco is on track to finish well ahead of Justice League at the North American box office this holiday weekend. Justice League didn’t have the coming out party it was hoping for last weekend, accumulating the lowest domestic opening of any DCEU film so far. It also looks as if the superhero flick will come […]
