Mexico was kind enough to return that love, with a major portion of the film’s earnings coming from Mexico, and ‘Coco’ proving to be one of the biggest hits for Disney in the country.
“We began Coco with a simple thing: a love note to Mexico, for all the beauty of the people, the traditions, and the depth of love that is inside Mexico,” character designer Alonso Martinez stated in an interview. The film’s events take place over the course of the famed Mexican festival Día de Muertos, and that is what the filmmakers built the spirit of the film around. The first film, as with virtually all animated films, ended on a wholesome note, with Miguel returning to the land of the living, restoring Hector’s legacy and having him reconcile with his great-great-grandmother Imelda, finally closing the film with performing for all his relatives, living and dead, with the ban on music from his family lifted. As is custom here, we go out on a limb predicting what the sequel could possibly entail for us after a heartwarming end to the first one. Pixar too has had both hands full with ‘ Incredibles 2’, ‘ Toy Story 4’ and now ‘Soul’ releasing back to back, so it can’t be too tough to see why there hasn’t been much word on a ‘Coco’ sequel, but then again, if there is something that film commerce has taught us, it is that something of a lucrative property like ‘Coco’ is bound to have a sequel, sooner or later. Now, the resounding success that ‘Coco’ was would normally warrant a sequel, but then again, despite being one of the biggest film producing companies on the planet, things tend to move slowly for Pixar, which is also part of the reason for Pixar’s films being technically flawless, virtually.Īs a result, and owing to Disney’s slate of upcoming releases being increasingly crowded with the Mouse House now owning roughly half of the entertainment industry itself, there currently has been no word on a sequel to the hit film.
‘Coco’ ended its glorious box office run with close to $800 Million, much of it coming from Mexico, and later, went on to rock the awards season too, with BAFTAs, Golden Globes, and most notably, two Oscars: the first, the supremo, the Best Animated Movie, and the second, for Best Original Song, ‘Remember Me’.
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