What is the budget of Coco?

"Coco," a family released in 2017, was directed by Lee Unkrich and stars Anthony Gonzalez, Gael García Bernal. The production budget was $175,000,000, placing it in the blockbuster range for family productions of its era.

Key Budget Allocation Categories

While specific budget breakdowns are not publicly available, typical cost drivers for a family production like this include:

Talent Salaries & Producing Deals: Established comedic talent can command $15 to 20 million per film, with top-tier stars earning even more through producing credits and backend deals.
Production & Location Filming: While comedies generally avoid the VFX costs of action films, location shooting in recognizable cities or exotic locales adds meaningful production expense.
Marketing & P&A (Prints & Advertising): Comedies rely heavily on marketing to build opening-weekend momentum.
Casting: Coco is the first motion picture with a nine-figure budget to feature an all-Latino cast, with a cost of $175 to 200million.

What were the major cost factors in Coco?

Several factors contributed to the overall production costs of "Coco."

Talent Salaries: Talent Salaries & Producing Deals is one of the primary cost drivers in family productions of this scale.
Production: Production & Location Filming is one of the primary cost drivers in family productions of this scale.
Marketing: Marketing & P&A (Prints & Advertising) is one of the primary cost drivers in family productions of this scale.

How Does Coco's Budget Compare to Similar Films?

At $175,000,000, Coco sits in the blockbuster range. Here is how it compares to productions with a similar budget:

47 Ronin (2013): Budget $175,000,000, Worldwide Gross $151,783,839
Cars 3 (2017): Budget $175,000,000, Worldwide Gross $383,925,276
Alice Through the Looking Glass (2016): Budget $170,000,000, Worldwide Gross $299,457,024
Alita: Battle Angel (2019): Budget $170,000,000 , Gross $405,000,000
Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014): Budget $170,000,000 , Gross $714,766,572

The median budget for wide-release family films in the 2010s ranges from $30 to 80M for mid-budget to $150M+ for tentpoles.

Coco Box Office Performance

"Coco" earned $210,460,015 domestically and $814,641,172 worldwide at the box office. Against a production budget of $175,000,000, the film performed strongly at the box office.

A film typically needs to earn approximately twice its production budget to cover marketing and distribution costs. For "Coco," that break-even threshold was roughly $350,000,000. With worldwide earnings of $814,641,172, the film cleared that threshold comfortably.

Production Budget: $175,000,000
Worldwide Gross: $814,641,172
Net Return: $639,641,172
ROI: approximately 365.5%

At 365.5%, "Coco" earned roughly $4.66 for every $1 invested in production.

Coco Production History

Coco is the first motion picture with a nine-figure budget to feature an all-Latino cast, with a cost of $175 to 200million. Anthony Gonzalez first auditioned for the role of Miguel when he was nine and was finalized in the role two years later. Speaking of his character, Gonzalez said: "[Miguel and I] both know the importance of following our dream and we know the importance of following our tradition, so that's something that I connected with Miguel a lot".

Awards and Recognition

Won 2 Oscars. 113 wins & 42 nominations total

Annie Award for Best Production Design in an Animated Feature Production: Harley Jessup (45th Annie Awards)
Annie Award for Best Production Design in an Animated Feature Production: Danielle Feinberg (45th Annie Awards)
Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Song (23rd Critics' Choice Awards)
Annie Award for Music in a Feature Production: Michael Giacchino (45th Annie Awards)
Annie Award for Music in a Feature Production: Robert Lopez (45th Annie Awards)
Annie Award for Music in a Feature Production: Kristen Anderson-Lopez (45th Annie Awards)
Annie Award for Music in a Feature Production: Adrian Molina (45th Annie Awards)
Annie Award for Music in a Feature Production: Germaine Franco (45th Annie Awards)

Critical Reception

Coco received critical acclaim. On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of based on reviews, with an average rating of . The consensus reads; "Cocos rich visual pleasures are matched by a thoughtful narrative that takes a family-friendly,and deeply affecting,approach to questions of culture, family, life, and death." On Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating to reviews, the film has a weighted average score of 81 out of 100, based on 48 critics, indicating "universal acclaim".