Pixar’s Coco became the first film with a nine-figure budget to feature an all-Latino cast. Its budget was reportedly about $175 million , American studies scholar Ben Railton notes.

Lee Unkrich directed the 2017 film, with Adrian Molina serving as co-director. Anthony Gonzalez, Gael García Bernal and Benjamin Bratt led the cast.

It premiered at Mexico’s Morelia Film Festival in October 2017, per the Motion Picture Association . Pixar had spent six years developing it.

Its $72.9 million five-day U.S. debut put it at No. 1 over Thanksgiving.

In his blog post, Railton highlighted the film’s bold attempt to break barriers .

“Coco represents an important step in casting such big-budget animated (and non-animated) films, and one that nicely lines up with current conversations about diversity and inclusion riders.”

But before the film’s success, Disney had stumbled badly four years before its release.

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