Sing (franchise)

Sing is an American media franchise created by Garth Jennings and produced by Illumination. It features the voice talents of Matthew McConaughey, Reese Witherspoon, Scarlett Johansson, Nick Kroll, Taron Egerton, and Tori Kelly among others. The first film, Sing, was released on December 21, 2016 and received positive reviews from critics. The second film, Sing 2, was released on December 22, 2021. The series has grossed $1 billion worldwide.

Sing
Created by	Garth Jennings
Original work	Sing (2016)
Owner	Universal Pictures (via Illumination)
Years	2016–present
Films and television
Film(s)	Sing (2016) Sing 2 (2021)
Short film(s)	Gunter Babysits (2017) Love at First Sight (2017) Eddie's Life Coach (2017) For Gunter's Eyes Only (2022) Animal Attraction (2022)

The franchise takes place in a world inhabited by talking, anthropomorphic animals. It follows a koala who, with the help of other animals, puts on live theater shows that largely encompass singing.

Films

Sing (2016)

Main article: Sing (2016 American film)

In an attempt to save his theater, a koala named Buster Moon decides to hold a singing competition to get it out of debt.

Sing 2 (2021)

Main article: Sing 2

Buster Moon and his gang now have their sights set on debuting a new show at the Crystal Tower Theater in glamorous Redshore City. But without connections, he and his singers must convince the ruthless media mogul Jimmy Crystal and pitch the idea of casting the legendary rock star Clay Calloway in their show. Buster must embark on a quest to find the now-reclusive Clay and persuade him to return to the stage.

Sing 3

In April 2023, it was announced that a third film was in development.^[1]

Short films

Gunter Babysits (2017)

Included as a mini-movie on Sing's home media release, the short focuses around Gunter who offers to watch over Rosita and Norman's piglets while they are away, but quickly finds himself way in over his head.

Love at First Sight (2017)

Included as a mini-movie on Sing's home media release, the short focuses around Miss Crawly who is set up on an online dating website by Johnny in which she attempts to find love.

Eddie's Life Coach (2017)

Included as a mini-movie on Sing's home media release, the short focuses around Eddie Noodleman, who partakes in a digital life-training seminar on behalf of his mother or else he will be kicked out.

For Gunter's Eyes Only (2022)

Included as a mini-movie on Sing 2's home media release, the short focuses around Johnny and Gunter who attend a hypnotist show in Redshore City where Gunter is hypnotized and believes he is a secret agent.^[2]

Animal Attraction (2022)

Included as a mini-movie on Sing 2's home media release, the short focuses around Darius who is filming a commercial while awaiting confirmation on an audition, but is consistently getting things wrong.^[3]

Theme park attraction

Sing on Tour is an immersive musical stageshow attraction at Universal Studios Japan and Universal Studios Beijing. The attraction stars performers in mascot costumes of all of the major characters of the first film, and features the voice talents of the film's Japanese and Chinese audio dubs.^[4]

Construction on the Japan iteration of the attraction, in the new "Illumination Theater," began in September 2018, replacing Universal Studios Japan's long-defunct Monster Make-Up show. The attraction was announced mid-construction on December 5th, 2018, and then opened on April 18, 2019. The Beijing iteration was confirmed on October 20, 2020, and opened in the park's Minion Land on September 20, 2021.^[5][6]

Cast and crew

Cast

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This section includes characters who will appear or have appeared in more than two films in the series.

• An empty, dark grey cell indicates the character was not in the film, or that the character's official presence has not yet been confirmed.
•  ^U indicates an uncredited appearance.
•  ^Y indicates a younger version of the character.

Character	Films		Short films
	Sing	Sing 2	Gunter Babysits	Love at First Sight	Eddie's Life Coach	For Gunter's Eyes Only	Animal Attraction
Buster Moon	Matthew McConaughey
Rosita	Reese Witherspoon
Ash	Scarlett Johansson
Johnny	Taron Egerton			Taron Egerton		Taron Egerton
Meena	Tori Kelly
Gunter	Nick Kroll					Nick Kroll
Miss Crawly	Garth Jennings			Garth Jennings		Garth Jennings
Nana Noodleman	Jennifer Saunders	Jennifer Saunders			Photograph
	Jennifer Hudson^Y
Norman	Nick Offerman						Cameo
Big Daddy	Peter Serafinowicz
Piglets	Oscar Jennings
	Leo Jennings
	Caspar Jennings
	Asa Jennings	Asa Jennings	Asa Jennings
		Ayden Soria
		Julianna Gamiz
		Asher Blinkoff
		Remy Edgerly
		Jack Stanton
		Adeline Krupinski
		Vida Alves McConaughey
Mike	Seth MacFarlane			Photograph
Eddie Noodleman	John C. Reilly	Photograph			John C. Reilly
Lance	Beck Bennett
Nancy	Tara Strong			Photograph
Becky
Russian Bears	James J. Cummings
Meena's mother	Leslie Jones
Meena's grandfather	Jay Pharoah			Photograph
Meena's grandmother	Laraine Newman
Judith	Rhea Perlman
Bob	Bill Farmer	Cameo		Cameo		Cameo
Baboon	Brad Morris			Photograph
Jimmy Crystal		Bobby Cannavale
Porsha Crystal		Halsey
Nooshy		Letitia Wright
Clay Calloway		Bono
Klaus Kickenklober		Adam Buxton
Darius		Eric André				Cameo	Eric André
Suki Lane		Chelsea Peretti
Jerry		Spike Jonze^U
Alfonso		Pharrell Williams
Linda Le Bon		Julia Davis
Herman				Robert Morse
Garry Wishman					Brad Morris
Eddie's mother	Photograph				Laraine Newman
Harry The Hypnotist						Kevin Michael Richardson
Benny							Garth Jennings
Marcy							Gwendoline Yeo

Crew

Role	Main films
	Sing	Sing 2
	2016	2021
Director(s)	Garth Jennings Co-director: Christophe Lourdelet
Producer(s)	Chris Meledandri Janet Healy
Written by	Garth Jennings
Music by	Joby Talbot
Edited by	Gregory Perler
Production Company	Illumination
Distributed by	Universal Pictures

Reception

Box office performance

Each film is linked to the "Box office" section of its article

Box office performance of Sing

Film	Release Date	Box Office Gross			All Time Ranking		Budget	Ref.
		Domestic	Foreign	Worldwide	Domestic	Worldwide
Sing	December 21, 2016	$270,578,425	$363,759,959	$634,338,384	TBA	TBA	$75 million	^[7]
Sing 2	December 22, 2021	$162,790,990	$245,605,281	$408,396,271	TBA	TBA	$85 million	^[8]
Total		$433,369,415	$609,365,240	$1,042,734,655	TBA	TBA	$160 million	–

Critical and public response

Each film is linked to the "Critical response" section of its article

Critical and public response to Sing

Film	Critical		Public
	Rotten Tomatoes	Metacritic	CinemaScore	PostTrak
Sing	71% (189 reviews)^[9]	59 (37 reviews)^[10]	A^[11]	—
Sing 2	72% (137 reviews)^[12]	49 (28 reviews)^[13]	A+^[14]	91%^[14]

References

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