| Sing | |
|---|---|
| Created by | Garth Jennings |
| Original work | Sing (2016) |
| Owners | Universal Pictures (viaIllumination) |
| Years | 2016–present |
| Films and television | |
| Film(s) | |
| Short film(s) |
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| Audio | |
| Soundtrack(s) | |
| Miscellaneous | |
| Theme park attraction(s) | Sing on Tour (2019–present) |
Sing is an Americanmedia franchise created byGarth Jennings and produced byIllumination. It features the voice talents ofMatthew McConaughey,Reese Witherspoon,Scarlett Johansson,Nick Kroll,Taron Egerton, andTori 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.
The franchise takes place in a world inhabited by talking,anthropomorphic animals. It follows akoala named Buster Moon who, with the help of other animals, puts on live theater shows that largely encompass singing.
| Film | Release date | Director | Screenwriter | Producer(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sing | December 21, 2016 (2016-12-21) | Garth Jennings | Chris Meledandri &Janet Healy | |
| Sing 2 | December 22, 2021 (2021-12-22) | |||
In an attempt to save his theater, a koala named Buster Moon decides to hold a singing competition to get it out of debt.
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 convincemedia 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.
In April 2023, it was announced that a third film was in development.[1]
Included as a mini-movie onSing'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.
Included as a mini-movie onSing'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.
Included as a mini-movie onSing'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.
Come Home is a short film created in association withComcast andXfinity (both subsidiaries of Universal) and released as a promo forSing 2 leading up to its release. It follows a dog mother named Angie, voiced byKeke Palmer, who is struggling to make it home to her family for Christmas.[2][3] A cover ofChristmas (Baby Please Come Home) sung by Keke Palmer, Taron Egerton, Scarlet Johannsen, Reese Witherspoon, and Tori Kelly was included inSing 2's Soundtrack.
Included as a mini-movie onSing 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.[4]
Included as a mini-movie onSing 2's home media release, the short focuses around Darius who is filming a commercial while awaiting confirmation on a role he auditioned for, but is consistently getting things wrong.[5]
Sing: Thriller is a short film that was released onNetflix on October 16, 2024. Inspired by amusic video forMichael Jackson's "Thriller", the short focuses on Buster Moon and his crew as they are invited by Clay Calloway for aHalloween party, where they soon discover a mysterious ooze has transformed Clay and his guests into dancing zombies.[6]
Sing on Tour is an immersive musical stage show attraction atUniversal Studios Japan andUniversal 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.[7]
Construction on the Japan iteration of the attraction, in the new "Illumination Theater," began in September 2018, replacing Universal Studios Japan's long-defunctMonster Make-Up show. The attraction was announced mid-construction on December 5, 2018, and then opened on April 18, 2019. The Beijing iteration was confirmed on October 20, 2020, and opened in the park'sMinion Land on September 20, 2021.[8][9]
This section includes characters who will appear or have appeared in more than two films in the series.
| Character | Films | Short films | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sing | Sing 2 | Gunter Babysits | Love at First Sight | Eddie's Life Coach | Come Home | For Gunter's Eyes Only | Animal Attraction | Sing: Thriller | |
| Buster Moon | Matthew McConaughey | Matthew McConaughey | Matthew McConaughey | ||||||
| Rosita | Reese Witherspoon | Reese Witherspoon | |||||||
| Ash | Scarlett Johansson | Silent role | Scarlett Johansson | ||||||
| Johnny | Taron Egerton | Taron Egerton | Taron Egerton | Taron Egerton | |||||
| Meena | Tori Kelly | Tori KellyS | Tori Kelly | ||||||
| Gunter | Nick Kroll | Silent role | Nick Kroll | Nick Kroll | |||||
| Miss Crawly | Garth Jennings | Garth Jennings | Garth Jennings | Garth Jennings | |||||
| Nana Noodleman | Jennifer Saunders | Jennifer Saunders | Photograph | Silent role | |||||
| Jennifer HudsonY | |||||||||
| Norman | Nick Offerman | Silent 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 | Silent role | ||||||
| Eddie Noodleman | John C. Reilly | Photograph | John C. Reilly | ||||||
| Lance | Beck Bennett | ||||||||
| Nancy | Tara Strong | Photograph | Silent role | ||||||
| Becky | |||||||||
| Russian Bears | James J. Cummings | ||||||||
| Meena's mother | Leslie Jones | ||||||||
| Meena's grandfather | Jay Pharoah | Photograph | |||||||
| Pete | Jess Harnell | ||||||||
| Judith | Rhea Perlman | ||||||||
| Bob | Bill Farmer | Silent cameo | Silent cameo | Silent cameo | |||||
| Eddie's mother | Laraine Newman | Photograph | Laraine Newman | ||||||
| Baboon | Brad Morris | Photograph | |||||||
| Jimmy Crystal | Bobby Cannavale | ||||||||
| Porsha Crystal | Halsey | Photograph | Silent role | ||||||
| Nooshy | Letitia Wright | Silent role | |||||||
| Clay Calloway | Bono | ||||||||
| Klaus Kickenklober | Adam Buxton | ||||||||
| Darius | Eric André | Eric André | Silent cameo | Eric André | |||||
| Suki Lane | Chelsea Peretti | ||||||||
| Jerry | Spike JonzeU | ||||||||
| Alfonso | Pharrell Williams | Photograph | |||||||
| Linda Le Bon | Julia Davis | ||||||||
| Herman | Robert Morse | ||||||||
| Garry Wishman | Brad Morris | ||||||||
| Angie | Keke Palmer | ||||||||
| Harry The Hypnotist | Kevin Michael Richardson | ||||||||
| Benny | Garth Jennings | ||||||||
| Marcy | Gwendoline Yeo | ||||||||
| 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 | |
| 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 | [10] |
| Sing 2 | December 22, 2021 | $162,790,990 | $245,605,281 | $408,396,271 | TBA | TBA | $85 million | [11] |
| Total | $433,369,415 | $609,365,240 | $1,042,734,655 | TBA | TBA | $160 million | – | |
| Film | Critical | Public | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rotten Tomatoes | Metacritic | CinemaScore | PostTrak | |
| Sing | 71% (187 reviews)[12] | 59 (37 reviews)[13] | A[14] | N/a |
| Sing 2 | 72% (137 reviews)[15] | 49 (28 reviews)[16] | A+[17] | 91%[17] |
