Sing (franchise)

Sing
Created by	Garth Jennings
Original work	Sing (2016)
Owner	Universal Pictures (via Illumination)
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 Gutner’s Eyes Only (2022) Animal Attraction (2022)

Sing is an American media franchise created by director Garth Jennings and produced from Illumination, which stars Matthew McConaughey, Reese Witherspoon, Scarlett Johansson, Nick Kroll, Taron Egerton, Tori Kelly, Nick Offerman 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, anthromorphic animals. It follows a koala, who with the help of other animals, puts on live theatre shows that largely encompass singing.

Films[]

Sing (2016)[]

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)[]

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 mogul Jimmy Crystal and pitch the idea of casting the lion rock legend 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.

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 as he works to prove himself to be a good babysitter.

Love at First Sight (2017)[]

Included as a mini-movie on Sing's home media release, the short focuses around Johnny who sets Miss Crawly up with an online dating website where she manages to score a date with a lizard named Herman.

Eddie's Life Coach (2017)[]

Included as a mini-movie on Sing's home media release. The short focuses around Eddie's mother who sets Eddie up for a digital training seminar where he will be assigned to a dachshund named Garry "The Winner" Wishman.

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 007 type spy.^[1]

Animal Attraction (2022)[]

Included as a mini-movie on Sing 2's home media release. The short focuses around Darius who messes up his commercial shoot and audition.^[2]

Reception[]

Box office performance[]

Film	Release Date	Box Office Gross			All Time Ranking		Budget	References
		Domestic	Foreign	Worldwide	Domestic	Worldwide
Sing	December 21, 2016	$270,448,425	$363,759,959	$634,208,384	TBA	TBA	$75 million	[3]
Sing 2	December 22, 2021	$158,549,695	$218,670,000	$377,219,695	TBA	TBA	$85 million	[4]
Total		$428,998,120	$582,429,959	$1,010,697,424	TBA	TBA	$160 million

Critical response[]

Film	Rotten Tomatoes	Metacritic	CinemaScore
Sing	71% (188 reviews)[5]	59 (37 reviews)[6]	A[7]
Sing 2	70% (103 reviews)[8]	49 (21 reviews)[9]	A+[7]

Cast and characters[]

List indicator(s)

• A dark gray cell indicates the character did not appear in that installment.
• A ^U an actor or actress was not credited for their role.
• A ^Y indicates an actor or actress voiced a younger version of their 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
Johnny	Taron Egerton			Taron Egerton		Taron Egerton
Ash	Scarlett Johansson
Rosita	Reese Witherspoon
Meena	Tori Kelly
Gunter	Nick Kroll					Nick Kroll
Miss Crawly	Garth Jennings			Garth Jennings		Cameo
Nana Noodleman	Jennifer Saunders	Jennifer Saunders			Photograph
	Jennifer HudsonY
Norman	Nick Offerman						Cameo
Big Daddy	Peter Serafinowicz
Stan	Adam Buxton
Barry	N/A	Thomas Walters
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
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
Baboon	Brad Morris			Photograph
Jimmy Crystal		Bobby Cannavale
Porsha Crystal		Halsey
Nooshy		Letitia Wright
Clay Calloway		Bono
Klaus Kickenklober		Adam Buxton
Darius		Eric André					Eric André
Suki Lane		Chelsea Peretti
Jerry		Spike JonzeU
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

Crew[]

Film(s)	Director(s)	Producer(s)	Screenwriter	Composer	Editor
Sing	Garth Jennings Co-director: Christophe Lourdelet	Chris Meledandri Janet Healy	Garth Jennings	Joby Talbot	Gregory Perler
Sing 2

References[]