60 Fun Facts About Sing 2

Who wrote and directed Sing 2?

He also voices Miss Crawly, the bus terminal and a rental car's airbag.

Which animation studio made Sing 2 with Universal?

Its Paris studio, formerly Illumination Mac Guff, did much of the work remotely during the pandemic.

What kind of animal is Buster Moon?

Matthew McConaughey voices the theater owner in both films.

Where do Buster and his troupe travel to make an impression on the big-time entertainment world?

Calatonia was the setting of the first film.

Which talent scout is unimpressed by Buster's show at the start of the film?

Chelsea Peretti voices the haughty Saluki, who later frees Buster from Jimmy's closet.

What kind of animal is entertainment mogul Jimmy Crystal?

Bobby Cannavale voices him; he runs Crystal Entertainment.

Who pitches the space-themed sci-fi musical that Jimmy greenlights?

Jimmy only bites because the pitch promises songs by Clay Calloway.

Clay Calloway disappeared after the death of his wife. What was her name?

He had been hiding for 15 years when Miss Crawly first tracks him down.

Who voices Clay Calloway?

U2 also wrote the film's original song, 'Your Song Saved My Life'.

How does Clay scare Buster's iguana assistant away on her first visit?

Ash and Buster later persuade him to join the show.

What phobia does Rosita reveal during rehearsals?

She overcomes it in the finale to rescue Buster after Jimmy drops him from a catwalk.

Who replaces Rosita in the lead role at Jimmy Crystal's insistence?

Halsey voices Porsha, who storms off when she thinks Buster has fired her.

Who voices Porsha Crystal?

She was added to the cast in December 2020 alongside Bono and Pharrell.

What is the name of the harsh choreographer hired to teach Johnny to dance?

He is a proboscis monkey voiced by Adam Buxton, who played Stan in the first film.

Which street dancer takes over as Johnny's teacher?

Letitia Wright voices the lynx, and won an NAACP Image Award for the performance.

What kind of animal is Johnny's street-dancer teacher?

She joins the troupe when they leave Redshore City at the end.

Meena falls in love with Alfonso, who sells what?

Pharrell Williams voices the elephant vendor.

Who voices Alfonso?

He is a longtime Illumination collaborator, having written 'Happy' for Despicable Me 2.

What kind of animal is Darius, the egocentric actor cast opposite Meena?

Eric André voices him; Meena only gets through their duet by imagining Alfonso.

Where does Jimmy lock Buster after nearly dropping him off the hotel roof?

Suki lets him out and tells him to leave town.

Whom does Johnny call to keep Jimmy's bodyguards at bay during the show?

Big Daddy, voiced by Peter Serafinowicz, is now on work release.

Who distracts hotel security so the show can go on?

Rosita is a mother of 25 piglets, some voiced by the director's own children.

What happens to Jimmy Crystal after the curtain call?

He had just tried to take credit for the show's success.

Who gives Clay the courage to finally take the stage?

Clay had claimed he was not ready when his cue came.

Which character does the director voice himself?

The elderly iguana with a glass eye is Buster's assistant.

Which director cameos as a tarsier night cleaner?

Edgar Wright voices a dog cop and a pig chauffeur, and Spike Jonze is Jimmy's assistant Jerry.

Which fashion brand designed some of the costumes in the film?

Longtime Illumination artist Eric Guillon designed new characters like Klaus and the tarsiers.

Roughly how many animals fill the crowd for the finale theater?

The scale of the finale was a big step up for the crowd department.

Which band performed the film's original song 'Your Song Saved My Life'?

It was released on November 3, 2021, and nominated at the Hollywood Music in Media Awards.

Who composed the score for both Sing films?

He is a frequent Garth Jennings collaborator.

Where did Sing 2 have its world premiere on November 14, 2021?

It opened the festival before a December 22 US release.

Sing 2 was originally scheduled for release on which date before pandemic delays?

It was pushed to July 2, 2021, then to December 22, 2021.

Roughly how much did Sing 2 gross worldwide?

That made it the highest-grossing animated film of 2021 on an $85 million budget.

Which film kept Sing 2 in second place on its opening weekend?

Sing 2 took $22.3 million that weekend and $41 million over five days.

What rare CinemaScore grade did audiences give Sing 2?

It was the first Illumination film ever to earn the top grade.

Sing 2 was the first animated film since which 2019 release to pass $100M domestically?

It crossed the mark on January 8, 2022, the first animated film to do so during the pandemic.

Which cast member won an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance for Sing 2?

Eric André was nominated in the same category.

Sing 2 was nominated for Best Animated Feature by which animation-industry body?

It was also up for a Producers Guild award for Chris Meledandri and Janet Healy.

Which Sing 2 promotion ran inside the Roblox game Adopt Me!?

McDonald's, Kellogg's and Xfinity were among the other partners.

Which critic, who liked the first film, said Sing 2 lacked its 'homemade charm'?

Rotten Tomatoes settled at 72% with the consensus 'Second verse, same as the first'.

Which of Matthew McConaughey's children voices the piglet who splashes in chocolate?

Garth Jennings' four children also voice piglets.

In the first Sing film, what was the name of the city where Buster's theater stood?

The original film grossed $634 million and its song 'Faith' earned a Golden Globe nomination.

When was a third Sing film confirmed to be in development?

Illumination boss Chris Meledandri made the announcement.

In Sing (2016), what prize does Buster Moon intend to offer before a typo inflates it?

Miss Crawly's misprint adds two zeros, and the $100,000 flyers blow out of the window before anyone can proofread them.

In the 2016 film, how many piglets does Rosita have?

Reese Witherspoon voices the overworked mother, who is paired with the exuberant Gunter for a dance routine.

Which street-musician mouse swindles a group of Russian bears in a card game in the first film?

Seth MacFarlane voices him; the bears later smash open Buster's prize chest with a baseball bat.

What kind of animal is Judith, the bank representative threatening Buster's theater with foreclosure?

She repossesses the lot after the flooded theater implodes, then tries and fails to stop the outdoor show.

After the stage lights break, Buster rebuilds the stage as a tank lit by what?

The tank shatters under the bears' bat and everyone's weight, flooding and collapsing the theater.

Which two stars performed the original song 'Faith', nominated for a Golden Globe for the first film?

Joby Talbot, Garth Jennings's regular collaborator, wrote the score around more than 60 licensed songs.

Per The Hollywood Reporter, song rights for the first Sing ate up what share of its production budget?

The film packs in 65 pop songs, most of them sung by the characters on screen.

Where was the first Sing shown as a work in progress on September 11, 2016?

Its Los Angeles premiere followed at the Microsoft Theater on December 3, and it opened in the US on December 21.

Roughly how much did the first Sing gross worldwide?

Deadline estimated a net profit of $194 million, seventh among 2016's 'Most Valuable Blockbusters'.

Which director voices Daniel, a giraffe who auditions with the song 'Ben' in the first film?

Edgar Wright voices a goat; the three friends have a tradition of cameoing in each other's films.

Where was the animation for the first Sing film created?

Illumination Mac Guff in Paris handles the studio's features; producer Chris Meledandri came up with the story idea.

Which two films opened alongside the first Sing in North America in December 2016?

It played in 4,022 theatres and was expected to make about $70 million in its first six days.

Which three short films were included with the 2016 Sing's home release?

The home release made $63 million from 3.3 million units, the seventh best-selling title of 2017.

Which British comedian voices Nana Noodleman, the retired theater star, in the first film?

Nana is the grandmother of Buster's sheep friend Eddie, voiced by John C. Reilly.

Which crime is Big Daddy the gorilla arrested for after his son sneaks off to rehearsal?

Traffic from an accident Johnny unknowingly caused keeps him from getting back in time; Big Daddy later breaks out of prison to see him sing.

Klaus Kickenklober, the harsh dance instructor in Sing 2, is what kind of animal?

He is voiced by Adam Buxton, who had voiced Stan in the first Sing film.

Which filmmaker has an uncredited role as Jerry, the cat who is Jimmy Crystal's personal assistant?

Julia Davis voices Hot News host Linda le Bon, and director Garth Jennings' wife and four children also lend their voices.