50 Fun Facts About Sing
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Take the 50-question quizWhat kind of animal is theatre owner Buster Moon?
The Los Angeles Times told readers to watch for the 'koala car wash' scene after his theatre collapses.
Who voices Buster Moon?
He was the first voice cast, in January 2015; his daughter later voiced a piglet in the sequel.
Who wrote and directed Sing?
He had previously directed The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and Son of Rambow.
Which animation studio made Sing with Universal Pictures?
It was the studio's first film to get a Christmas-season release.
In which year was Sing released in US cinemas?
It opened on December 21, the same week as Passengers and Assassin's Creed.
Who sings the original song 'Faith' with Stevie Wonder?
It was released as the soundtrack's lead single on November 4, 2016.
Who composed Sing's orchestral score?
He is a frequent collaborator of the director and won an Annie Award for the score.
What is the name of the animal city where Sing is set?
The sequel moves the cast to Redshore City, home of Crystal Entertainment.
Bank representative Judith, who threatens foreclosure, is what animal?
She repossesses the lot after the theatre floods and collapses, and tries to stop the final outdoor show.
Buster intends a $1,000 prize, but a typo on the flyers advertises how much?
The misprinted flyers are blown out of the window by a fan before anyone can proofread them.
What species is Buster's elderly assistant who adds two zeros to the prize?
In the sequel she gets a glass eye and a paintball-gun encounter with Clay Calloway.
How many piglets does Rosita have?
The piglets' voices include the director's four children Oscar, Leo, Caspar and Asa.
Who voices Rosita?
Rotten Tomatoes lists Sing among her most acclaimed and highest-grossing films.
What kind of animal is the punk-rocker Ash?
She writes her own rock song, 'Set It All Free', after her boyfriend cheats on her.
Who voices Ash?
Sing ranks among her top ten highest-grossing films, alongside four Avengers movies.
Johnny, the son of a gang leader, is what kind of animal?
He sneaks away from his father's heist to rehearse and ends up causing the gang's arrest.
Who voices Johnny?
The same year he played ski-jumper Eddie the Eagle and was up for the BAFTA Rising Star Award.
What is the name of Johnny's gang-leader father?
He breaks out of prison to reconcile with Johnny during the outdoor show.
Mike, the street musician, is what kind of animal?
He takes out a huge bank loan for a flashy car on the assumption that he will win.
Shy teenager Meena is what kind of animal?
In the sequel she falls for an ice-cream-vending elephant named Alfonso, voiced by Pharrell Williams.
Who voices Meena?
It was her film debut; on the deluxe soundtrack she duets with Jennifer Hudson.
Why does Meena fail her audition?
She settles for being Buster's stagehand before finally performing at the outdoor show.
Gunter, Rosita's exuberant dance partner, is what animal?
One of the three Blu-ray shorts is titled 'Gunter Babysits'.
Who voices Gunter?
He voiced Sausage Party and Sing in the same year, and returned for the sequel.
Who voices Eddie?
His casting was confirmed in June 2015, the same day Buster's name was revealed.
Who voices Eddie's grandmother, the former theatre superstar?
She had voiced Queen Elizabeth II in Minions the year before.
Who provides the singing voice of Eddie's grandmother as a young star?
She sings the Beatles' 'Golden Slumbers/Carry That Weight', the film's recurring musical theme.
Mike swindles a group of what at a card game?
They track him to the theatre and smash open the prize chest with a baseball bat.
After the stage lights break, what does Buster use as lighting for the rebuilt stage?
The squid tank later shatters, flooding and imploding the whole theatre.
What is the title of the original rock song Ash writes?
Her ex-boyfriend Lance is finally impressed when he hears it at the outdoor show.
What is the name of Rosita's husband?
He only notices his wife's talent when he sees her perform at the outdoor show.
Who voices Rosita's husband?
He returned for the sequel alongside Kroll, Egerton and Kelly.
How much did Sing gross worldwide?
Deadline put its net profit at $194.2 million, seventh among 2016's 'Most Valuable Blockbusters'.
Which 2023 film took Sing's record as highest-grossing film never to finish first in the US?
Both are Universal releases; Sing had held the record since its December 2016 run behind Rogue One.
Sing took the never-number-one box-office record from which 2002 film?
That film had made $241.4 million without ever topping the weekend chart.
Which film kept Sing in second place on its opening weekend?
Sing actually rose 21% in its second weekend and still stayed second.
In which city was Sing screened as a work in progress in September 2016?
Variety's Peter Debruge saw it there and praised the direction and the cast despite thin subplots.
What was the film's original working title?
It was announced in January 2014 as a comedy about 'courage, competition and carrying a tune'.
Which producer came up with the idea of a shifty theatre owner staging a contest?
It took five years from the announcement to the 2016 release; he later confirmed a third film is in development.
Roughly how many pop songs does the film contain?
Most are performed diegetically by the characters rather than as background music.
In which country was Sing's animation created?
Illumination Mac Guff in Paris handles the studio's animation.
Which director voices Daniel, a giraffe who auditions with the song 'Ben'?
Edgar Wright voices a goat, keeping up the three friends' habit of appearing in each other's films.
An archival recording of which late scat singer provides a hippo's singing voice?
Nicknamed 'The Human Horn', he died in 2003; the film uses his 'Stout-Hearted Men'.
Which of these is one of the three short films on the home release?
The others are 'Love at First Sight' and 'Eddie's Life Coach'.
Which 2005 sci-fi comedy did Sing's director make before it?
He followed it with Son of Rambow in 2007; his company Hammer & Tongs also made Radiohead's 'Lotus Flower' video.
Which Beatles medley does the young Nana sing as the film's recurring theme?
Jennifer Hudson also duets with Tori Kelly on the deluxe soundtrack.
Which producers wrote 'Faith' with Francis Farewell Starlite?
The video has Wonder at the piano while Grande walks a pavement alongside the film's characters.
How does Buster support himself after the theatre implodes?
He moves in with Eddie until Meena's singing among the rubble inspires an outdoor show.
What role does Johnny's father force him to take in the gang's heist?
Stuck in traffic from an accident he caused, he fails to return in time and the gang is arrested.
What is the name of Ash's self-absorbed boyfriend?
He is dismissed from the contest and later cheats on her, prompting the break-up.