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Released
2016 · FILM

Sing

A down‑on‑his‑luck koala theater owner stages a citywide singing contest to stave off foreclosure, only to have a typo inflate the prize money and spark chaotic rivalries that threaten both his dream and the entire animal community.

“Auditions begin.”

Directed by
Kristof Deak, Garth Jennings
Written by
Kristof Deak, Garth Jennings
Rated
MPA · PG
Runtime
108 min
AnimationComedyFamily

Synopsis

A koala named Buster enlists his best friend to help boost business at his theater by organizing a singing competition.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 37

These are the principals we have on file — the full crew ran to the hundreds. Every film this size was made by far more hands than any credits list ever names.

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by Gregory PerlerShot by Robert MalyScored by Joby TalbotDesigned by Eric Guillon

Box Office

2016 · Box office

💰 Box-office hit — grossed 8.5× its budget

Why 2.5×?

Cinemas keep roughly half of every ticket sold, and a wide release’s marketing often costs about as much again as the film — so a movie needs to gross around 2.5× its production budget just to break even theatrically. It’s a rule of thumb, not the studio’s ledger (home video and streaming come later).

Worldwide gross

$634.2M

Budget$75.0M
Worldwide gross$634.2M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $270.4M — 43% of worldwide · International: $363.8M (57%)

Opening weekend: $20.6M — 8% of its US run. It had legs — it kept earning long after opening weekend.

Opening week (7-day): $20.6M — 8% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 4,022 theaters

Full synopsis

Also known as

  • Singde
  • Película intitulada de Illuminationes
  • Tous en scènefr

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