Where to watch Sing 2 in Australia

Musicals may be an acquired taste—I’ve personally got a penchant for Moulin Rouge or The Phantom of the Opera (yes, including the Joel Schumacher movie)—but good luck making it through the popular hits and covers in Sing 2 without at least tapping your toes. Sing 2 offers a potent combo of crowd-pleasing tunes with family-friendly animation bolstered by a cast of household Hollywood names and musical acts. Here’s how to watch Sing 2 in Australia.

Your first stop for checking out Sing 2 in a pinch should be Paramount Plus. Why? Paramount Plus has a seven-day trial for new sign-ups, so you can potentially watch Sing 2 (and a whole lot more) without paying a cent. Alternatively, Sing 2 is also streamable on Foxtel Now.

Paramount Plus prices start at $9.99 per month for two simultaneous 1080p streams (Standard) or up to $13.99 for four simultaneous 4K streams (Premium). Alternatively, pay $89.99 upfront for a year of Paramount Plus Standard (roughly $7.50 monthly equivalent) or $124.99 for Premium (about $10.42 monthly equivalent). Prime Video and Apple TV users can also add Paramount Plus as a premium channel with a corresponding monthly fee.

If you’re a Foxtel Now subscriber, you can also watch Sing 2. Monthly Foxtel Now prices start at $45 a month for the Essentials and Movies channel, or you can get all Foxtel Now channels for up to a $104 monthly fee.

Sing 2 was a Boxing Day gift, hitting Australian cinemas from 26 December 2021. At the domestic box office, Sing 2 scored just shy of $13 million as part of a $400+ million global haul. Sing 2 reportedly landed on Paramount Plus in September 2023.

The Sing 2 cast is a star-studded affair, which includes Matthew McConaughey, Reese Witherspoon, Scarlett Johansson, Taron Egerton, Bobby Cannavale, Nick Kroll, Nick Offerman, Eric André, Chelsea Peretti and Letitia Wright. In terms of the singers whose dulcet tones you may recognise, Sing 2’s musical cast includes Halsey, Pharrell, U2’s Bono and Torri Kelly.

As for the plot, Sing 2 picks up where the preceding film left off. Buster Moon (McConaughey) isn’t content with his local success and wants a whole lot more. His plan is to sneak his muso mates into a Redshore City talent audition in front of the Simon Cowell-like Jimmy Crystal (Cannavale). Caught in a lie, Moon’s only hope of stardom is to convince rock star Clay Calloway (Bono) to abandon his self-imposed exile. Much singing and jokes abound.

Paramount Plus might be overlooked as a streaming platform, but there are definitely some gems in there that are at the very least worth the seven-day free trial. You can catch up on loads of Channel 10 content like The Bachelor and Survivor (hello on-demand Jonathan LaPaglia), locally made TV series like Five Bedrooms and Spreadsheet, and live comedy performances from the likes of Celia Pacquola, Matt Okine, Anne Edmonds and Geraldine Hickey.

There are also some promising originals, too, such as Ziwe, Yellowjackets, 1883 (the Yellowstone prequel), The Offer, Halo and plenty of ways for Trekkies to go boldly where no streaming service has gone before. Paramount Plus is also home to Twin Peaks and Daria, which will be enough to net subscriptions from at least two huge cult fan bases.

Like other niche services on this list, the value of Paramount Plus is only muddied by the fact that, outside of the originals, you can stream most of its content on free-to-air or other streaming services.

Regardless, here’s how Paramount Plus compares to other streaming services in Australia: