The Garfield Movie

The Garfield Movie
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Mark Dindal
Screenplay by	Paul A. Kaplan Mark Torgove David Reynolds
Based on	Garfield by Jim Davis
Produced by	John Cohen Broderick Johnson Andrew A. Kosove Steven P. Wegner Craig Sost Namit Malhotra
Starring	Chris Pratt Samuel L. Jackson Hannah Waddingham Ving Rhames Nicholas Hoult Cecily Strong Harvey Guillén Brett Goldstein Bowen Yang Snoop Dogg
Edited by	Mark Keefer
Music by	John Debney
Production companies	Alcon Entertainment DNEG Animation Wayfarer Studios One Cool Films Stage 6 Films[1] John Cohen Productions[1] Andrews McMeel Entertainment[1]
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures (through Sony Pictures Releasing)
Release dates	May 1, 2024 (2024-05-01) (International) May 19, 2024 (2024-05-19) (Grauman's Chinese Theatre) May 24, 2024 (2024-05-24) (United States)
Running time	101 minutes[2]
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$60 million[3]
Box office	$257.2 million[1][4]

The Garfield Movie is a 2024 American animated comedy film based on the comic strip Garfield created by Jim Davis. The film was directed by Mark Dindal from a screenplay by Paul A. Kaplan, Mark Torgove, and David Reynolds. It serves as the sixth Garfield film adaptation, the third theatrically-released one, and is the first since the direct-to-video Garfield's Pet Force in 2009. Chris Pratt stars as the voice of the titular character, alongside the voices of Samuel L. Jackson, Hannah Waddingham, Ving Rhames, Nicholas Hoult, Cecily Strong, Harvey Guillén, Brett Goldstein, Bowen Yang, and Snoop Dogg. In the film, Garfield is reunited with his long-lost father, a street cat named Vic, before being forced into joining him on a high-stakes adventure.

Development on The Garfield Movie started at Alcon Entertainment in May 2016. Dindal was announced as the film's director in November 2018, and pre-production began the following month. By 2021, Sony Pictures had already purchased the film rights for global distribution under its Columbia Pictures label and Pratt was cast as Garfield, with the rest of the cast joining the following year. The film was animated by DNEG Animation, while John Debney, a frequent collaborator of Dindal, composed the score.

The Garfield Movie was released internationally on May 1, 2024; in the United States, the film premiered at the Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Los Angeles on May 19, and was released on May 24. The film received negative reviews from critics, who criticized its unfaithfulness to the source material, although the animation and voice acting received praise and is cited as a slight improvement over the live-action films. Nevertheless, it was a commercial success, grossing $257.2 million worldwide against a $60 million budget. The film was nominated at the 2024 Kids' Choice Awards for Favorite Animated Movie, but lost to another Columbia Pictures animated film Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse.