Summary
The Garfield Moviehas broken a major franchise box office record in North America. The new animated movie stars Chris Pratt in the title role as the iconic lasagna-loving, Monday-hating orange cat who originated in the 1978 Jim Davis comic strip.TheGarfield Moviereleasekicked off overseas in early May before it opened over Memorial Day weekend at the domestic box office, taking No. 2 behindFuriosa: A Mad Max Saga. It eventually pulled ahead of the underperforming post-apocalyptic action movie to take No. 1 in its second domestic weekend.
PerDeadline,The Garfield Movieis projected to take in a 3-day total of $5.3 million by the end of its fourth weekend in domestic theaters. This will bring its cumulative domestic total to $78.8 million. Because the 2004 blended live-action and CGI featureGarfield: The Movieonly earned $75.4 million in North America, it has now beensupplanted as the No. 1 movie in the franchiseat the domestic box office.
Will The Garfield Movie Become No. 1 Worldwide Also?
The 2024 Movie Has A Narrow Gap To Close
In addition to becoming the highest-grossing domestic release in the three-movie franchise,theGarfield Moviebox officeis substantial enough that it isthe sixth highest-grossing movie of 2024 worldwideat the time of writing.Inside Out 2will likely quickly surpass it once the new Pixar movie’s global opening weekend numbers are tabulated, butGarfieldis nevertheless quite a success given its relatively slim $60 million budget. It also has a shot at becoming the highest-grossing movie in the franchise worldwide. Below, see a breakdown of the box office performance of all three movies in the franchise:
$75.4 million
$203.2 million
$28.4 million
$143.3 million
$78.8 million
~$190 million
So far,The Garfield Moviehas considerably outgrossed the 2006 sequelA Tale of Two Kitties, even though its full international numbers for the weekend have not come in yet. However, there is still a gap of roughly $10 to $13 million between its current position and the franchise’s No. 1 spot worldwide, which still belongs to the 2004 movie. While the new installment has naturally seen diminishing returns after running in theaters for so many weeks, it stillhas a chance of beating that $203.2 million total.
Perhaps because of the star-studdedThe Garfield Movievoice castthat also includes Samuel L. Jackson, Hannah Waddingham, Ving Rhames, Nicholas Hoult, and Snoop Dogg, the movie is showing a strong audience hold in North America. While it will likely make less than $5 million domestically over each subsequent weekend, between its international totals and its domestic grosses that are still in the seven-digit range, it’s entirely possible for the movie to eventually take the crown.
The Garfield Movie
Cast
The Garfield Movie, released in 2024, follows Garfield, the lasagna-loving cat, as he embarks on an outdoor adventure with his canine companion Odie. The journey begins when Garfield is unexpectedly reunited with his long-lost father, Vic, leading them to join a comedic, high-stakes heist.
