Garfield's Pet Force
2009 animated film directed by Mark A.Z. Dippé
Garfield's Pet Force is a 2009 American animated superhero comedy film based on characters from the Jim Davis comic strip Garfield and loosely based on the Pet Force novel series. It is the third installment of the animated movie series, following Garfield Gets Real and Garfield's Fun Fest. Also, it is the fifth Garfield movie overall. It was released on DVD and Blu-ray Disc in the United States on June 16, 2009, by 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, while it was pre-sold overseas by sales representative Velvet Octopus. It was written by Garfield creator Jim Davis. It was released theatrically in 3-D in select countries such as Japan, Poland, Italy, Mexico, Brazil, Australia, Spain, and the UK. The film was the most profitable film in the franchise until 2024. It is the last Garfield film to be distributed by 20th Century Fox, a decade prior to Nickelodeon's acquisition of Paws, Inc. in August 2019. A sixth film, The Garfield Movie, was released in May 2024. It was distributed by Sony Pictures Releasing under their Columbia Pictures label.