Box office Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties grossed $28.4 million in North America, and $113.3 million in other countries, for a worldwide total of $141.7 million. According to
20th Century Fox, the studio was aware that the film would not make as much as the first, and only made it based on the worldwide success of the first film.
Critical response On
Rotten Tomatoes, the film has a rating of 12% from 78 surveyed critics, with an average rating of 3.5/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "Strictly for (very) little kids,
A Tale of Two Kitties features skilled voice actors but a plot that holds little interest." On
Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 37 out of 100 based on reviews from 20 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable" reviews. Audiences polled by
CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "B+" on an A+ to F scale, the same grade earned by its predecessor. Joe Leydon of
Variety gave the film a positive review, saying "Good kitty! Superior in every way to its underwhelming predecessor,
Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties is a genuinely clever kidpic that should delight moppets, please parents – and maybe tickle a few tweens." Janice Page of
The Boston Globe gave the film one and a half stars out of four, saying "You'll only be attracted to
Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties if you're very young, you're very easily entertained, or you just can't get enough of Jim Davis's lasagna-scarfing cartoon cat."
Roger Ebert gave the film three out of four stars, saying "
Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties is actually funnier and more charming than the first film." Elizabeth Weitzman of
New York Daily News gave the film one and a half stars out of four, saying "Connolly, bless him, throws himself heartily into the task of acting opposite a computer-generated cat given to bad puns and flatulence. Everyone else, however, looks mortified, and can you blame them?" Peter Hartlaub of the
San Francisco Chronicle gave the film one out of four stars, saying "The best thing that can be said about
Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties is that the movie isn't quite as bad as its name." Nathan Rabin of
The A.V. Club gave the film a C, saying "
Two Kitties marks a considerable improvement over its predecessor. It's faster paced and the filmmakers wisely shift the focus away from bland owner Breckin Meyer and onto a menagerie of chattering animals. After a dreadful first entry, Two Kitties elevates the Garfield series almost to the level of mediocrity." Claudia Puig of
USA Today gave the film one and a half stars out of four, saying "It comes off like a coughed-up furball: a wan rehash with too many elements of the hard-to-swallow 2004 original."
Accolades The film was nominated for two
Golden Raspberry Awards in
2006, one in the category "Worst Prequel or Sequel", and one in the category "Worst Excuse for Family Entertainment", but lost to
Basic Instinct 2 and
RV, respectively. == Notes ==