| The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water | |
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| Directed by | Paul Tibbitt[a] |
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| Based on | SpongeBob SquarePants by Stephen Hillenburg |
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| Cinematography | Phil Méheux |
| Edited by | David Ian Salter |
| Music by | John Debney |
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| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
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Running time | 92 minutes[3] |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $60–74 million[4][5] |
| Box office | $325.2 million[4] |
The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water is a 2015 American adventure comedy film based on the animated television series SpongeBob SquarePants. Directed by series veteran Paul Tibbit, the film stars Antonio Banderas as the live-action character Burger Beard and features the show's regular voice cast consisting of Tom Kenny, Clancy Brown, Rodger Bumpass, Bill Fagerbakke, Carolyn Lawrence, and Mr. Lawrence, with Matt Berry as a new character. The plot follows a pirate named Burger Beard, who steals the secret Krabby Patty formula using a magical book that makes any text written upon it come true. SpongeBob and his friends must travel to the ocean's surface to confront Burger Beard and retrieve the formula. It is the second theatrical film based on the series following the first in 2004.
The film was written by Jonathan Aibel and Glenn Berger; they adapted it from a story conceived by Tibbit and SpongeBob creator Stephen Hillenburg. Like the first film, the final act places the animated characters in a live-action world. However, unlike the first film, the animated characters become animated in CGI in the live-action world. These scenes were directed by Mike Mitchell and were filmed in Savannah and Tybee Island, Georgia. Filming began on September 30, 2013, and was completed in November that year. The film is dedicated to Ernest Borgnine, the voice of Mermaid Man, who died in 2012. Similarly, it features the final film role of Tim Conway, the voice of Barnacle Boy, before his death in 2019.
The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water was released in the United States on February 6, 2015, in 3D and RealD 3D and received mostly positive reviews from critics. It was a box office success, earning over $325 million worldwide against its $60–74 million budget, making it the third-highest-grossing Nickelodeon film and the 6th highest-grossing animated film of 2015. A third film, The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run, was released in 2020.
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