The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water backdrop

The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water movie poster

The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of WaterFollow

2015 • PG • 1h 33m • Animation, Comedy, Family • Paramount Pictures

He's leaving his world behind.

🍅 82% 52%

62

2.7

6.0

CS A-

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$55.40M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$163.00M

Final

Worldwide total

$311.00M

$148.00M international

Domestic legs2.94x

Budget$74.0M

2015 rank#18

Compare with other movies

Cast & crew

Tom Kenny

Tom Kenny Starring

Clancy Brown

Clancy Brown Starring

Antonio Banderas

Antonio Banderas Starring

Bill Fagerbakke

Bill Fagerbakke Starring

ScreenplayGlenn Berger, Jonathan Aibel StudioParamount Pictures Produced byStephen Hillenburg, Paul Tibbitt, Mary Parent SeriesSpongeBob

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Feb 6-8 1 $55.4M — 3,641 $15,206 $55.4M

2 Feb 13-15 3 $31.5M −43.2% 3,654 $8,609 $94.6M

3 Feb 20-22 3 $16.6M −47.3% 3,680 $4,504 $126.2M

4 Feb 27-29 3 $10.8M −34.7% 3,467 $3,121 $139.9M

5 Mar 6-8 5 $6.7M −38.4% 3,097 $2,152 $148.7M

6 Mar 13-15 7 $4.0M −39.6% 2,659 $1,513 $154.6M

7 Mar 20-22 10 $2.4M −40.5% 1,980 $1,210 $158.8M

8 Mar 27-29 15 $613.6K −74.4% 1,354 $453 $160.2M

9 Apr 3-5 19 $253.5K −58.7% 482 $526 $160.8M

10 Apr 10-12 19 $230.5K −9.1% 308 $748 $161.3M

11 Apr 17-19 20 $357.7K +55.2% 328 $1,091 $161.7M

12 Apr 24-26 21 $286.1K −20.0% 287 $997 $162.1M

13 May 1-3 24 $161.9K −43.4% 235 $689 $162.3M

14 May 8-10 28 $143.2K −11.5% 214 $669 $162.5M

15 May 15-17 27 $164.4K +14.8% 195 $843 $162.7M

16 May 22-24 25 $151.0K −8.1% 187 $808 $162.9M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Feb 6 #1 $14.9M — $14.9M 3,641 $4,094 1

Sat Feb 7 #1 $24.1M +61.6% $39.0M 3,641 $6,615 2

Sun Feb 8 #1 $16.4M −32.0% $55.4M 3,641 $4,497 3

Mon Feb 9 #1 $2.5M −84.7% $57.9M 3,641 $687 4

Tue Feb 10 #1 $2.3M −8.3% $60.2M 3,641 $630 5

Wed Feb 11 #2 $1.4M −37.0% $61.6M 3,641 $397 6

Thu Feb 12 #1 $1.5M +5.7% $63.1M 3,641 $420 7

Fri Feb 13 #3 $6.5M +322.8% −56.7% $69.6M 3,654 $1,767 8

Sat Feb 14 #3 $14.5M +124.5% −39.8% $84.1M 3,654 $3,967 9

Sun Feb 15 #2 $10.5M −27.5% −35.8% $94.6M 3,654 $2,875 10

Mon Feb 16 #1 $8.6M −18.6% +241.9% $103.1M 3,654 $2,340 11

Tue Feb 17 #3 $2.7M −67.9% +19.6% $105.9M 3,654 $751 12

Wed Feb 18 #3 $1.9M −32.2% +28.8% $107.7M 3,654 $509 13

Thu Feb 19 #3 $1.9M +3.4% +26.1% $109.7M 3,654 $527 14

Fri Feb 20 #4 $4.0M +108.4% −37.9% $113.7M 3,680 $1,091 15

Sat Feb 21 #3 $7.2M +79.8% −50.2% $120.9M 3,680 $1,961 16

Sun Feb 22 #1 $5.3M −25.9% −49.1% $126.2M 3,680 $1,452 17

Mon Feb 23 #5 $717.1K −86.6% −91.6% $127.0M 3,680 $195 18

Tue Feb 24 #5 $891.8K +24.4% −67.5% $127.9M 3,680 $242 19

Wed Feb 25 #5 $592.6K −33.5% −68.2% $128.4M 3,680 $161 20

Thu Feb 26 #5 $675.1K +13.9% −64.9% $129.1M 3,680 $183 21

Fri Feb 27 #6 $2.1M +211.7% −47.6% $131.2M 3,467 $607 22

Sat Feb 28 #3 $5.4M +156.0% −25.3% $136.6M 3,467 $1,554 23

Sun Mar 1 #2 $3.3M −38.2% −37.7% $139.9M 3,467 $960 24

Mon Mar 2 #5 $513.9K −84.6% −28.3% $140.5M 3,467 $148 25

Tue Mar 3 #4 $618.7K +20.4% −30.6% $141.1M 3,467 $178 26

Wed Mar 4 #6 $430.5K −30.4% −27.4% $141.5M 3,467 $124 27

Thu Mar 5 #5 $487.6K +13.3% −27.8% $142.0M 3,467 $141 28

Fri Mar 6 #10 $1.4M +183.5% −34.3% $143.4M 3,097 $446 29

Sat Mar 7 #5 $3.2M +134.9% −39.7% $146.6M 3,097 $1,048 30

Sun Mar 8 #5 $2.0M −37.3% −38.9% $148.7M 3,097 $657 31

Mon Mar 9 #6 $468.8K −77.0% −8.8% $149.1M 3,097 $151 32

Tue Mar 10 #7 $570.1K +21.6% −7.8% $149.7M 3,097 $184 33

Wed Mar 11 #7 $454.3K −20.3% +5.5% $150.1M 3,097 $147 34

Thu Mar 12 #7 $441.5K −2.8% −9.4% $150.6M 3,097 $143 35

Fri Mar 13 #8 $943.6K +113.7% −31.7% $151.5M 2,659 $355 36

Sat Mar 14 #7 $1.9M +100.2% −41.8% $153.4M 2,659 $710 37

Sun Mar 15 #7 $1.2M −37.0% −41.5% $154.6M 2,659 $448 38

Mon Mar 16 #7 $365.7K −69.3% −22.0% $155.0M 2,659 $138 39

Tue Mar 17 #7 $570.7K +56.0% +0.1% $155.6M 2,659 $215 40

Wed Mar 18 #7 $457.0K −19.9% +0.6% $156.0M 2,659 $172 41

Thu Mar 19 #7 $435.8K −4.6% −1.3% $156.4M 2,659 $164 42

Fri Mar 20 #11 $580.3K +33.1% −38.5% $157.0M 1,980 $293 43

Sat Mar 21 #10 $1.1M +85.5% −43.0% $158.1M 1,980 $544 44

Sun Mar 22 #10 $738.2K −31.4% −38.0% $158.8M 1,980 $373 45

Mon Mar 23 #11 $185.3K −74.9% −49.3% $159.0M 1,980 $94 46

Tue Mar 24 #11 $228.2K +23.1% −60.0% $159.3M 1,980 $115 47

Wed Mar 25 #11 $183.5K −19.6% −59.9% $159.4M 1,980 $93 48

Thu Mar 26 #11 $162.3K −11.5% −62.8% $159.6M 1,980 $82 49

Fri Mar 27 #- $138.7K −14.6% −76.1% $159.7M 1,354 $102 50

Sat Mar 28 #15 $278.5K +100.7% −74.1% $160.0M 1,354 $206 51

Sun Mar 29 #15 $196.4K −29.5% −73.4% $160.2M 1,354 $145 52

Mon Mar 30 #15 $80.1K −59.2% −56.8% $160.3M 1,354 $59 53

Tue Mar 31 #14 $101.4K +26.6% −55.5% $160.4M 1,354 $75 54

Wed Apr 1 #14 $88.6K −12.7% −51.7% $160.5M 1,354 $65 55

Thu Apr 2 #13 $103.7K +17.1% −36.1% $160.6M 1,354 $77 56

Fri Apr 3 #- $100.2K −3.4% −27.8% $160.7M 482 $208 57

Sat Apr 4 #- $95.7K −4.4% −65.6% $160.8M 482 $199 58

Sun Apr 5 #- $57.6K −39.8% −70.7% $160.8M 482 $120 59

Mon Apr 6 #13 $66.3K +15.0% −17.3% $160.9M 482 $137 60

Tue Apr 7 #- $59.6K −10.1% −41.3% $161.0M 482 $124 61

Wed Apr 8 #13 $57.3K −3.9% −35.4% $161.0M 482 $119 62

Thu Apr 9 #14 $52.8K −7.7% −49.0% $161.1M 482 $110 63

Fri Apr 10 #- $69.3K +31.2% −30.8% $161.1M 308 $225 64

Sat Apr 11 #- $102.5K +48.0% +7.1% $161.2M 308 $333 65

Sun Apr 12 #- $58.6K −42.9% +1.7% $161.3M 308 $190 66

Mon Apr 13 #- $11.5K −80.3% −82.6% $161.3M 308 $37 67

Tue Apr 14 #- $11.3K −1.7% −81.0% $161.3M 308 $37 68

Wed Apr 15 #- $12.7K +12.2% −77.8% $161.3M 308 $41 69

Thu Apr 16 #- $10.5K −17.3% −80.1% $161.4M 308 $34 70

Fri Apr 17 #- $77.7K +639.1% +12.1% $161.4M 328 $237 71

Sat Apr 18 #- $160.9K +107.0% +56.9% $161.6M 328 $490 72

Sun Apr 19 #- $119.1K −26.0% +103.3% $161.7M 328 $363 73

Mon Apr 20 #- $22.7K −80.9% +97.2% $161.7M 328 $69 74

Tue Apr 21 #- $24.4K +7.2% +115.0% $161.8M 328 $74 75

Wed Apr 22 #- $21.6K −11.2% +70.1% $161.8M 328 $66 76

Thu Apr 23 #- $21.0K −2.8% +99.8% $161.8M 328 $64 77

Fri Apr 24 #- $61.2K +191.5% −21.2% $161.9M 287 $213 78

Sat Apr 25 #- $138.4K +126.0% −14.0% $162.0M 287 $482 79

Sun Apr 26 #- $86.4K −37.6% −27.5% $162.1M 287 $301 80

Mon Apr 27 #- $15.1K −82.5% −33.5% $162.1M 287 $53 81

Tue Apr 28 #- $16.0K +5.9% −34.3% $162.1M 287 $56 82

Wed Apr 29 #- $13.5K −15.4% −37.4% $162.1M 287 $47 83

Thu Apr 30 #- $17.1K +26.0% −18.8% $162.1M 287 $59 84

Fri May 1 #- $37.4K +119.1% −39.0% $162.2M 235 $159 85

Sat May 2 #- $68.8K +84.0% −50.3% $162.3M 235 $293 86

Sun May 3 #- $55.7K −19.0% −35.5% $162.3M 235 $237 87

Mon May 4 #- $9.7K −82.6% −35.8% $162.3M 235 $41 88

Tue May 5 #- $12.1K +25.0% −24.1% $162.3M 235 $52 89

Wed May 6 #- $10.8K −10.7% −20.0% $162.3M 235 $46 90

Thu May 7 #- $11.3K +4.3% −33.8% $162.4M 235 $48 91

Fri May 8 #- $32.4K +186.7% −13.3% $162.4M 214 $151 92

Sat May 9 #- $66.9K +106.6% −2.7% $162.5M 214 $313 93

Sun May 10 #- $43.8K −34.5% −21.3% $162.5M 214 $205 94

Mon May 11 #- $9.0K −79.5% −7.7% $162.5M 214 $42 95

Tue May 12 #- $11.0K +23.0% −9.2% $162.5M 214 $52 96

Wed May 13 #- $10.9K −1.4% +0.4% $162.5M 214 $51 97

Thu May 14 #- $11.0K +1.5% −2.3% $162.5M 214 $52 98

Fri May 15 #- $34.4K +211.7% +6.2% $162.6M 195 $176 99

Sat May 16 #- $77.3K +124.6% +15.5% $162.6M 195 $396 100

Sun May 17 #- $52.7K −31.8% +20.2% $162.7M 195 $270 101

Mon May 18 #- $11.8K −77.7% +31.1% $162.7M 195 $60 102

Tue May 19 #- $10.9K −7.1% −1.0% $162.7M 195 $56 103

Wed May 20 #- $11.6K +6.1% +6.5% $162.7M 195 $59 104

Thu May 21 #- $12.7K +10.0% +15.4% $162.7M 195 $65 105

Fri May 22 #- $30.6K +140.4% −11.0% $162.8M 187 $164 106

Sat May 23 #- $59.6K +94.6% −22.9% $162.8M 187 $319 107

Sun May 24 #- $60.8K +2.0% +15.3% $162.9M 187 $325 108

Mon May 25 #- $50.5K −17.0% +329.4% $163.0M 187 $270 109

Tue May 26 #- $14.1K −72.0% +29.5% $163.0M 187 $76 110

Wed May 27 #- $13.6K −3.5% +17.8% $163.0M 187 $73 111

Thu May 28 #- $15.6K +14.4% +22.5% $163.0M 187 $83 112

Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record

Cumulative total$161.4M

Feb 6Feb 23Mar 13Mar 30Apr 16

Weekend grossWk 10 · $230.5K

$55.4M

$31.5M

$16.6M

$10.8M

$6.7M

$4.0M

$2.4M

$613.6K

$253.5K

$230.5K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,680 → 308 −91.6%

3,641 open308 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −9.1%

−43.2%

W1→2

−47.3%

W2→3

−34.7%

W3→4

−38.4%

W4→5

−39.6%

W5→6

−40.5%

W6→7

−74.4%

W7→8

−58.7%

W8→9

−9.1%

W9→10

Steepest −74.4%Best hold −9.1%

Run milestones

$100M in 11 days

$100M

Day 11

Feb 16

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

Similar movies

The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants 2025 · Drymon $71.1M The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie 2004 · Hillenburg $85.4M Paddington in Peru 2025 · Wilson $45.8M The Secret Life of Pets 2 2019 · Renaud $159.2M Hotel Transylvania 2 2015 · Tartakovsky $169.7M Hotel Transylvania 2012 · Tartakovsky $148.3M

Box office comparisons

Build your own comparison

No head-to-head comparisons featuring The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water yet — build one in seconds.

Build your own comparison →