The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants
Ship's about to go down.
Desperate to be a big guy, SpongeBob sets out to prove his bravery to Mr.Krabs by following The Flying Dutchman – a mysterious swashbuckling ghost pirate – on a seafaring adventure that takes him to the deepest depths of the deep sea, where no Sponge has gone before.
- Director
- Derek Drymon
- Signature
- Wonder · Craft · Action
- Worldwide
- $163M
Who's in it
Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
24 billed performers
The Nutevio profile
Movie DNA
How The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants actually feels to watch, measured on the twelve traits our editors track across every Nutevio title.
Story overview
What It's About
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Desperate to be a big guy, SpongeBob sets out to prove his bravery to Mr. Krabs by following The Flying Dutchman – a mysterious swashbuckling ghost pirate – on a seafaring adventure that takes him to the deepest depths of the deep sea, where no Sponge has gone before.
Where to watch
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The numbers
Box Office & Release
The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants returned 2.5× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $64M
- Opening weekend
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- Domestic gross
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- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $163M
- Release date
- Dec 16, 2025
- Runtime
- 1h 28m
- MPAA rating
- —
- Language
- Arabic, English
- Country
- United States of America
Figures from the verified production record. Fields we cannot source are left blank rather than estimated.
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