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The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie

2004 PG 1h 27m Adventure, Animation, Comedy Paramount Pictures

Hero. Legend. Sponge.

Compare to other movies
Domestic Total
$85.4M
Final
Opening Weekend
$32.0M
3-day opening
Domestic Legs
2.67x
Opening → Total
Budget
$30.0M
Production budget
Worldwide Total
$140M
$54.9M international
2004 Rank
#28
Domestic

Box Office Performance

Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
Nov 19-21 2 $32.0M $32.0M 3,212 $10K 1
Nov 26-28 5 $17.8M -44.3% $58.8M 3,307 $5K 2
Dec 3-5 6 $7.7M -57.1% $68.2M 3,307 $2K 3
Dec 10-12 7 $4.4M -43.1% $73.6M 3,307 $1K 4
Dec 17-19 11 $2.0M -54.0% $76.4M 2,115 $946 5
Dec 24-26 19 $715K -64.3% $78.8M 1,316 $542 6
Dec 31-Jan 2 20 $1.2M +74.4% $81.9M 1,068 $1K 7
Jan 7-9 22 $858K -31.1% $83.1M 842 $1K 8
Jan 14-16 30 $318K -63.0% $83.6M 440 $722 9
Jan 21-23 34 $153K -51.9% $83.9M 310 $493 10
Jan 28-30 29 $265K +73.4% $84.2M 310 $854 11
Feb 4-6 26 $268K +1.3% $84.5M 358 $749 12
Feb 11-13 27 $233K -13.3% $84.8M 296 $786 13
Feb 18-20 31 $185K -20.6% $85.1M 245 $754 14
Feb 25-27 39 $96K -47.8% $85.3M 212 $455 15
Mar 4-6 48 $62K -35.9% $85.4M 127 $486 16

Profitability

Return on Budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

Cast & Crew

Directed byStephen Hillenburg
ScreenplayStephen Hillenburg, Derek Drymon, Tim Hill, Kent Osborne
StarringTom Kenny, Clancy Brown, Rodger Bumpass, Bill Fagerbakke, Mr. Lawrence, Jill Talley
StudioParamount Pictures