The SpongeBob Movie: Search for Squarepants (2025)

The SpongeBob Movie: Search for Squarepants
Theatrical Performance
Domestic Box Office $71,068,170Details
International Box Office $96,800,000
Worldwide Box Office $167,868,170
Further financial details...

Synopsis

SpongeBob and his Bikini Bottom friends set sail in their biggest, all-new, can’t miss cinematic event ever…The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants. 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 comedy-adventure that takes him to the deepest depths of the deep sea, where no Sponge has gone before.

Metrics

Opening Weekend:$15,611,344 (22.0% of total gross)
Legs:4.55 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:42.3% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Production Budget:$64,000,000 (worldwide box office is 2.6 times production budget)
Theater counts:3,557 opening theaters/3,570 max. theaters, 4.9 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $71,068,170

Movie Details

Domestic Releases: December 19th, 2025 (Wide) by Paramount Pictures
International Releases: December 18th, 2025 (Wide), released as SpongeBob: Pirátské dobrodružství (Czech Republic)
December 24th, 2025 (Wide), released as SpongeBob O Filme: À Procura das Calças Quadradas (Portugal)
December 24th, 2025 (Wide), released as Bob l’éponge - Le film: A la recherche de l’éponge perdue (France)
December 24th, 2025 (Wide) (Indonesia)
December 24th, 2025 (Wide) (Belgium)
Video Release: January 20th, 2026 by Paramount Home Video
MPA Rating: PG for rude humor, action and some scary images.
(Rating bulletin 2910 (cert #55458), 11/4/2025)
Running Time: 88 minutes
Franchise: SpongeBob SquarePants
Plot point: Curses, Rescue, Swashbuckler, The Past Catching up with You, Underwater
Subgenre: Family Adventure
Source:Based on TV
Genre:Adventure
Production Method:Digital Animation
Creative Type:Kids Fiction
Production/Financing Companies: Paramount Animation, Nickelodeon Animation, Domain Entertainment, MRC
Production Countries: United States
Languages: English

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Dec 19, 2025 4 $15,611,344   3,557 $4,389   $15,611,344 1
Dec 26, 2025 7 $11,106,215 -29% 3,570 $3,111   $38,088,504 2
Jan 2, 2026 6 $8,306,057 -25% 3,217 $2,582   $57,748,053 3
Jan 9, 2026 8 $3,872,799 -53% 2,567 $1,509   $63,703,585 4
Jan 16, 2026 10 $2,384,493 -38% 1,939 $1,230   $67,202,877 5
Jan 23, 2026 - $903,273 -62% 1,416 $638   $69,529,097 6
Jan 30, 2026 - $606,038 -33% 802 $756   $70,540,996 7
Feb 6, 2026 - $242,510 -60% 453 $535   $70,919,960 8
Feb 13, 2026 - $47,737 -80% 113 $422   $71,032,609 9

Daily Box Office Performance

DateRankGross%YD%LWTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossDays
Dec 18, 2025 P $1,400,000     2,800 $500   $1,400,000  
Dec 19, 2025 4 $6,003,950     3,557 $1,688   $6,003,950 1
Dec 20, 2025 5 $5,303,890 -12%   3,557 $1,491   $11,307,840 2
Dec 21, 2025 5 $4,303,504 -19%   3,557 $1,210   $15,611,344 3
Dec 22, 2025 5 $2,825,439 -34%   3,557 $794   $18,436,783 4
Dec 23, 2025 5 $3,538,768 +25%   3,557 $995   $21,975,551 5
Dec 24, 2025 5 $1,784,699 -50%   3,557 $502   $23,760,250 6
Dec 25, 2025 8 $3,222,039 +81%   3,557 $906   $26,982,289 7
Dec 26, 2025 7 $3,870,357 +20% -36% 3,570 $1,084   $30,852,646 8
Dec 27, 2025 7 $3,994,842 +3% -25% 3,570 $1,119   $34,847,488 9
Dec 28, 2025 7 $3,241,016 -19% -25% 3,570 $908   $38,088,504 10
Dec 29, 2025 6 $2,650,052 -18% -6% 3,570 $742   $40,738,556 11
Dec 30, 2025 6 $3,621,611 +37% +2% 3,570 $1,014   $44,360,167 12
Dec 31, 2025 8 $1,978,987 -45% +11% 3,570 $554   $46,339,154 13
Jan 1, 2026 7 $3,102,842 +57% -4% 3,570 $869   $49,441,996 14
Jan 2, 2026 6 $3,052,772 -2% -21% 3,217 $949   $52,494,768 15
Jan 3, 2026 6 $3,215,729 +5% -20% 3,217 $1,000   $55,710,497 16
Jan 4, 2026 6 $2,037,556 -37% -37% 3,217 $633   $57,748,053 17
Jan 5, 2026 7 $740,698 -64% -72% 3,217 $230   $58,488,751 18
Jan 6, 2026 8 $651,082 -12% -82% 3,217 $202   $59,139,833 19
Jan 7, 2026 8 $379,937 -42% -81% 3,217 $118   $59,519,770 20
Jan 8, 2026 - $311,016 -18% -90% 3,217 $97   $59,830,786 21
Jan 9, 2026 10 $780,855 +151% -74% 2,567 $304   $60,611,641 22
Jan 10, 2026 8 $1,913,028 +145% -41% 2,567 $745   $62,524,669 23
Jan 11, 2026 8 $1,178,916 -38% -42% 2,567 $459   $63,703,585 24
Jan 12, 2026 9 $241,656 -80% -67% 2,567 $94   $63,945,241 25
Jan 13, 2026 9 $398,095 +65% -39% 2,567 $155   $64,343,336 26
Jan 14, 2026 9 $264,523 -34% -30% 2,567 $103   $64,607,859 27
Jan 15, 2026 9 $210,525 -20% -32% 2,567 $82   $64,818,384 28
Jan 16, 2026 - $441,204 +110% -43% 1,939 $228   $65,259,588 29
Jan 17, 2026 10 $1,038,391 +135% -46% 1,939 $536   $66,297,979 30
Jan 18, 2026 10 $904,898 -13% -23% 1,939 $467   $67,202,877 31
Jan 19, 2026 6 $1,039,347 +15% +330% 1,939 $536   $68,242,224 32
Jan 20, 2026 - $192,686 -81% -52% 1,939 $99   $68,434,910 33
Jan 21, 2026 - $106,959 -44% -60% 1,939 $55   $68,541,869 34
Jan 22, 2026 - $83,955 -22% -60% 1,939 $43   $68,625,824 35
Jan 23, 2026 - $211,483 +152% -52% 1,416 $149   $68,837,307 36
Jan 24, 2026 - $477,480 +126% -54% 1,416 $337   $69,314,787 37
Jan 25, 2026 - $214,310 -55% -76% 1,416 $151   $69,529,097 38
Jan 26, 2026 - $90,968 -58% -91% 1,416 $64   $69,620,065 39
Jan 27, 2026 - $129,102 +42% -33% 1,416 $91   $69,749,167 40
Jan 28, 2026 - $97,588 -24% -9% 1,416 $69   $69,846,755 41
Jan 29, 2026 - $88,203 -10% +5% 1,416 $62   $69,934,958 42
Jan 30, 2026 - $111,899 +27% -47% 802 $140   $70,046,857 43
Jan 31, 2026 - $278,104 +149% -42% 802 $347   $70,324,961 44
Feb 1, 2026 - $216,035 -22% +1% 802 $269   $70,540,996 45
Feb 2, 2026 - $33,330 -85% -63% 802 $42   $70,574,326 46
Feb 3, 2026 - $43,582 +31% -66% 802 $54   $70,617,908 47
Feb 4, 2026 - $30,067 -31% -69% 802 $37   $70,647,975 48
Feb 5, 2026 - $29,475 -2% -67% 802 $37   $70,677,450 49
Feb 6, 2026 - $43,829 +49% -61% 453 $97   $70,721,279 50
Feb 7, 2026 - $126,803 +189% -54% 453 $280   $70,848,082 51
Feb 8, 2026 - $71,878 -43% -67% 453 $159   $70,919,960 52
Feb 9, 2026 - $16,728 -77% -50% 453 $37   $70,936,688 53
Feb 10, 2026 - $22,802 +36% -48% 453 $50   $70,959,490 54
Feb 11, 2026 - $16,466 -28% -45% 453 $36   $70,975,956 55
Feb 12, 2026 - $8,916 -46% -70% 453 $20   $70,984,872 56
Feb 13, 2026 - $6,937 -22% -84% 113 $61   $70,991,809 57
Feb 14, 2026 - $23,598 +240% -81% 113 $209   $71,015,407 58
Feb 15, 2026 - $17,202 -27% -76% 113 $152   $71,032,609 59
Feb 16, 2026 - $18,984 +10% +13% 113 $168   $71,051,593 60
Feb 17, 2026 - $5,841 -69% -74% 113 $52   $71,057,434 61
Feb 18, 2026 - $6,487 +11% -61% 113 $57   $71,063,921 62
Feb 19, 2026 - $4,249 -34% -52% 113 $38   $71,068,170 63

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Dec 19, 2025 5 $26,982,289   3,557 $7,586   $26,982,289 1
Dec 26, 2025 7 $22,459,707 -17% 3,570 $6,291   $49,441,996 2
Jan 2, 2026 6 $10,388,790 -54% 3,217 $3,229   $59,830,786 3
Jan 9, 2026 9 $4,987,598 -52% 2,567 $1,943   $64,818,384 4
Jan 16, 2026 9 $3,807,440 -24% 1,939 $1,964   $68,625,824 5
Jan 23, 2026 14 $1,309,134 -66% 1,416 $925   $69,934,958 6
Jan 30, 2026 17 $742,492 -43% 802 $926   $70,677,450 7
Feb 6, 2026 24 $307,422 -59% 453 $679   $70,984,872 8
Feb 13, 2026 37 $83,298 -73% 113 $737   $71,068,170 9

Full financial estimates for this film, including domestic and international box office, video sales, video rentals, TV and ancillary revenue are available through our research services. For more information, please contact us at research@the-numbers.com.


Synopsis

SpongeBob and his Bikini Bottom friends set sail in their biggest, all-new, can’t miss cinematic event ever…The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants. 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 comedy-adventure that takes him to the deepest depths of the deep sea, where no Sponge has gone before.

Metrics

Opening Weekend:$15,611,344 (22.0% of total gross)
Legs:4.55 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:42.3% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Production Budget:$64,000,000 (worldwide box office is 2.6 times production budget)
Theater counts:3,557 opening theaters/3,570 max. theaters, 4.9 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $71,068,170

Movie Details

Domestic Releases: December 19th, 2025 (Wide) by Paramount Pictures
International Releases: December 18th, 2025 (Wide), released as SpongeBob: Pirátské dobrodružství (Czech Republic)
December 24th, 2025 (Wide), released as SpongeBob O Filme: À Procura das Calças Quadradas (Portugal)
December 24th, 2025 (Wide), released as Bob l’éponge - Le film: A la recherche de l’éponge perdue (France)
December 24th, 2025 (Wide) (Indonesia)
December 24th, 2025 (Wide) (Belgium)
Video Release: January 20th, 2026 by Paramount Home Video
MPA Rating: PG for rude humor, action and some scary images.
(Rating bulletin 2910 (cert #55458), 11/4/2025)
Running Time: 88 minutes
Franchise: SpongeBob SquarePants
Plot point: Curses, Rescue, Swashbuckler, The Past Catching up with You, Underwater
Subgenre: Family Adventure
Source:Based on TV
Genre:Adventure
Production Method:Digital Animation
Creative Type:Kids Fiction
Production/Financing Companies: Paramount Animation, Nickelodeon Animation, Domain Entertainment, MRC
Production Countries: United States
Languages: English

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Dec 19, 2025 4 $15,611,344   3,557 $4,389   $15,611,344 1
Dec 26, 2025 7 $11,106,215 -29% 3,570 $3,111   $38,088,504 2
Jan 2, 2026 6 $8,306,057 -25% 3,217 $2,582   $57,748,053 3
Jan 9, 2026 8 $3,872,799 -53% 2,567 $1,509   $63,703,585 4
Jan 16, 2026 10 $2,384,493 -38% 1,939 $1,230   $67,202,877 5
Jan 23, 2026 - $903,273 -62% 1,416 $638   $69,529,097 6
Jan 30, 2026 - $606,038 -33% 802 $756   $70,540,996 7
Feb 6, 2026 - $242,510 -60% 453 $535   $70,919,960 8
Feb 13, 2026 - $47,737 -80% 113 $422   $71,032,609 9

Daily Box Office Performance

DateRankGross%YD%LWTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossDays
Dec 18, 2025 P $1,400,000     2,800 $500   $1,400,000  
Dec 19, 2025 4 $6,003,950     3,557 $1,688   $6,003,950 1
Dec 20, 2025 5 $5,303,890 -12%   3,557 $1,491   $11,307,840 2
Dec 21, 2025 5 $4,303,504 -19%   3,557 $1,210   $15,611,344 3
Dec 22, 2025 5 $2,825,439 -34%   3,557 $794   $18,436,783 4
Dec 23, 2025 5 $3,538,768 +25%   3,557 $995   $21,975,551 5
Dec 24, 2025 5 $1,784,699 -50%   3,557 $502   $23,760,250 6
Dec 25, 2025 8 $3,222,039 +81%   3,557 $906   $26,982,289 7
Dec 26, 2025 7 $3,870,357 +20% -36% 3,570 $1,084   $30,852,646 8
Dec 27, 2025 7 $3,994,842 +3% -25% 3,570 $1,119   $34,847,488 9
Dec 28, 2025 7 $3,241,016 -19% -25% 3,570 $908   $38,088,504 10
Dec 29, 2025 6 $2,650,052 -18% -6% 3,570 $742   $40,738,556 11
Dec 30, 2025 6 $3,621,611 +37% +2% 3,570 $1,014   $44,360,167 12
Dec 31, 2025 8 $1,978,987 -45% +11% 3,570 $554   $46,339,154 13
Jan 1, 2026 7 $3,102,842 +57% -4% 3,570 $869   $49,441,996 14
Jan 2, 2026 6 $3,052,772 -2% -21% 3,217 $949   $52,494,768 15
Jan 3, 2026 6 $3,215,729 +5% -20% 3,217 $1,000   $55,710,497 16
Jan 4, 2026 6 $2,037,556 -37% -37% 3,217 $633   $57,748,053 17
Jan 5, 2026 7 $740,698 -64% -72% 3,217 $230   $58,488,751 18
Jan 6, 2026 8 $651,082 -12% -82% 3,217 $202   $59,139,833 19
Jan 7, 2026 8 $379,937 -42% -81% 3,217 $118   $59,519,770 20
Jan 8, 2026 - $311,016 -18% -90% 3,217 $97   $59,830,786 21
Jan 9, 2026 10 $780,855 +151% -74% 2,567 $304   $60,611,641 22
Jan 10, 2026 8 $1,913,028 +145% -41% 2,567 $745   $62,524,669 23
Jan 11, 2026 8 $1,178,916 -38% -42% 2,567 $459   $63,703,585 24
Jan 12, 2026 9 $241,656 -80% -67% 2,567 $94   $63,945,241 25
Jan 13, 2026 9 $398,095 +65% -39% 2,567 $155   $64,343,336 26
Jan 14, 2026 9 $264,523 -34% -30% 2,567 $103   $64,607,859 27
Jan 15, 2026 9 $210,525 -20% -32% 2,567 $82   $64,818,384 28
Jan 16, 2026 - $441,204 +110% -43% 1,939 $228   $65,259,588 29
Jan 17, 2026 10 $1,038,391 +135% -46% 1,939 $536   $66,297,979 30
Jan 18, 2026 10 $904,898 -13% -23% 1,939 $467   $67,202,877 31
Jan 19, 2026 6 $1,039,347 +15% +330% 1,939 $536   $68,242,224 32
Jan 20, 2026 - $192,686 -81% -52% 1,939 $99   $68,434,910 33
Jan 21, 2026 - $106,959 -44% -60% 1,939 $55   $68,541,869 34
Jan 22, 2026 - $83,955 -22% -60% 1,939 $43   $68,625,824 35
Jan 23, 2026 - $211,483 +152% -52% 1,416 $149   $68,837,307 36
Jan 24, 2026 - $477,480 +126% -54% 1,416 $337   $69,314,787 37
Jan 25, 2026 - $214,310 -55% -76% 1,416 $151   $69,529,097 38
Jan 26, 2026 - $90,968 -58% -91% 1,416 $64   $69,620,065 39
Jan 27, 2026 - $129,102 +42% -33% 1,416 $91   $69,749,167 40
Jan 28, 2026 - $97,588 -24% -9% 1,416 $69   $69,846,755 41
Jan 29, 2026 - $88,203 -10% +5% 1,416 $62   $69,934,958 42
Jan 30, 2026 - $111,899 +27% -47% 802 $140   $70,046,857 43
Jan 31, 2026 - $278,104 +149% -42% 802 $347   $70,324,961 44
Feb 1, 2026 - $216,035 -22% +1% 802 $269   $70,540,996 45
Feb 2, 2026 - $33,330 -85% -63% 802 $42   $70,574,326 46
Feb 3, 2026 - $43,582 +31% -66% 802 $54   $70,617,908 47
Feb 4, 2026 - $30,067 -31% -69% 802 $37   $70,647,975 48
Feb 5, 2026 - $29,475 -2% -67% 802 $37   $70,677,450 49
Feb 6, 2026 - $43,829 +49% -61% 453 $97   $70,721,279 50
Feb 7, 2026 - $126,803 +189% -54% 453 $280   $70,848,082 51
Feb 8, 2026 - $71,878 -43% -67% 453 $159   $70,919,960 52
Feb 9, 2026 - $16,728 -77% -50% 453 $37   $70,936,688 53
Feb 10, 2026 - $22,802 +36% -48% 453 $50   $70,959,490 54
Feb 11, 2026 - $16,466 -28% -45% 453 $36   $70,975,956 55
Feb 12, 2026 - $8,916 -46% -70% 453 $20   $70,984,872 56
Feb 13, 2026 - $6,937 -22% -84% 113 $61   $70,991,809 57
Feb 14, 2026 - $23,598 +240% -81% 113 $209   $71,015,407 58
Feb 15, 2026 - $17,202 -27% -76% 113 $152   $71,032,609 59
Feb 16, 2026 - $18,984 +10% +13% 113 $168   $71,051,593 60
Feb 17, 2026 - $5,841 -69% -74% 113 $52   $71,057,434 61
Feb 18, 2026 - $6,487 +11% -61% 113 $57   $71,063,921 62
Feb 19, 2026 - $4,249 -34% -52% 113 $38   $71,068,170 63

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Dec 19, 2025 5 $26,982,289   3,557 $7,586   $26,982,289 1
Dec 26, 2025 7 $22,459,707 -17% 3,570 $6,291   $49,441,996 2
Jan 2, 2026 6 $10,388,790 -54% 3,217 $3,229   $59,830,786 3
Jan 9, 2026 9 $4,987,598 -52% 2,567 $1,943   $64,818,384 4
Jan 16, 2026 9 $3,807,440 -24% 1,939 $1,964   $68,625,824 5
Jan 23, 2026 14 $1,309,134 -66% 1,416 $925   $69,934,958 6
Jan 30, 2026 17 $742,492 -43% 802 $926   $70,677,450 7
Feb 6, 2026 24 $307,422 -59% 453 $679   $70,984,872 8
Feb 13, 2026 37 $83,298 -73% 113 $737   $71,068,170 9

Full financial estimates for this film, including domestic and international box office, video sales, video rentals, TV and ancillary revenue are available through our research services. For more information, please contact us at research@the-numbers.com.