A band of pirates find a treasure chest containing tickets to The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie and enthusiastically head to the theater.
In the underwater city of Bikini Bottom, Eugene Krabs opens … See more

• Tom Kenny as SpongeBob SquarePants
• Bill Fagerbakke as Patrick Star and others
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Gregor Narholz composed the score for the film, conducting the recording sessions (in 5.1 surround sound) with the London Metropolitan Orchestra See more

Theatrical
The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie premiered on November 14, 2004, at Grauman's Chinese … See more

Development
The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie was long-planned; Nickelodeon and Paramount Pictures had approached series creator Stephen Hillenburg for a film based on the show, but he refused for more than a year. … See more

Promotion
Julia Pistor, the film's co-producer, said that although Nickelodeon (which owns the SpongeBob … See more

Box office
The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie earned $9,559,752 on its opening day in the United States, second behind National Treasure (2004) … See more