The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants
Directed by Derek Drymon
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. From TMDB
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The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants grossed $71 million in the United States and Canada, and $98 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $169 million. It was produced on a budget of $64 million. In the United States and Canada, The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants was released alongside Avatar: Fire and Ash, The Housemaid, and David, and was projected to gross $15–20 million from 3,557 theaters. The film made $6 million on its first day, including $1.4 million from Thursday night previews. It went on to debut to $16 million, finishing in fourth behind Fire and Ash, David, and The Housemaid. Its second weekend brought in $11.1 million, averaging $3,110 per…
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60 of 188 · most liked firstThe Wild Robot, The King of Kings, The Life Of Chuck, The Long Walk, The SpongeBob Movie: Search for Squarepants. Five completely diverse films, unified solely by the word “the” (and me). 2025 was quite THE year. #HappyNewYear
neutral · AI labelView post →OPENING 2 WEEKS FROM TODAY! (12/19): I was looking to do a comedy that was smart, sophisticated & very high-brow, but I did THE SPONGEBOB MOVIE: SEARCH FOR SQUAREPANTS instead.
neutral · AI labelView post →ON DECEMBER 19th: ship happens. I voice The Flying Dutchman, the most pants-wettingly scariest ghost to ever roam the high seas. THE SPONGEBOB MOVIE: SEARCH FOR SQUAREPANTS. Arrgh you ready?
neutral · AI labelView post →Today I'm seeing THE SPONGEBOB MOVIE: SEARCH FOR SQUAREPANTS w/ SpongeBob himself, my longtime friend TOM KENNY. I voice his archenemy, The Flying Dutchman-a swashbuckling pirate ghost. If you have even a fraction of the fun watching it as I had making it-You'll have the time of your life!!! 🤣 🧽 👍
positive · AI labelView post →Just when you thought it was safe to go back to the movies, THE SPONGEBOB MOVIE: SEARCH FOR SQUAREPANTS opens. Fiendishly Funny! Surreally Silly! Pants-wettingly Scary! You'll laugh. You'll cry. You'll eat popcorn while simultaneously losing brain cells. See Epic Escapism at its Finest-TODAY! 👀
positive · AI labelView post →*Dennis from The Spongebob Movie Voice* THIS is what a REAL curvy Isabelle looks like.
neutral · AI labelView post →The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants is out! I'm going to start sharing some of the Visual Development I made for the film. Here are my surface paintings for a few of the bubbles!
neutral · AI labelView post →Many thanks to the KID'S CHOICE AWARDS for my nomination as "Favorite Villain" in The SpongeBob Movie: Search For SquarePants. I had a blast playing The Flying Dutchman! #Arrgh ☠️ Considering the excellent competition, the only speech I'll probably need is: "It's an honor just to be nominated." 🙏
positive · AI labelView post →Here is the set I designed for The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants! This is the interior of the camper van.
neutral · AI labelView post →Another bubble surface paint for The SpongeBob Movie: Search for Squarepants. These were painted over drawings from the fabulously talented Thaddeus Paul Couldron!
neutral · AI labelView post →Joshua Seth, the voice of Tai in Digimon, said he made more money for his 3 lines in the Spongebob Movie than he did working on all of Digimon
neutral · AI labelView post →SpongeBob getting festive on a billboard for ‘The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants’ 🎁 In theaters December 19 🧽 🎥 LovingAndLiving | TT
neutral · AI labelView post →Here are my surface paints for the Siren's Instruments. These were painted over drawings from the fabulously talented Thaddeus Paul Couldron! This artwork was created for The SpongeBob Movie: Search for Squarepants
neutral · AI labelView post →SpongeBob poses wearing just a bow on a billboard to promote his new movie ‘The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants.’
neutral · AI labelView post →I watched The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water! The movie was 1h 32m long. This was a fun movie! One half of the movie was in 2D, and the other half was in 3D! The art style and animation for both halves looked great, and were filled with action and classic SpongeBob humor! It was a good time!
neutral · AI labelView post →Happy 20th SpongeBob SquarePants Movie! You will always be my favorite movie ever! 💛 Here is my reanimated scene for The SpongeBob Movie Rehydrated from awhile back! =)
neutral · AI labelView post →Playing the Spongebob Movie Game on stream! I don't know a ton about this game but I've grinded the hell out of exactly one level with wife so I'm basically ready for anything www.twitch.tv/bigyellowyt
neutral · AI labelView post →Here is the final design for Captain Booty Beard! I’m very pleased about how he turned out. The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants is out now, definitely go out and see it! PD: Pablo Mayer AD: Travis Ruiz
positive · AI labelView post →First trailer for ‘The SpongeBob Movie: Search For Squarepants’ has been released. The film will release in theaters on December 19th.
neutral · AI labelView post →Decided to boot up the Spongebob Movie game for GBA. I was just putting random combos into the password select and found this?? Has anybody else found this?? #Deltarune #Spongebob
neutral · AI labelView post →Look like @strayblazer.bsky.social is about to be shot off from my pecs like in the SpongeBob Movie. "The Control!" Artist @janjauwu.bsky.social
neutral · AI labelView post →Shawna Trpcic Dies: ‘The Mandalorian’, ‘Ahsoka’ & ‘Firefly’ Costume Designer Was 56. > > > Shawna Trpcic, an Emmy-nominated costume designer best known for her work on several Star Wars series on Disney+ and her collaborations with Joss Whedon, has died, her agency Gersh and Lucasfilm confirmed. She was 56. A cause of death was not provided but Trpcic’s passing was unexpected; as recently as three days ago she was chronicling a desert trip on Instagram. > > > > Born in Artesia, California,…
neutral · AI labelView post →Nominations for Favorite Animated Movie at the 2026 Kids Choice Awards: • Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender • KPop Demon Hunters • Minions & Monsters • Paw Patrol: The Dino Movie • The SpongeBob Movie: Search for Squarepants • The Super Mario Galaxy Movie • Toy Story 5 • Zootopia 2
neutral · AI labelView post →In the SpongeBob Movie, there's a crown in Shell City In Mario Kart World, there are shells in Crown City
neutral · AI labelView post →I watched 225 movies in 2025. Here's my rating and two* sentences on each with my thoughts (Part 1: 2025 Releases). I watch a lot of movies, I don't necessarily have a yearly goal but I started recording all of the movies I watched in 2023 and have wanted to post my thoughts so here they are. A few notes - My rating scale is .5-5, and my review philosophy is "how well does the movie succeed at what it is trying to do?" - Thus Pacific Rim would be rated highly, whereas Transformers would not.…
neutral · AI labelView post →Movie: The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water Language: Japanese
neutral · AI labelView post →My entry for the SpongeBob Movie Rehydrated project back in 2021! I hopped aboard before I ever knew this fella would be my boss
neutral · AI labelView post →‘THE SPONGEBOB MOVIE: SEARCH FOR SQUAREPANTS’ follows SpongeBob as he sets out to prove his bravery by following The Flying Dutchman into the underworld. See the full footage description: bit.ly/ParaDF25
neutral · AI labelView post →I went to see the SpongeBob Movie!
neutral · AI labelView post →First poster for ‘The Spongebob Movie: Search For Squarepants’ has been released, out in theaters on December 19th. The first trailer drops TOMORROW.
neutral · AI labelView post →‘The Spongebob Movie: The Search For Squarepants’ has surpassed $150M worldwide. It is now the 2nd highest grossing ‘SpongeBob’ film, surpassing the first one.
neutral · AI labelView post →First look at Ice Spice in ‘THE SPONGEBOB MOVIE: SEARCH FOR SQUAREPANTS’ In theaters on December 19.
neutral · AI labelView post →So I've been holding on it for over a year. The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants is now in theaters, and I got the opportunity to work on the animation!
neutral · AI labelView post →‘The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants’ debuts with a 90% critic score on Rotten Tomatoes.
neutral · AI labelView post →The Spongebob Movie: Sponge on the Run (2020)
neutral · AI labelView post →SpongeBob shitting a brick in ‘The Spongebob Movie: Search For Squarepants.’ The film will release in theaters on December 19th.
neutral · AI labelView post →New poster for ‘The SpongeBob Movie: Search For Squarepants’ has been released. The film will release in theaters on December 19th.
neutral · AI labelView post →‘The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants’ streams on Paramount+ tomorrow.
neutral · AI labelView post →‘The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants’ has surpassed $60.3 million at the worldwide box office. The film had a $64M budget.
neutral · AI labelView post →‘The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants’ has surpassed $112.3 million at the worldwide box office. The film had a $64M budget.
neutral · AI labelView post →‘The SpongeBob Movie: Search For Squarepants’ was originally developed as a streaming project centered on Mr. Krabs. After early drafts impressed the studio, the project was reworked into a theatrical film with SpongeBob as the lead.
neutral · AI labelView post →Movie: The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants Language: Persian Country: Iran Version: Soren Studio
neutral · AI labelView post →I hate how every theatrical SpongeBob movie calls itself "The SpongeBob Movie". It's just confusing! They can't all be "THE SpongeBob Movie", "The" implies it's the only one!
negative · AI labelView post →Mark Hamill’s voice as The Flying Dutchman in ‘The Spongebob Movie: Search For SquarePants’ has been revealed. The film will release in theaters on December 19th.
neutral · AI labelView post →The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants (2025) (CAM, credit to al patrickson)
neutral · AI labelView post →‘The SpongeBob Movie: The Search for Squarepants’ did $1.3 million in Thursday previews. The budget is $64 million. (source: deadline.com/2025/12/box-...)
neutral · AI labelView post →Ice Spice has joined the cast of ‘The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants.’
neutral · AI labelView post →Here's the contribution I made to the Spongebob Movie Rehydrated project a while ago!
neutral · AI labelView post →Saw that one boot from the Spongebob Movie on sale
neutral · AI labelView post →"Without further introduction, today we'll be looking at The Spongebob Movie!" *Cue song that's absolutely not from the spongebob movie
neutral · AI labelView post →‘The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants’ releases in theaters in 14 months from now. (December 19, 2025) Will you be watching? Mark Hamill will voice The Flying Dutchman in the film.
neutral · AI labelView post →Mark Hamill To Voice The Flying Dutchman In ‘The SpongeBob Movie: The Search For SquarePants’ – Comic Con.
neutral · AI labelView post →yesterday was b jenet's birthday and no one told me so to make it up to her i got her TICKETS TO THE SPONGEBOB MOVIE
neutral · AI labelView post →“6 tickets to The SpongeBob Movie” #AEW #wrestlesky 🤼♂️
neutral · AI labelView post →Off to watch The Spongebob Movie Serach for Sqaurepants
neutral · AI labelView post →Check out The Spongebob Movie: Search for Squarepants, ONLY IN CINEMAS! Grab your controller today: xbx.lv/4oILtYB
neutral · AI labelView post →We've got another SpongeBob film that was released this time in theaters, and in this film SpongeBob goes up against the Flying Dutchman. Needless to say, it's another SpongeBob film. Anyway, here's my review of The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants.
neutral · AI labelView post →They did this exact joke in the PC game of The SpongeBob Movie 1
neutral · AI labelView post →Mark Hamill To Voice The Flying Dutchman In ‘The SpongeBob Movie: The Search For SquarePants’ – Comic Con.
neutral · AI labelView post →The Spongebob Movie is basically just Homer's Odyssey if you think about it
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