The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run
“A huge journey to find a tiny friend.”
When his best friend Gary is suddenly snatched away, SpongeBob takes Patrick on a madcap mission far beyond Bikini Bottom to save their pink-shelled pal.
Genres
Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Studio
United Plankton Pictures
Language
en
Status
Released
How The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run performed
Budget
$60.0M
Worldwide Gross
$4.8M
Gross Profit
−$55.2M
Return
0.1× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$556K
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~33/67, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (35% of the domestic run, typical for Adventure) are MoviesRankd estimates. Profit is gross revenue minus production budget and excludes marketing — studios typically need ~2–2.5× budget to break even.
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Cast
SpongeBob SquarePants / Gary the Snail (voice)
Tom Kenny
SpongeBob SquarePants / Gary the Snail (voice)
Patrick Star (voice)
Bill Fagerbakke
Patrick Star (voice)
Squidward Tentacles (voice)
Rodger Bumpass
Squidward Tentacles (voice)
Plankton (voice)
Mr. Lawrence
Plankton (voice)
Sage
Keanu Reeves
Sage
Mr. Krabs (voice)
Clancy Brown
Mr. Krabs (voice)
Sandy Cheeks (voice)
Carolyn Lawrence
Sandy Cheeks (voice)
King Poseidon (voice)
Matt Berry
King Poseidon (voice)
Karen (voice)
Jill Talley
Karen (voice)
Mrs. Puff (voice)
Mary Jo Catlett
Mrs. Puff (voice)
Otto (voice)
Awkwafina
Otto (voice)
The Gambler
Snoop Dogg
The Gambler
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