The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants
Ship's about to go down.
2025 | 88m | English
Popularity: 34 (history)
| Director: | Derek Drymon |
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| Writer: | Pam Brady, Kaz, Andrew Goodman, Matt Lieberman |
| Staring: |
| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Dec 16, 2025 |
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| Director: | Derek Drymon |
| Writer: | Pam Brady, Kaz, Andrew Goodman, Matt Lieberman |
| Genres: | Animation, Family, Adventure, Comedy |
| Keywords | based on cartoon, pirate, based on tv series, underworld |
| Production Companies | Nickelodeon Movies, MRC, Reel FX Creative Studios, United Plankton Pictures, Paramount Animation, Domain Entertainment |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $132,231,000
Budget: $64,000,000 |
| Updates |
Updated: Jan 14, 2026 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Tom Kenny | SpongeBob SquarePants / Gary / Morning DJ (voice) |
| Clancy Brown | Mr. Krabs / Pirate / Narrator (voice) |
| Rodger Bumpass | Squidward Tentacles (voice) |
| Bill Fagerbakke | Patrick Star (voice) |
| Mark Hamill | Flying Dutchman (voice) |
| Regina Hall | Barb (voice) |
| Carolyn Lawrence | Sandy Cheeks (voice) |
| Mr. Lawrence | Sheldon J. Plankton (voice) |
| George López | JK Fishlips (voice) |
| Ice Spice | Ticket Taker (voice) |
| Arturo Castro | Ride Operator |
| Sherry Cola | Studio Spokesperson / Krusty Krab Patron (voice) |
| Mark Whitten | Lookout Pirate (voice) |
| Thomas F. Wilson | Coach Tuna (voice) |
| Grey DeLisle | Mean Girl / Harp Fish (voice) |
| Jill Talley | Judgy Girl (voice) |
| Juan Francisco Villa | Amusement Park Patron (voice) |
| Margaux Susi | Amusement Park Patron (voice) |
| Arthur Waite | Beach Kid (voice) |
| Capri O'Neill | Rollerblader (voice) |
| Vladimir Kubr | Volleyball Player (voice) |
| Aaron Springer | Scallop (voice) |
| Gigi Teverbaugh | Phil (voice) |
| Lori Alan | Pearl (voice) (uncredited) |
| Mary Jo Catlett | Mrs. Puff (voice) (uncredited) |
| Bryan Coffee | Bartender (uncredited) |
| Douglas Tait | Zombie (uncredited) |
| James Hunter | Zombie (uncredited) |
| Leonel Garza | Zombie (uncredited) |
| Tammy Davis | (uncredited) |
| Scott Frenzel | Zombie (uncredited) |
| Melissa Kaye Bontempt | Zombie (uncredited) |
| James Hunter | Zombie (uncredited) |
| Wyatt Jones | Skeleton (voice) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Derek Drymon | Director |
| Stephen Hillenburg | Original Series Creator, Characters |
| A. Todd Holland | Art Direction |
| Katrina Sainz | Art Direction |
| Pam Brady | Screenplay, Story |
| Kaz | Story |
| Andrew Goodman | Story |
| Marshall Richard Krasser | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Elizabeth Hauser Hemme | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Ice Spice | Songs |
| John Debney | Original Music Composer |
| Peter Lyons Collister | Director of Photography |
| Matt Lieberman | Screenplay |
| Sean Haworth | Production Designer |
| Wyatt Jones | Editor |
| Pablo R. Mayer | Production Designer |
| Travis Ruiz | Art Direction |
| Mark O'Hare | Head of Story |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Pam Brady | Producer |
| Vincent Waller | Executive Producer |
| Marc Ceccarelli | Executive Producer |
| Aaron Dem | Producer |
| Pete Chiappetta | Executive Producer |
| Andrew Lary | Executive Producer |
| Anthony Tittanegro | Executive Producer |
| Lisa Stewart | Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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Popularity History
| Year | Month | Avg | Max | Min |
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| 2024 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 5 |
| 2024 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 7 |
| 2024 | 6 | 9 | 18 | 4 |
| 2024 | 7 | 11 | 19 | 6 |
| 2024 | 8 | 14 | 26 | 8 |
| 2024 | 9 | 11 | 15 | 7 |
| 2024 | 10 | 11 | 24 | 7 |
| 2024 | 11 | 9 | 18 | 5 |
| 2024 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 5 |
| 2025 | 1 | 11 | 16 | 7 |
| 2025 | 2 | 12 | 16 | 3 |
| 2025 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 0 |
| 2025 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| 2025 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 2025 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| 2025 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 2 |
| 2025 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 2 |
| 2025 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| 2025 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
| 2025 | 11 | 6 | 10 | 3 |
| 2025 | 12 | 31 | 66 | 10 |
| 2026 | 1 | 46 | 63 | 34 |
Trending Position
| Year | Month | High | Avg |
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| 2026 | 1 | 8 | 32 |
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| 2025 | 12 | 10 | 40 |
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| 2025 | 11 | 44 | 253 |
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| 2025 | 10 | 300 | 718 |
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| 2025 | 9 | 547 | 743 |
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| 2025 | 8 | 981 | 981 |
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| 2025 | 7 | 67 | 422 |
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| 2025 | 4 | 997 | 997 |
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| 2025 | 3 | 702 | 809 |
Only just tall enough to go on the big boy’s ride, “SpongeBob” and his best pal “Patrick” are lured onto the pirate ship of the dreaded “Flying Dutchman” and promised an exciting adventure before he is rewarded with his swashbuckling certificate. Meantime, “Mr. Krabs” races in hot pursuit because he ... knows that his enthusiastic, but gullible, young protégé is being lead on a perilous journey that could end up releasing untold terror on the high seas. There are loads of semi-slapstick escapades here and by putting it all underwater, they gets to battle all sorts of menacing sea creatures too as he must accomplish a series of challenges before he can blow the magical horn that will signify his achievement - or, will it? There is humour for all ages here, but I’d have to admit that most of it is really only aimed at the younger audience. What there is for the older folks is limited, predictable and fairly unimaginative. All of that said, it races along and I heard loads of laughs from the children watching in a packed cinema and that’s never a bad thing, so perhaps not for those of us on the wrong side of fifty - but with it’s messages of loyalty and devotion mixed in with borderline farce, it’s an effortless ninety minutes of festive fun that for once doesn’t scream marketing exercise at us.