
Krabs a fake penny, in which the real Plankton hides to gain access to Krabs' vault. After a battle involving giant foods and condiments, Plankton feigns surrender and uses a decoy of himself to give Mr. One day, Plankton attacks the Krusty Krab in an attempt to steal the formula. SpongeBob has spent several years protecting the secret formula of the Krabby Patty from Plankton, the owner of the Chum Bucket eatery. Krabs at the Krusty Krab fast food restaurant, where he cooks Krabby Patties. The book tells the story of SpongeBob SquarePants and his adventures in the underwater city of Bikini Bottom. A third film, The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run, was released in 2020.Īs the film opens, a pirate named Burger Beard travels to Bikini Atoll, where he obtains a magical book that has the power to make any text written upon it real. It was a box office success, earning over $325 million worldwide against its $60–74 million budget, making it the third-highest-grossing Nickelodeon film and the 6th highest-grossing animated film of 2015. The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water was released in the United States at #1 on February 6, 2015, in 3D and RealD 3D and received mostly positive reviews from critics. Similarly, it features the final film role of Tim Conway, the voice of Barnacle Boy, before his death in 2019. The film is dedicated to Ernest Borgnine, the voice of Mermaid Man, who died in 2012. Filming began on October 9, 2013, and was completed in November that year. These scenes were directed by Mike Mitchell and were filmed in Savannah and Tybee Island, Georgia. Like the first film, the final act places the animated characters in a live-action world. The film was written by Jonathan Aibel and Glenn Berger, who adapted it from a story conceived by Tibbit and SpongeBob creator Stephen Hillenburg. SpongeBob and his friends must travel to the ocean's surface to confront Burger Beard and retrieve the formula.

The plot follows a pirate named Burger Beard, who steals the secret Krabby Patty formula using a magical book that makes any text written upon it come true.

The film stars Antonio Banderas and features the show's regular voice cast who reprised their roles from the television series and the previous film. It is the second film adaptation of the animated television series SpongeBob SquarePants and a standalone sequel to The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie (2004). The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water is a 2015 American live-action/animated comedy film directed by Paul Tibbitt in his feature-length directorial debut.
