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#549 All-time worldwide

#23 2015 releases

Movie profile

The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water

Name: The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water
Genre: Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Released: 2015-01-28
Duration: 93 min

2015 · 93 min · Paramount Animation

Adventure Animation Comedy Family Fantasy

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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.

Worldwide gross $325.2M

Budget $74.0M

Gross minus budget $251.2M

ROI 4.39x

Domestic gross

$139.8M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$185.4M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$41.9M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water ranks

Positioned across the all-time chart, release year, studio, franchise and genre indexes where enough mapped data exists.

Open rankings

All-time worldwide #549 All-time chart position of 13,006 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 2015 releases #23 Release-year chart position of 250 titles Ranked against movies released in 2015. Studio / company #1 Paramount Animation of 4 titles Position inside the mapped Paramount Animation movie set. Franchise #1 Spongebob of 4 titles Ranked against mapped movies from the same franchise. Primary genre #315 Adventure of 2,164 titles Genre context based on the first mapped genre on this profile.

Nearby worldwide ranks

Comparable titles immediately around this movie by reported worldwide gross.

#546 Taken 3 2014 · $325.8M #547 The Hunchback of Notre Dame 1996 · $325.3M #548 A Christmas Carol 2009 · $325.3M #550 The Conjuring 2 2016 · $322.8M #551 Megamind 2010 · $321.9M #552 Green Book 2018 · $321.8M

Quick answer

How did The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water (2015) perform at the box office?

High confidence

The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water (2015) earned a reported $325.2M worldwide against a reported $74.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $251.2M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 4.39x. In this database it currently ranks #549 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #23 among 2015 releases.

Worldwide gross: $325,186,032
Budget: $74,000,000
Gross minus budget: $251,186,032
ROI: 4.39x

Source: Reported box office data. Last updated: Jul 8, 2026. Gross-minus-budget is not studio net profit. It excludes marketing, distribution fees, revenue splits, tax incentives and later home/streaming revenue.

Synopsis

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Movie facts

Production details

Release date: Jan 28, 2015
Production: Paramount Animation, Paramount Pictures, Nickelodeon Movies
Countries: US

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Studio / production companyParamount Animation FranchiseSpongebob Release year chart2015 box office Genre chartAdventure Genre chartAnimation Genre chartComedy Genre chartFamily

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Why this movie matters

Released in 2015, The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water is positioned in this dataset as a Adventure, Animation, Comedy title from Paramount Animation. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $325.2M, reported production budget is $74.0M, gross-minus-budget is $251.2M, ROI is 4.39x. For comparison, it currently sits #549 all-time in the current chart set and #23 among 2015 releases. Streaming availability should be checked against the selected United States region because provider rights can change.

AI-generated contextual summary based on available movie, genre, ranking and box office data. It does not replace official distributor notes or financial reporting.

Data noteGross minus budget is not studio net profit. It excludes marketing, distribution fees, revenue splits, tax incentives and downstream revenue. Domestic, international and opening weekend figures marked as estimated are modelled estimates.