

Krabs' business rival Plankton steals King Neptune's crown, leaving evidence false evidence to frame Mr.

That night, SpongeBob goes to his favorite restaurant, Goofy Goober's, where drowns his sorrows in ice cream with his best friend Patrick Star. However, Krabs instead names Squidward Tentacles manager, believing SpongeBob is too immature to handle the role. Krabs to promote him to manager of the new restaurant. He wakes up and cheerfully prepares for the opening ceremony for The Krusty Krab 2, expecting his boss Mr. The film opens with SpongeBob SquarePants dreaming about managing the Krusty Krab restaurant and saving the day during a crisis. Template:Fix The film marks the fourth film made by Nickelodeon Movies to be based on a Nicktoon.Ī group of pirates find tickets to watch The SpongeBob Movie in a treasure chest and enthusiastically sing the SpongeBob SquarePants theme song, enter a movie theater, raid it and sit down to watch the movie. A stand-alone sequel titled The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water was released on February 6, 2015, and a second sequel is speculated to be released in 2019. The film was a box office success and grossed $85 million in the United States and $140 million worldwide, and received generally positive reviews from critics. The film was promoted immensely by Paramount and Nickelodeon, with tie-in promotions made by 7-Eleven, the Cayman Islands and Burger King, which decorated various of its franchises with 9-foot (2.7 m) SpongeBob inflatable figures.

The film was originally intended as the series finale, but Nickelodeon ordered more episodes of the series as the series had become increasingly profitable, so Hillenburg resigned as showrunner, with Tibbitt taking Hillenburg's place. A writing team consisting of Hillenburg, Paul Tibbitt, Derek Drymon, Aaron Springer, Kent Osborne and Tim Hill was assembled, conceiving the idea of a mythical hero's quest and the search for a stolen crown, which would bring SpongeBob and Patrick to the surface. Previous offers by Paramount Pictures for a film adaptation of SpongeBob SquarePants had been rejected by Stephen Hillenburg, but he eventually accepted one offer in 2002. Krabs from King Neptune's wrath and Bikini Bottom from Plankton's plan. In the film, Plankton devises a plan to steal King Neptune's crown and send it to Shell City, and SpongeBob and Patrick must retrieve the crown to save Mr.

It was produced by Hillenburg's production company United Plankton Pictures and Nickelodeon Movies and was distributed by Paramount Pictures. Lawrence, with guest performances by Scarlett Johansson, Jeffrey Tambor, Alec Baldwin and David Hasselhoff. The film was directed by series creator Stephen Hillenburg and starred the series' cast of Tom Kenny, Bill Fagerbakke, Clancy Brown, Rodger Bumpass and Mr. The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie is a 2004 American animated adventure comedy film based on the Nickelodeon television series of the same name.
