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The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Paul Tibbitt
Produced by	Paul Tibbitt Mary Parent
Screenplay by	Jonathan Aibel Glenn Berger
Story by	Stephen Hillenburg Paul Tibbitt
Based on	SpongeBob SquarePants by Stephen Hillenburg
Starring	Antonio Banderas Tom Kenny Clancy Brown Rodger Bumpass Bill Fagerbakke Carolyn Lawrence Mr. Lawrence Matt Berry
Music by	John Debney
Cinematography	Phil Méheux
Edited by	David Ian Salter
Production companies	Paramount Animation Nickelodeon Movies United Plankton Pictures
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date	January 28, 2015 (2015-01-28) (Belgium) February 6, 2015 (2015-02-06) (United States)
Running time	92 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$74 million
Box office	$323.4 million

The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Film score by John Debney
Released	March 23, 2015 (UK) March 24, 2015 (USA)
Recorded	2014
Genre	Film score
Length	48:49
Label	Varèse Sarabande
John Debney chronology
Stonehearst Asylum (2014) The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water (2015) Careful What You Wish For (2015)

The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water is a 2015 American 3D animated adventure comedy film based on the Nickelodeon television series SpongeBob SquarePants. A stand-alone sequel to The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie (2004), it was directed by Paul Tibbitt, with live-action sequences directed by Mike Mitchell. The film stars Antonio Banderas and features the voices of Tom Kenny, Clancy Brown, Rodger Bumpass, Bill Fagerbakke, Carolyn Lawrence, and Mr. Lawrence, who returned to reprise their respective roles from the series and the previous film.Matt Berry co-stars as the voice of Bubbles. The plot follows a pirate called Burger-Beard, who steals the Krabby Patty secret formula using a magical book that makes any text written upon it come true. SpongeBob, Mr. Krabs, Patrick, Squidward, Sandy, and Plankton must travel to the surface and confront Burger-Beard in order to get the formula back.

The film was written by Jonathan Aibel and Glenn Berger from a story conceived by Tibbitt and SpongeBob SquarePants creator Stephen Hillenburg. Like the first film, the final act (which was directed by Mike Mitchell) mixes the animated characters in a live action world. However, in this film, the characters are animated and rendered in computer animation. The live action scenes were shot in various locations throughout Savannah, Georgia and Tybee Island; filming began on October 9, 2013, in the downtown area, where various establishments were changed to resemble a beach community. Filming completed in November 2013. During production (in 2012), actor Ernest Borgnine, the original voice of Mermaid Man, died; the film was dedicated to his memory. It was also the first film to be produced by Paramount Animation.