King Neptune goes to the Krusty Krab 2 to confront Krabs about his stolen crown. That same night, SpongeBob heads to his favorite restaurant, Goofy Goober, where he drowns his sorrows in ice cream with his best friend Patrick Star, and wakes up the next morning with a hangover. At night, Plankton carries out the plan by stealing King Neptune's crown and sending it to Shell City, leaving false evidence behind to frame Krabs for the crime. Meanwhile, Plankton laments over his futile attempts to steal the Krabby Patty secret formula, until his computer wife Karen reminds him of "Plan Z".
Krabs says that Squidward is more mature and that SpongeBob is "just a kid" who is unable to handle the task, upsetting SpongeBob. At the ceremony, the title is instead given to his co-worker Squidward Tentacles. Krabs will promote him as manager of the new restaurant. In the movie proper, SpongeBob prepares for the opening ceremony of the Krusty Krab 2, believing that his boss Mr.
The movie begins with a live-action sequence of a pirate crew finding tickets to The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie and sailing to the movie theater to watch the film. 9.2 The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run.9.1 The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water.Two standalone sequels have been released: The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water (2015) and The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run (2020).
It grossed $140 million worldwide, becoming the sixth highest-grossing animated film of 2004. The film had its yellow-carpet premiere at the Grauman's Chinese Theater in Los Angeles on November 14, 2004, and it was released in the United States on November 19.
The film was originally intended to serve as the series finale, but Nickelodeon ordered more episodes of the series as it had become increasingly profitable, so Hillenburg resigned as showrunner, with Tibbitt taking his place. He assembled a team from the show's writing staff, including himself, Derek Drymon, Tim Hill, Kent Osborne, Aaron Springer, and Paul Tibbitt, and they structured the film as a mythical hero's journey that would bring SpongeBob and Patrick to the surface. Hillenburg accepted an offer for a film adaptation of SpongeBob SquarePants from Paramount Pictures in 2002, after having turned it down multiple times the previous year. Krabs from Neptune's wrath and their world from Plankton's rule. SpongeBob and Patrick team up to retrieve the crown from Shell City to save Mr. Krabs, steal the Krabby Patty secret formula and take over the world by stealing King Neptune's crown and framing Mr. In this film, Plankton enacts a plan to discredit his business nemesis Mr. It is the first film in the SpongeBob SquarePants film series. It features the series' regular voice cast with Alec Baldwin, Scarlett Johansson, and Jeffrey Tambor voicing new characters and David Hasselhoff appearing as himself. The film was directed, co-written, and produced by series creator Stephen Hillenburg, with live-action sequences directed by Mark Osborne. The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie is a 2004 American live-action/animated adventure comedy film based on the Nickelodeon animated television series SpongeBob SquarePants.