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The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants (2025)

Film · 2025 · 88 min · PG · Adventure · Family · Animation

Ship's about to go down.

Desperate to be a big guy, SpongeBob sets out to prove his bravery to Mr. Krabs by following The Flying Dutchman – a mysterious swashbuckling ghost pirate – on a seafaring adventure that takes him to the deepest depths of the deep sea, where no Sponge has gone before.

Directed by Derek Drymon

Starring Tom Kenny, Mark Hamill, Clancy Brown, Bill Fagerbakke, Rodger Bumpass, Carolyn Lawrence, Mr. Lawrence, George López

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Release dates in the United States

In cinemas19 December 2025
Digital release20 January 2026
Physical release31 March 2026
First release anywhere16 December 2025

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