The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water

The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water is a 2015 American animated adventure comedy film based on the television series SpongeBob SquarePants. Directed by series veteran Paul Tibbitt, the film stars Antonio Banderas as the live-action character Burger Beard and features the show's regular voice cast consisting of Tom Kenny, Clancy Brown, Rodger Bumpass, Bill Fagerbakke, Carolyn Lawrence, and Mr. Lawrence, with Matt Berry as a new character. The plot follows Burger Beard, a pirate who steals the Krabby Patty secret formula using a magical book that makes any text written upon it come true, leading to SpongeBob SquarePants and his friends to travel to the ocean's surface to confront Burger Beard and retrieve the formula. It is the second theatrical film based on the series, following The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie in 2004.

The film was written by Jonathan Aibel and Glenn Berger; they adapted it from a story conceived by Tibbitt and SpongeBob creator Stephen Hillenburg. Like the first film, the final act places the animated characters in a live-action world. However, unlike the first film, the animated characters become animated in CGI in the live-action world. These scenes were directed by Mike Mitchell and were filmed in Savannah and Tybee Island, Georgia. Filming began on September 30, 2013, and was completed in November that year. The film is dedicated to Ernest Borgnine, the voice of Mermaid Man, who died in 2012. Similarly, it features the final film role of Tim Conway, the voice of Barnacle Boy, before his death in 2019.

The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water was released in the United States on February 6, 2015 and received mostly positive reviews from critics. It was a box office success, earning over $325 million worldwide against its $60–74 million budget, making it the third-highest-grossing Nickelodeon film and the sixth-highest-grossing animated film of 2015. A third film, The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run, was released in 2020.