Paramount's sequel, combined with the wild success of 'The Lego Movie' on the same weekend in 2014, firmly establishes February as a home for animated fare. By Pamela McClintock Senior Film Writer ...

The pineapple-dwelling yellow fellow turned the box office into his personal playground this weekend, as “The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water” surprised Hollywood with an eye-popping $55 million ...

6TH UPDATE, MONDAY ACTUALS, 3:20 PM: Paramount’s SpongeBob SquarePants: Sponge Out Of Water came in with $635K less than its weekend estimate reported yesterday of $56M. Still, it’s a great gross for ...

Building a new film franchise is far harder than rejuvenating a 16-year-old one, as this weekend at the box office demonstrated. “The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water,” based on the cartoon series ...

Warner Bros.’ “American Sniper” will see its three-week reign at the U.S. box office end this weekend as Paramount’s “The Spongebob Movie: Sponge Out of Water” is pegged for a $35 million opening at ...

As part of my regular Friday-morning conversation with WRNO-FM radio host Gerry Vaillancourt, this week I talk about the animated "SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water," the sci-fi adventure "Jupiter ...

Nickelodeon’s animated SpongeBob returned to theaters over the weekend, delivering a No. 1 opening for Paramount Pictures and outpunching “Jupiter Ascending,” a costly sci-fi release from Warner Bros.

“Jupiter Ascending,” an ambitious science-fiction fantasy from Andy and Lana Wachowski, eked out $19 million from 3,181 screens, making it the “Matrix” siblings’ third consecutive whiff after “Cloud ...

Paramount’s “The Spongebob Movie: Sponge Out of Water” is dominating the U.S. box office, hitting $15.2 million Friday as it heads for an impressive $52 million opening weekend at 3,641 U.S. locations ...

Filmmakers Andy and Lana Wachowski certainly have a flair for the visual. After all, they gave us “The Matrix” trilogy and “Cloud Atlas.” Their latest big budget sci-fi entry, “Jupiter Ascending,” ...

In fact, the newest film starring everyone’s favorite underwater characters is outperforming its predecessor taking in $56 million this weekend domestically compared to the $32 million the first film ...

Way back in 2004, few people expected The Spongebob Squarepants movie to be any good. It had been years since Nickelodeon had produced a movie based on one of its shows that was actually worth ...