'SpongeBob Movie' Scores Super $15.1 Million on Friday

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Paramount Pictures newly released 'The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out Of Water' exceeded expectations on Friday, while Jupiter Ascending and Seventh Son had a below average start as footfalls were very low at the boxoffice window.

The popular Nickelodeon TV show adaptation opened to an estimated $15.1 million yesterday. In comparison, the first SpongeBob movie earned $9.6 million on its first Friday nearly a decade ago. 

More interesting is the fact that this opening is nearly on par with The LEGO Movie's $17.1 million haul on the same date last year. If Sponge Out of Water holds up like LEGO through the weekend, it will wind up North America of $60 million.

Playing at 3,181 locations, Jupiter Ascending opened in second place on Friday with an estimated $6.4 million. That's significantly lower than recent sci-fi movies like Elysium ($11.1 million) and Edge of Tomorrow ($10.6 million). 

It's also barely above legendary Wachowski bomb Speed Racer, which opened to $6.2 million back in May 2008. For the weekend, Jupiter Ascending will likely wind up between $17 and $19 million.

After holding on to the top spot for the past three weeks, American Sniper dropped to third with $6.26 million (off 37 percent). It has now earned $264.4 million total, which puts it in third place among 2014 releases ahead of Captain America: The Winter Soldier. 

Here's the latest super bowl spot for 'The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water'.


Plot:
"SpongeBob SquarePants, the world’s favorite sea dwelling invertebrate, comes ashore to our world for his most super-heroic adventure yet."

The SpongeBob Movie stars (voices) Antonio Banderas, Tom Kenny, Tom Kenny, Clancy Brown, Clancy Brown, Rodger Bumpass, Rodger Bumpass, Bill Fagerbakke, Bill Fagerbakke, Carolyn Lawrence, Carolyn Lawrence, Douglas Lawrence and Douglas Lawrence.

The film debuted on February 6th, 2015.

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