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9/23/05
- The Movie opens in Italy.

9/16/05
- The Movie opens in Greece.

6/26/05
- The Movie opens in Sweden.

6/17/05
- The Movie opens in Norway.

6/10/05
- The Movie opens in Denmark.

4/16/05
- The Movie opens in Indonesia.

4/14/05
- The Movie passes $50,000,000 in overseas boxoffice gross.

4/8/05
- The Movie opens in South Africa.

4/6/05
- The Movie opens in The Philipines.

3/17/05
- The Movie opens in Signapore and Czech Republic.

3/11/05
- The Movie opens in Austria.

3/1/05
- The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie is released on DVD and VHS.

2/20/05
- The Movie crosses $40,000,000 in international gross, passing The Rugrats Movie.

2/11/05
- The Movie opens in The United Kingdom and Ireland.

2/9/05
- The Movie opens in France.

2/3/05
- The Movie opens in The Netherlands and Holland.

2/2/05
- The Movie opens in Belguim.

1/28/05
- The Movie opens in Spain.

1/13/05
- The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie crosses $100,000,000 in worldwide gross.
- The Movie opens in Peru.

1/7/05
- The Movie opens in Central America.

1/6/05
- The Movie opens in Australia, New Zealand, and Argentina.

1/1/05
- The Movie opens in Columbia.

12/25/04
- The Movie opens in Venezuela.

12/24/04
- The Movie opens in Brazil.

12/23/04
- The Movie opens in Germany and Switzerland.

12/16/04
- The Movie opens in Chile.

12/12/04
- Paramount has announced that The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie DVD and VHS will be released on March 1, 2005.

12/3/04
- The Movie opens in Mexico, its first foreign territory.

11/22/04
- The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie grossed $32,018,216 in its opening weekend.

11/19/04
- The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie splashes into 3,212 theaters in the US and Canada!

11/5/04
- The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie soundtrack comes out. If you buy it at Target, you get a bonus track.

10/27/04
- The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie game is released to multiple platforms.

10/8/04
- The Fourth Trailer is released.

9/29/04
- 10 new production stills are released.

9/7/04
- SpongeBloggers unite at SpongeBlogger.

9/1/04
- Nick updates the official site.

8/28/04
- Nick airs a 20 second movie spot.

8/22/04
- A free ticket to the movie will come with Spongebob Squarepants: The Complete 2nd Season DVD boxed set.

6/18/04
- U-Pick airs the first sneak peak for the movie.

6/14/04
- Nickelodeon Partnership Brings Plankton Pancakes and The Krabby Korner to Holiday Inn This Summer. Source: Pr Newswire

6/9/04
- The Third Trailer is released.

5/27/04
- 'The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie' to Sponsor the First Race Geared for Families. Source: Pr Newswire

5/12/04
- The Second Trailer is updated.

4/3/04
- The Second Trailer is released.

3/24/04
- Scarlett Johansson, Alec Baldwin, Jeffrey Tambor, and Serena Williams join the cast. Source: Coming Soon!

3/16/04
- The plot has been revealed in the latest issue of Nickelodeon Magazine.

2/12/04
- Mattel is making toys for the movie. Source: PR Newswire
- Nickelodeon's Kids Choice Awards will officially kick off the film on April 3. Source: Yahoo!
1/14/04
- The first production still is released.

12/20/03
- The First Trailer is released.

12/1/03
- Music for the movie will mostly be from a library, like in the show.
Source: Brad Carow

4/27/03
- The Finding Nemo-ish plot has been proven false.
Source: Paul Tibbit