The first Spongebob movie was released 10 years ago but all this time later and the follow up takes the franchise in a whole different direction for the popular cartoon character.
The Spongebob Movie takes an excellent $56 million on it's debut weekend.
Getting knocked down to number 2 is American Sniper which takes $24 million this weekend bringing it's US total to $282 million.
Also new this week is: Jupiter Ascending at 3 which at $19 million debut is the lowest for a Wachowskis film since they hit the big time, also Seventh Son is new at 4.
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