The last theatrically released “SpongeBob” movie, “Sponge Out of Water,” opened to $55 million in February 2015. “Search for SquarePants” will release on Dec. 19. Watch the trailer below: ...

SpongeBob and Patrick head to the Underworld, "where no Sponge has gone before," in a teaser for "The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants," which arrives in theaters Dec. 19.

For the last few years, we've seen a steep influx of SpongeBob SquarePants movies. Either they're released on streaming or they come out in theaters, but most of the time, they are pretty successful.