Box Office: 'SpongeBob' cleans up; 'American Sniper' slips to No. 2 Los Angeles Times | February 8, 2015 | 11:14 AM "The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water" opened to an estimated $56-million gross in the U.S. and Canada over the weekend, exceeding tracking projections and pushing "American Sniper," with its $24.2 million weekend, out of the top spot after its three-week reign there. For more box office coverage, go to latimes/companytown.