Netflix Top 10: New SpongeBob Movie Debuts at No. 1

SpongeBob SquarePants soaked up the No. 1 spot on the Netflix Top 10. The new Nickelodeon-produced animated movie Saving Bikini Bottom: The Sandy Cheeks Movie — featuring the voices of Carolyn Lawrence as the titular Texas-born squirrel and Tom Kenny as SpongeBob — shored up 12.8M views to land atop the English Films List and was the most-watched movie of the week (July 29th—August 4th).

Also new to the Netflix Top 10 chart this week is PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie (7 million views), overtaking Don’t Breathe 2 (5.9 million views) in its second consecutive week. The animated-dominated list includes Trolls Band Together (5.9 million) and The Bad Guys (4.2 million), both in their third weeks, at No. 3 and No. 8, respectively.

The only other Netflix original movie to rank in this week’s English Films List is Find Me Falling (5.6 million), which has dropped to No. 5 in its third week. Tom Cruise’s Jack Reacher: Never Go Back continues its four-week streak (5.4 million views) at No. 6, followed by the just-added 2006 Matthew McConaughey and Sarah Jessica Parker romcom Failure to Launch (4.8 million views) at No. 7. Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire, the franchise’s latest installment that took the top spot on July 22nd, dropped to No. 9 (3.8 million views), with the Liam Neeson action-drama The Marksman targeting No. 10 (3.6 million views) after three weeks on the chart.

The Sandy Cheeks Movie — which also features the voices of SpongeBob cast members Bill Fagerbakke (Patrick), Clancy Brown (Mr. Krabs), Rodger Bumpass (Squidward), and Mr. Lawrence (Plankton) — sees Sandy and SpongeBob journey to Texas to save Bikini Bottom from a villainous plot after the town and all its denizens are suddenly scooped out of the ocean. 

Wanda Sykes plays B.O.O.T.S. Marine Technology Lab CEO (and live-action human) Sue Nahmee as part of a cast that includes Johnny Knoxville as Sandy’s twin brother, Randy Cheeks; Craig Robinson and Grey DeLisle as Pa and Ma Cheeks; and Matty Cardarople and Ilia Isorelýs Paulino as Sue Nahmee’s underlings, Kyle and Phoebe, who assist in her plot to turn the citizens of Bikini Bottom into for-sale Sea Pals.

Netflix has seen an influx of new titles this month, including Godzilla Minus One/Minus Color, the Jack Reacher movies, and the Child’s Play/Chucky series. See the complete list of what’s new on Netflix for August 2024.