“The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water,” based on the cartoon series that premiered in 1999, dominated the weekend box office, taking in $56 million from its debut in the United States and Canada, the Wall Street Journal reports. “American Sniper,” which continued its extraordinary box office run by grossing $24.2 million, took the No. 2 spot, beating out a pair of big-budget movies: “Jupiter Ascending” and “Seventh Son.”