Love Live the Movie! and its final box-office revenue was 2.86 billion yen! The highest-grossing late-night anime of all time, far surpassing "Madoka Magica" and "K-ON! and "K-ON!" as a late-night animation series.

The School Idol Movie," an anime film released on June 13, 2015, has announced that the final box office receipts from "Love Live!



Love Live! is an anime work that depicts nine girls' idol activities to save their alma mater "Otonokizaka Gakuin" from the danger of being closed down. Otonokizaka Gakuin is a "traditional school located between Akihabara, Kanda, and Jimbocho," and the background of the story is based on real places such as Kanda Myojin, UDX, Shoheibashi, and Takemura, a sweet shop. In April 2014, the second TV season was broadcast, and the enthusiastic fans, called "love-lovers," became the talk of the town. The School Idol Movie," which was released on June 13 as a completely new movie, depicts how the girls, who had decided to end their activities following the graduation of their third year, take on the challenge of a new live performance.

The theatrical version was released in 121 theaters nationwide, and the final box-office revenue was confirmed. In addition to being ranked No. 1 for three consecutive weeks in terms of attendance in the weekend box office rankings, it also won the Japan Academy Award for Best Animated Feature Film and the Golden Globes Award. The film ended its run on December 31, 202 days after its release, with a final box-office revenue of 2.86 billion yen.

Incidentally, as for late-night animation films, "Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie: Rebellion" (2.08 billion yen/129 theaters) in 2013 and "K-ON! (1.90 billion yen / 137 theaters) in 2011, making it the highest grossing film of all time.

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