Love Live! The School Idol Movie

2015 | Animation, Comedy, Drama, Music, Musical, Anime

Synopsis

The story of the film begins after the events of the second season, at the graduation ceremony of the third-year students. Knowing that the graduation of the third-year members means the end of u's, the nine girls take a walk around the school filled with memories. However, when the students attempt to leave the school gates, a single email is sent to them, and the curtain on a new story for u's begins.

Scores

Overall Score
46.6
Popularity Percentile (Year)
13.0%
Box Office Percentile (Year)
75.3%
Review Aggregate
71.8

Critic Consensus

0.0% Fresh • 1 critic reviews

Critic reception is largely negative, with 0% of 1 logged reviews marked Fresh. Across reviews, critics repeatedly emphasize funny, character-driven, lighthearted. Many reviews cite execution consistency as the main reasons it falls short.

funnycharacter-drivenlightheartedemotionalvisually strikingthought-provoking

Cast

CastYearReported SalaryInflation AdjustedNotes
Emi Nitta2015$206,000$273,000(est)
Yoshino Nanjō2015$127,000$168,000(est)
Aya Uchida2015$95,000$126,000(est)
Suzuko Mimori2015$78,000$103,000(est)
Riho Iida2015$67,000$88,000(est)
Pile2015$59,000$78,000(est)
Aina Kusuda2015$53,000$70,000(est)
Yurika Kubo2015$48,000$64,000(est)
Sora Tokui2015$44,000$59,000(est)

Aggregated Reviews

Rotten Tomatoes critic scoreN/A
RT critic review count1
Rotten Tomatoes audience score73.0
RT audience rating count50
IMDb rating7.0
IMDb votes698

Box Office ?

CategoryYearReportedInflation Adjusted
Domestic2015$115,840$153,329
International2015$21,953,206$29,057,893
Worldwide2015$22,069,046$29,211,222

Earnings / Profitability

Estimated net revenues and net expenses for films based on reported and estimated numbers. This income statement should be considered most viable for the first 24 months after the inital movie's release (ie after most lucrative pay windows).
CategoryYearReportedInflation Adjusted
Revenues
Theatrical Net Revenue2015$8,839,202$11,699,822
Digital Rentals ?2015$1,292,000$1,710,128
Digital Purchases ?2015$1,355,000$1,793,517
Physical Rentals ?2015$1,466,000$1,940,440
Physical Purchases ?2015$3,929,000$5,200,537
TV & Streaming Revenue2015$57,920$76,665
Total Revenues2015$16,939,122$22,421,108
Expenses
Budget ?2015$3,216,000 (est)$4,256,790 (est)
Print & Advertising (P&A) ?2015$3,764,000 (est)$4,982,138 (est)
Participations2015$678,000$897,420
Residuals ?2015$475,000$628,724
Interest & Overhead2015$643,200$851,358
Total Expenses2015$8,776,200$11,616,430
Movie Net Profit or Loss2015$8,162,922$10,804,678

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