The film was number-one on its opening weekend in Japan, where it grossed and had 251,811 admissions, from 121 theaters. In its second weekend, Love Live! was topped the box office in admissions (188,000) and theater average earning ($17,558), It grossed an estimated , marking a 34.5% decline. The film topped the box office through its third weekend, earning with 188,004 admissions, reaching a total gross close to . In its fourth weekend, Love Live! grossed an estimated a 18% declining, making The film reached a total gross of over and over 1 million admissions. After topping the box office reign for three consecutive weekends, Love Live! The School Idol Movie was finally overtaken in its fourth weekend by Avengers: Age of Ultron from Marvel Studios and Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. The film had earned one month after release 38 days after the release and by the seventh weekend. By August 1 it had grossed over with over 1.5 million admissions and by August 11 it was over . By August 16, it had grossed and by September 12, it had grossed over , becoming the 5th highest-grossing film distributed by Shochiku since 2000. The film was the 8th highest-grossing Japanese film (together with Flying Colors) and the 6th highest-grossing anime film at the Japanese box office in 2015, with . It grossed ($26,163,074) in total in Japan.
