Upside Mystery

sakura is a 2012 japanese-american horror-thriller film was released in october 27th 2012, the film was created by geo g. and produced in Toei animation in 2012

Plot
a brave and adventurous 14 year old middle school student who lives in the middle school and his best friend,naomi. one night, iken and naomi was walking around the rainy street with umbrella, suddenlyn, the creepy human ghost like creature called, sakura

Cast

 * John Travolta as iken, a adventurous and brave 14 year old middle school student who lives in middle school
 * Christian Slater as naomi, a bubbly and hyperactive young girl.
 * Michelle Rodriguez as sakura, a a scary human ghost like creature who behind to hide a full of garbage
 * Jennifer Saunders as dr canbell, a naomi´s father.



Development
in october 27th 2010, the film was annouced to under the name, sakura. the human ghost like creature in 2010

Music
Hans Zimmer, who previously scored Vicky Jenson's co-directed Shark Tale, was originally hired to score the film, but was replaced by Marco Beltrami after Zimmer was set to score The Simpsons Movie instead.

Marketing
the film was released in august 25th 2012, but, he pushed back to october 27th 2012

Video game
A video game based on the film was released for PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, Xbox 360, Wii, Nintendo DS, and PC on August 7, 2007. It was also the final game published by MGM Interactive before it gets folded.

Home media
The film was released on dvd in october 12th 2015 on shout! factory

Box office
Upside Mystery opened number 1 at its opening weekend, grossing $49.3 million at the box office from 3,683 theaters.

Upside Mystery grossed $132.1 million in North America and $250.2 million in other territories for a worldwide total of $382.3 million.

Critical response
On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 67% based on 143 reviews, with an average rating of 6.01/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "Upside Mystery delivers thrilling moments for a detective movie, but somehow the story gets convoluted." On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 57 out of 100, based on 23 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews". Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "B+" on an A+ to F scale.

Main transcript
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Trailer transcripts
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Sequels
A sequel titled Upside Mystery 2 was released on August 27, 2010 with production beginning in 2008. It was directed by Open Season director Jill Culton, written by David Koepp, and produced by Gary Barber and Roger Birnbaum. Travolta, Slater, and Rodriguez reprised their roles alongside newcomers Pierce Brosnan, Tobey Maguire, Demi Moore, and Judi Dench. Vicky Jenson returns as executive producer only as she was scheduled to direct her live-action directorial feature Post Grad.

A third installment titled Upside Mystery 3 was released on September 4, 2015. It was directed by The Prince of Egypt and Brave co-director Brenda Chapman, written by Josh Klausner and produced by Roger Birnbaum and Vicky Jenson. Travolta, Slater, Rodriguez and Dench also reprise their roles alongside newcomers Christina Ricci, Nicolas Cage and Brad Pitt.

Television series
On March 24, 2011, it was announced that Fox Family have acquired broadcast rights based on the film series, which was scheduled to begin on November 13, 2012. Vicky Jenson, Gary Barber, and Roger Birnbaum returned to executive produce the TV show while the main characters would be recast (except Judi Dench). The TV series ended on April 14, 2015 after 4 seasons.