Tom Cruise's new movie "Edge of Tomorrow" is out in theaters now; however, it was almost called "All You Need is Kill."
The sci-fi film is based on a novella of the same name by Hiroshi Sakurazaka.
Warner Bros. decided to change the name partly because of negative buzz around the word “kill” in the title.
It's not the only big movie that has undergone a name change.
"Pretty Woman" was originally called "3,000."
The title came from the amount of money Edward Lewis (Richard Gere) offered prostitute Vivian Ward to spend a week with him.
When Michael Eisner originally heard the film pitch from Jeffrey Katzenberg, he was convinced it would be bomb at theaters.
Budget:$14 million
Box Office:$463.4 million
Before "Alien" came to theaters, it was known as "Star Beast."
Writer Dan O’Bannon explained how he came up with the name for the hit sci-fi movie in a 2003 documentary on the film, “The Beast Within: Making Alien.”
“‘Star Beast’ is one of those titles that you think of and then … you throw them away,” said O’Bannon. “I was running through titles and they all stank. I didn’t like any of them. One morning, at three o’clock, at Ronnie’s apartment, I’m typing away writing dialogue and the characters are saying ‘the alien this’ and ‘the alien that.’ Suddenly, that word alien just came up out of the typewriter at me. I said 'Alien. It’s a noun and it’s an adjective ... Yes! That’s it, I have the title!’”
Budget:$11 million
Box Office:$104.9 million
"Return of the Jedi" was nearly "Revenge of the Jedi."
According to “Star Wars” documentary “Empire of Dreams,” producer Howard Kazanjian recalled how George Lucas originally wanted to call the "Star Wars" sequel "Return of the Jedi"; however, he convinced him to change his mind.
“George came to me and said the title of Episode VI is ‘Return of the Jedi,’ and I said I think it’s a weak title,” said producer Howard Kazanjian. “And, he came back one or two days later and he says, ‘We’re calling it ‘Revenge of the Jedi.’”
After posters were released for the film and a theatrical teaser trailer was shown in theaters, Lucas decided to change the name weeks before the film’s release.
“Just before it got to the theaters, George came back and he said, ‘I want to go back to ‘Return of the Jedi,’" said Kazanjian. “The logic behind that was a Jedi does not take revenge.”
Disney recently re-released the original teaser trailer for the film that was seen in theaters. You can watch it here.
Budget:$32.5 million
Box Office:$475.1 million
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