What’s “Working Title” Of A Movie Mean?

Sometimes I hear about a movie and it is referred to by the "working title".  Apparently, the "working title" is sometimes called the "production title".  It's the temporary name of a project during development.

Check out some "working title" names of your favorite movies!

• "Snakes on a Plane" was supposed to be called "Pacific Air Flight 121" until Samuel L. Jackson put his foot down.
• "Titanic"'s working title was "The Ship of Dreams"
• "Return of the Jedi" was "Revenge of the Jedi"
• "Annie Hall" working title was "It Had To Be Jew"
• "Casablanca" working title was "Everyone Comes To Rick's"
• "Pretty Woman" working title was "$3,000"
• "E.T." working title was "A Boy's Life"
• "Unforgiven" working title was "The Cut Whore Killings"
• "Who Framed Roger Rabbit?" working title was "Dead Toons Don't Pay The Bills"
• "Dogma" working title was "God"
• "Scream" working title was "Scary Movie"
• "Pulp Fiction" working title was "Black Mask"
• "Psycho" working title was "Wimpy"
• "Million Dollar Baby" working title was "Rope Burns"
• "Some Like It Hot" working title was "Not Tonight, Josephine!"
• "The Departed" working title was "Infernal Affairs"
• "It's A Wonderful Life" working title was "The Greatest Gift"
• "2001: A Space Odyssey" working title was "How The Solar System Was Won"