Roadkill

I never got why they named it Joyride in america and Roadkill here.

If it was me i would have had it the other way around, i mean who in England etc says Roadkill?? nobody i know.
 
Not usually their choice - often it's a question of copyright; there's probably another film or TV show in this country (and Australia by the looks of things) that shares the same name!
 
I dont think it has anything to do with having the same name has another film, there are tons of films made that have the same name and it makes no difference to the title, it only becomes an issue when it shares it's name with a really famous film, then they'd have to change it.

It's name was changed for release over here because it didn't do very well in the States when it was released with the title 'Joyride.' So they changed it so that the British public wouldn't associate this film with a film they had heard flopped in the US. Plus I guess they want to see if it'll attract more movie goers with a different title, they do it a lot. Like 'Reindeer Games' got changed to 'Deception'. 'Roadkill' suits the film far better anyway IMO, I dont get why they called it 'Joyride' instead.
 
Another reason why a name is changed is because it is a local reference... the xXx 2, and Harold and Kumar films had a name change as one referred to a US-only fast/junk food chain and the other referred to a yearly US political event.

Another recent example of a changed name is Danny the Dog, it is known almost every where as that except in the US and (I think the UK) where it's given the generic name of Unleashed. Got no idea why they changed it.
 
I also thought the Orignal xXx 2 name was better than the UK name, as was Harold and Kumar (but i can understand why they did that)

One that i found strange was American Pie: The Wedding, in the states it was just American Wedding, did they think we were to stupid to understand it was the 3rd in the series ?
 
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