<Tr> <Th> Budget </Th> <Td> $178 million </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Box office </Th> <Td> $370.5 million </Td> </Tr> <P> Edge of Tomorrow (also known by its marketing tagline Live . Die . Repeat. and renamed as such on home release) is a 2014 American science fiction film starring Tom Cruise and Emily Blunt . Doug Liman directed the film based on a screenplay adapted from the 2004 Japanese light novel All You Need Is Kill by Hiroshi Sakurazaka . The film takes place in a future where Earth is invaded by an alien race . Major William Cage (Cruise), a public relations officer with no combat experience, is forced by his superiors to join a landing operation against the aliens . Though Cage is killed in combat, he finds himself in a time loop that sends him back to the day preceding the battle every time he dies . Cage teams up with Special Forces warrior Rita Vrataski (Blunt) to improve his fighting skills through the repeated days, seeking a way to defeat the extraterrestrial invaders . </P> <P> In late 2009, 3 Arts Productions purchased the rights to the novel and sold a spec script to the American studio Warner Bros . The studio produced the film with the involvement of 3 Arts, the novel's publisher Viz Media, and Australian production company Village Roadshow . Filming began in late 2012, taking place in England at Leavesden Studios outside London, and other locations such as Trafalgar Square and Saunton Sands . Nine companies handled the visual effects . </P>

Tom cruise movie where he dies and comes back to life