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Titanic (1997 film)
Titanic
The
film poster shows a man and a woman hugging over a picture of the
Titanic's bow. In the background is a partly cloudy sky and at the top
are the names of the two lead actors. The middle has the film's name and
tagline, and the bottom contains a list of the director's previous
works, as well as the film's credits, rating, and release date.
Theatrical release poster
Directed by James Cameron
Written by James Cameron
Produced by
James Cameron
Jon Landau
Starring
Leonardo DiCaprio
Kate Winslet
Billy Zane
Kathy Bates
Frances Fisher
Bernard Hill
Jonathan Hyde
Danny Nucci
David Warner
Bill Paxton
Cinematography Russell Carpenter
Edited by
Conrad Buff
James Cameron
Richard A. Harris
Music by James Horner
Production
companies
Paramount Pictures[1][2]
20th Century Fox[1][2]
Lightstorm Entertainment[1]
Distributed by
Paramount Pictures
(North America)
20th Century Fox
(International)
Release dates
November 1, 1997 (Tokyo)
December 19, 1997 (United States)
December 20, 1997 (South Africa)
Running time
195 minutes[3]
Country United States
Language English
Budget $200 million[4][5][6]
Box office $2.202 billion[7]
Titanic
is a 1997 American epic romance and disaster film directed, written,
produced, and co-edited by James Cameron. Incorporating both historical
and fictionalized aspects, it is based on accounts of the sinking of the
RMS Titanic, and stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet as members of
different social classes who fall in love aboard the ship during its
ill-fated maiden voyage. Also starring are Billy Zane, Kathy Bates,
Frances Fisher, Gloria Stuart, Bernard Hill, Jonathan Hyde, Victor
Garber, and Bill Paxton.
Cameron's inspiration for the film came
from his fascination with shipwrecks; he felt a love story interspersed
with the human loss would be essential to convey the emotional impact of
the disaster. Production began in 1995, when Cameron shot footage of
the actual Titanic wreck. The modern scenes on the research vessel were
shot on board the Akademik Mstislav Keldysh, which Cameron had used as a
base when filming the wreck. Scale models, computer-generated imagery,
and a reconstruction of the Titanic built at Baja Studios were used to
re-create the sinking. The film was co-financed by Paramount Pictures
and 20th Century Fox; the former handled distribution in North America
while the latter released the film internationally. It was the most
expensive film ever made at the time, with a production budget of $200
million.
Upon its release on December 19, 1997, Titanic achieved
significant critical and commercial success, and then received numerous
accolades. Nominated for 14 Academy Awards, it tied All About Eve (1950)
for the most Oscar nominations, and won 11, including the awards for
Best Picture and Best Director, tying Ben-Hur (1959) for the most Oscars
won by a single film. With an initial worldwide gross of over $1.84
billion, Titanic was the first film to reach the billion-dollar mark. It
remained the highest-grossing film of all time until another Cameron
film, Avatar, surpassed it in 2010. A 3D version of Titanic, released on
April 4, 2012, to commemorate the centennial of the sinking, earned it
an additional $343.6 million worldwide, pushing the film's worldwide
total to $2.195 billion and making it the second film to gross more than
$2 billion worldwide (after Avatar). In 2017, the film was re-released
for its 20th anniversary and was selected for preservation in the United
States National Film Registry for being "culturally, historically or
aesthetically significant".
Contents
1 Plot
2 Cast
2.1 Fictional characters
2.2 Historical characters
2.3 Cameos
3 Pre-production
3.1 Writing and inspiration
3.2 Scale modeling
4 Production
5 Post-production
5.1 Effects
5.2 Editing
5.3 Music and soundtrack
5.4 Heart of the Ocean
6 Release
6.1 Initial screening
6.2 Box office
6.2.1 Initial theatrical run
6.2.2 Commercial analysis
6.3 Critical reception
6.3.1 Contemporary
6.3.2 Retrospective
6.4 Accolades
7 Home media
7.1 3D conversion
8 Titanic Live
9 Merchandise
10 See also
11 Notes
12 References
13 Further reading
14 External links
Plot
In
1996, aboard the research vessel Akademik Mstislav Keldysh, Brock
Lovett and his team search the wreck of RMS Titanic. They recover a safe
they hope contains a necklace with a large diamond known as the Heart
of the Ocean. Instead, they only find a drawing of a young nude woman
wearing the necklace. The sketch is dated April 14, 1912, the same day
the Titanic struck the iceberg that caused it to sink.[Note 1] Rose
Dawson Calvert, the woman in the drawing, is brought aboard Keldysh. She
recounts her experiences aboard Titanic.
In 1912 Southampton,
17-year-old Rose DeWitt Bukater, her wealthy fiancé Caledon "Cal"
Hockley, and Rose's widowed mother, Ruth, board the Titanic. Ruth
emphasizes that Rose's marriage to Cal will resolve the family's
financial problems and maintain their upper-class status. Meanwhile,
Jack Dawson, a poor young artist, wins a third-class Titanic ticket in a
poker game. After setting sail, Rose, distraught over her loveless
engagement, climbs over the stern railing, intending to jump overboard.
Jack appears and coaxes her back onto the deck. The two develop a
tentative friendship, but when Cal and Ruth strongly object, Rose
acquiesces and discourages Jack's attention. She soon realizes she has
feelings for Jack.
Rose brings Jack to her state room and pays
him a coin to sketch her nude, wearing only the Heart of the Ocean
necklace. They later evade Cal's servant, Lovejoy, and have sex in an
automobile inside the cargo hold. On the forward deck, they witness the
ship's collision with an iceberg and overhear its officers and builder
discussing the serious situation. Cal discovers Jack's sketch and Rose's
insulting note left inside his safe, along with the necklace. When Jack
and Rose return to warn the others about the collision, Cal has Lovejoy
slip the necklace into Jack's pocket to frame him for theft. Jack is
then confined in the master-at-arms' office. Cal then puts the necklace
into his own overcoat pocket.
With the ship sinking, Rose flees
Cal and her mother, who has boarded a lifeboat. Rose finds and frees
Jack, and they barely make it back to the boat deck. Cal and Jack urge
Rose to board a lifeboat. Having arranged to save himself, Cal falsely
claims he can get Jack safely off the ship. As her lifeboat is lowered,
Rose, unable to abandon Jack, jumps back on board. Cal grabs Lovejoy's
pistol and chases Rose and Jack into the flooding first-class dining
saloon. They get away, and Cal realizes that he gave his coat, and
consequently the necklace, to Rose; he later boards a lifeboat posing as
a lost child's father.
Jack and Rose return to the boat deck.
The lifeboats have departed and the ship's stern is rising as the
flooded bow sinks. As passengers fall to their deaths, Jack and Rose
desperately cling to the stern rail. The upended ship breaks in half and
the bow section dives downward. The remaining stern slams back onto the
ocean, then upends again before it, too, sinks. In the freezing water,
Jack helps Rose onto a wooden panel buoyant enough for only one person
and makes her promise to survive. Rose is saved by a returning lifeboat,
keeping her promise, and Jack dies of hypothermia.
The RMS
Carpathia rescues the survivors; Rose avoids Cal by hiding among the
steerage passengers and gives her name as Rose Dawson. Still wearing
Cal's overcoat, she discovers the necklace tucked inside the pocket. In
the present, Rose says she later heard that Cal committed suicide after
losing his fortune in the Wall Street Crash of 1929. Lovett abandons his
search after hearing Rose's story. Alone on the stern of Keldysh, Rose
takes out the Heart of the Ocean, which has been in her possession all
along, and drops it into the sea over the wreck site. While she is
seemingly asleep in her bed,[8] her photos on the dresser depict a life
of freedom and adventure inspired by her early conversations with Jack. A
young Rose reunites with Jack at Titanic's Grand Staircase, applauded
by those who died on the ship.
Cast
Fictional characters
Leonardo
DiCaprio (top, pictured in 2014), who portrayed Jack Dawson, and Kate
Winslet (pictured in 2011), who portrayed Rose DeWitt Bukater.
Leonardo DiCaprio as Jack Dawson: Cameron said he needed the cast to
feel they were really on the Titanic, to relive its liveliness, and "to
take that energy and give it to Jack, ... an artist who is able to have
his heart soar".[9] Jack is portrayed as an itinerant, poor orphan from
Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, who has travelled the world, including Paris.
He wins two third-class tickets for the Titanic in a poker game and
travels with his friend Fabrizio. He is attracted to Rose at first
sight. Her fiancé's invitation to dine with them the next evening
enables Jack to mix with the first-class passengers for a night. Though
established actors like Matthew McConaughey, Chris O'Donnell, Billy
Crudup, and Stephen Dorff were considered, Cameron felt they were too
old for the part of a 20-year-old.[10][11] Tom Cruise was interested,
but his asking price was too high.[11] Cameron considered Jared Leto for
the role, but Leto refused to audition.[12] Jeremy Sisto did a series
of screen tests with Winslet and three other actresses vying for the
role of Rose.[13] DiCaprio, 21 years old at the time, was brought to
Cameron's attention by casting director Mali Finn.[10] Initially, he did
not want the role and refused to read his first romantic scene (see
below). Cameron said, "He read it once, then started goofing around, and
I could never get him to focus on it again. But for one split second, a
shaft of light came down from the heavens and lit up the forest."
Cameron strongly believed in DiCaprio's acting ability and told him,
"Look, I'm not going to make this guy brooding and neurotic. I'm not
going to give him a tic and a limp and all the things you want." Cameron
envisioned the character as a James Stewart type.[10] Although Jack
Dawson was a fictional character, in Fairview Cemetery in Halifax, Nova
Scotia, where 121 victims are buried, there is a grave labeled "J.
Dawson". The real J. Dawson was Joseph Dawson, a trimmer in the engine
room. "It wasn't until after the movie came out that we found out that
there was a J. Dawson gravestone," said the film's producer, Jon Landau,
in an interview.[14]
Kate Winslet as Rose DeWitt Bukater:
Cameron said Winslet "had the thing that you look for" and that there
was "a quality in her face, in her eyes," that he "just knew people
would be ready to go the distance with her".[9] Rose is a 17-year-old
girl, originally from Philadelphia, who is forced into an engagement to
30-year-old Cal Hockley so she and her mother, Ruth, can maintain their
high-class status after her father's death had left the family
debt-ridden. Rose boards the RMS Titanic with Cal and Ruth, as a
first-class passenger, and meets Jack. Winslet said of her character,
"She has got a lot to give, and she's got a very open heart. And she
wants to explore and adventure the world, but she [feels] that's not
going to happen."[9] Gwyneth Paltrow, Winona Ryder, Claire Danes,
Gabrielle Anwar, and Reese Witherspoon had been considered for the
role.[10][15][16][17] When they turned it down, Winslet campaigned
heavily for the role. She sent Cameron daily notes from England, which
led Cameron to invite her to Hollywood for auditions. As with DiCaprio,
casting director Mali Finn originally brought her to Cameron's
attention. When looking for a Rose, Cameron described the character as
"an Audrey Hepburn type" and was initially uncertain about casting
Winslet even after her screen test impressed him.[10] After she screen
tested with DiCaprio, Winslet was so thoroughly impressed with him, that
she whispered to Cameron, "He's great. Even if you don't pick me, pick
him." Winslet sent Cameron a single rose with a card signed, "From Your
Rose", and lobbied him by phone. "You don't understand!" she pleaded one
day when she reached him by mobile phone in his Humvee. "I am Rose! I
don't know why you're even seeing anyone else!" Her persistence, as well
as her talent, eventually convinced him to cast her in the role.[10]
Billy Zane as Caledon Hockley: Caledon is Rose's arrogant and snobbish
30-year-old fiancé, who is the heir to a Pittsburgh steel fortune. He
becomes increasingly embarrassed by, jealous of, and cruel about Rose's
affection for Jack. The part was originally offered to Matthew
McConaughey,[11] and Rob Lowe has also gone on the record as having
pursued it.[18]
Frances Fisher as Ruth DeWitt Bukater: Rose's
widowed mother, who arranges her daughter's engagement to Cal to
maintain her family's high-society status. She loves her daughter but
believes that social position is more important than having a loving
marriage. She strongly dislikes Jack, even though he saved her
daughter's life.
Gloria Stuart as Rose Dawson Calvert: Rose
narrates the film in a modern-day framing device. Cameron stated, "In
order to see the present and the past, I decided to create a fictional
survivor who is [close to] 101 years, and she connects us in a way
through history."[9] The 100-year-old Rose gives Lovett information
regarding the "Heart of the Ocean" after he discovers a nude drawing of
her in the wreck. She shares the story of her time aboard the ship, and
speaks about her relationship with Jack for the first time since the
sinking. At 87, Stuart had to be made up to look older for the role.[11]
Of casting Stuart, Cameron stated, "My casting director found her. She
was sent out on a mission to find retired actresses from the Golden Age
of the thirties and forties."[19] Cameron said that he did not know who
Stuart was, and Fay Wray was also considered for the role. "But [Stuart]
was just so into it, and so lucid, and had such a great spirit. And I
saw the connection between her spirit and [Winslet's] spirit," stated
Cameron. "I saw this joie de vivre in both of them, that I thought the
audience would be able to make that cognitive leap that it's the same
person."[19]
Bill Paxton as Brock Lovett: A treasure hunter
looking for the "Heart of the Ocean" in the wreck of the Titanic in the
present. Time and funding for his expedition are running out. He later
reflects at the film's conclusion that, despite thinking about Titanic
for three years, he has never understood it until he hears Rose's story.
Suzy Amis as Lizzy Calvert: Rose's granddaughter, who accompanies her
when she visits Lovett on the ship and learns of her grandmother's
romantic past with Jack Dawson.
Danny Nucci as Fabrizio: Jack's
Italian best friend, who boards the RMS Titanic with him after Jack wins
two tickets in a poker game. Fabrizio does not board a lifeboat when
the Titanic sinks and is killed when one of the ship's funnels breaks
and crashes into the water, crushing him and several other passengers to
death.
David Warner as Spicer Lovejoy: An ex-Pinkerton
constable, Lovejoy is Cal's English valet and bodyguard, who keeps an
eye on Rose and is suspicious about the circumstances surrounding Jack
rescuing her. He dies when the Titanic splits in half, causing him to
fall into a massive opening. Warner had appeared in the 1979 TV
miniseries S.O.S. Titanic.
Jason Barry as Tommy Ryan: An Irish
third-class passenger who befriends Jack and Fabrizio. Tommy is killed
when he is accidentally pushed forward and shot by a panicked First
Officer Murdoch.
Historical characters
Although not
intended to be an entirely accurate depiction of events,[20] the film
includes portrayals of several historical figures:
The real Margaret
Brown (right) giving Captain Arthur Henry Rostron an award for his
service in the rescue of Titanic's surviving passengers.
Kathy Bates as Margaret "Molly" Brown: Brown is looked down upon by
other first-class women, including Ruth, as "vulgar" and "new money".
She is friendly to Jack and lends him a suit of evening clothes (bought
for her son) when he is invited to dinner in the first-class dining
saloon. She was dubbed "The Unsinkable Molly Brown" by historians
because, with the support of other women, she commandeered Lifeboat 6
from Quartermaster Robert Hichens.[21] Some aspects of this altercation
are portrayed in Cameron's film.
Victor Garber as Thomas Andrews:
The ship's builder, Andrews is portrayed as a kind, decent man who is
modest about his grand achievement. After the collision, he tries to
convince the others, particularly Ismay, that it is a "mathematical
certainty" that the ship will sink. He is depicted during the sinking of
the ship as standing next to the clock in the first-class smoking room,
lamenting his failure to build a strong and safe ship. Although this
has become one of the most famous legends of the sinking of the Titanic,
this story, which was published in a 1912 book (Thomas Andrews:
Shipbuilder) and therefore perpetuated, came from John Stewart, a
steward on the ship who in fact left the ship in boat no.15 at
approximately 1:40 a.m.[22] There were testimonies of sightings of
Andrews after that moment.[22] It appears that Andrews stayed in the
smoking room for some time to gather his thoughts, then he continued
assisting with the evacuation.[22] Another reported sighting was of
Andrews frantically throwing deck chairs into the ocean for passengers
to use as floating devices. Andrews was last seen leaving the ship at
the last moment.
Bernard Hill as Captain Edward John Smith: Smith
planned to make the Titanic his final voyage before retiring. He
retreats into the wheelhouse on the bridge as the ship sinks, dying when
the windows implode from the water whilst he clings to the ship's
wheel. There are conflicting accounts as to whether he died in this
manner or later froze to death in the water near the capsized
collapsible lifeboat "B".[23]
Jonathan Hyde as J. Bruce Ismay:
White Star Line's ignorant, boorish managing director, who influences
Captain Smith to go faster with the prospect of an earlier arrival in
New York and favorable press attention; while this action appears in
popular portrayals of the disaster, it is unsupported by
evidence.[24][25] After the collision, he struggles to comprehend that
his "unsinkable" ship is doomed. Ismay later boards Collapsible C (one
of the last lifeboats to leave the ship) just before it is lowered. He
was branded a coward by the press and public for surviving the disaster
while many women and children had drowned.
Eric Braeden as John
Jacob Astor IV: A first-class passenger whom Rose (correctly) calls the
richest man on the ship. The film depicts Astor and his 18-year-old wife
Madeleine (Charlotte Chatton) as being introduced to Jack by Rose in
the first-class dining saloon. During the introduction, Astor asks if
Jack is connected to the "Boston Dawsons", a question Jack deflects by
saying that he is instead affiliated with the Chippewa Falls Dawsons.
Astor is last seen as the Grand Staircase glass dome implodes and water
surges in.
Bernard Fox as Colonel Archibald Gracie IV: The film
depicts Gracie making a comment to Cal that "women and machinery don't
mix", and congratulating Jack for saving Rose from falling off the ship,
though he is unaware that it was a suicide attempt. Fox had portrayed
Frederick Fleet in the 1958 film A Night to Remember.
Michael
Ensign as Benjamin Guggenheim: A mining magnate traveling in
first-class. He shows off his French mistress Madame Aubert (Fannie
Brett) to his fellow passengers while his wife and three daughters wait
for him at home. When Jack joins the other first-class passengers for
dinner after his rescue of Rose, Guggenheim refers to him as a
"bohemian". He is seen in the flooding Grand Staircase during the
sinking, saying he is prepared to go down as a gentleman.
Wallace Hartley. Titanic's bandmaster and violinist.
Jonathan Evans-Jones as Wallace Hartley: The ship's bandmaster and
violinist who plays uplifting music with his colleagues on the boat deck
as the ship sinks. As the final plunge begins, he leads the band in a
final performance of "Nearer, My God, to Thee", to the tune of
Bethany,[26][27] and dies in the sinking.
Mark Lindsay Chapman as
Chief Officer Henry Wilde: The ship's chief officer, who lets Cal on
board a lifeboat because he has a child in his arms. Before he dies, he
tries to get the boats to return to the sinking site to rescue
passengers by blowing his whistle. After he freezes to death, Rose uses
his whistle to attract the attention of Fifth Officer Lowe, which leads
to her rescue.
Ewan Stewart as First Officer William Murdoch: The
officer who is put in charge of the bridge on the night the ship struck
the iceberg. During a rush for the lifeboats, Murdoch shoots Tommy Ryan
as well as another passenger in a momentary panic, then commits suicide
by shooting himself in the head. When Murdoch's nephew Scott saw the
film, he objected to his uncle's portrayal as damaging to Murdoch's
heroic reputation.[28] A few months later, Fox vice-president Scott
Neeson went to Dalbeattie, Scotland, where Murdoch lived, to deliver a
personal apology, and also presented a £5000 donation to Dalbeattie High
School to boost the school's William Murdoch Memorial Prize.[29]
Cameron apologized on the DVD commentary, but stated that there were
officers who fired gunshots to enforce the "women and children first"
policy.[30] According to Cameron, his depiction of Murdoch is that of an
"honorable man," not of a man "gone bad" or of a "cowardly murderer."
He added, "I'm not sure you'd find that same sense of responsibility and
total devotion to duty today. This guy had half of his lifeboats
launched before his counterpart on the port side had even launched one.
That says something about character and heroism."[31]
Jonathan
Phillips as Second Officer Charles Lightoller. Lightoller took charge of
the port side evacuation. The film depicts Lightoller informing Captain
Smith that it will be difficult to see icebergs without breaking water
and following the collision suggesting the crew should begin boarding
women and children to the lifeboats. He is seen brandishing a gun and
threatening to use it to keep order. He can be seen on top of
Collapsible B when the first funnel collapses. Lightoller was the most
senior officer to have survived the disaster.
Simon Crane as
Fourth Officer Joseph Boxhall: The officer in charge of firing flares
and manning Lifeboat 2 during the sinking. He is shown on the bridge
wings helping the seamen firing the flares.
Ioan Gruffudd as
Fifth Officer Harold Lowe: The ship's only officer to lead a lifeboat to
retrieve survivors of the sinking from the icy waters. The film depicts
Lowe rescuing Rose.
Edward Fletcher as Sixth Officer James
Moody: The ship's only junior officer to have died in the sinking. The
film depicts Moody admitting Jack and Fabrizio onto the ship only
moments before it departs from Southampton. Moody is later shown
following Mr. Murdoch's orders to put the ship to full speed ahead, and
informs First Officer Murdoch about the iceberg. He is last seen
clinging to one of the davits on the starboard side after having
unsuccessfully attempted to launch collapsible A.
James Lancaster
as Father Thomas Byles: Second-class passenger Father Byles, a Catholic
priest from England, is portrayed praying and consoling passengers
during the ship's final moments.
Lew Palter and Elsa Raven as
Isidor Straus and Ida Straus: Isidor is a former owner of R.H. Macy and
Company, a former congressman from New York, and a member of the New
York and New Jersey Bridge Commission. During the sinking, his wife Ida
is offered a place in a lifeboat, but refuses, saying that she will
honor her wedding pledge by staying with Isidor. They are last seen
lying on their bed embracing each other as water fills their stateroom.
Martin Jarvis as Sir Cosmo Duff-Gordon: A Scottish baronet who is
rescued in Lifeboat 1. Lifeboats 1 and 2 were emergency boats with a
capacity of 40. Situated at the forward end of the boat deck, these were
kept ready to launch in case of a person falling overboard. On the
night of the disaster, Lifeboat 1 was the fourth to be launched, with 12
people aboard, including Duff-Gordon, his wife and her secretary. The
baronet was much criticized for his conduct during the incident. It was
suggested that he had boarded the emergency boat in violation of the
"women and children first" policy and that the boat had failed to return
to rescue those struggling in the water. He offered five pounds to each
of the lifeboat's crew, which those critical of his conduct viewed as a
bribe. The Duff-Gordons at the time (and his wife's secretary in a
letter written at the time and rediscovered in 2007) stated that there
had been no women or children waiting to board in the vicinity of the
launching of their boat, and there is confirmation that lifeboat 1 of
the Titanic was almost empty and that First Officer William Murdoch was
apparently glad to offer Duff-Gordon and his wife and her secretary a
place (simply to fill it) after they had asked if they could get on.
Duff-Gordon denied that his offer of money to the lifeboat crew
represented a bribe. The British Board of Trade's inquiry into the
disaster accepted Duff-Gordon's denial of bribing the crew, but
maintained that, if the emergency boat had rowed towards the people who
were in the water, it might very well have been able to rescue some of
them.[32][33]
Rosalind Ayres as Lady Duff-Gordon: A world-famous
fashion designer and Sir Cosmo's wife. She is rescued in Lifeboat 1 with
her husband. She and her husband never lived down rumors that they had
forbidden the lifeboat's crew to return to the wreck site in case they
would be swamped.[34][35][36]
Rochelle Rose as Noël Leslie,
Countess of Rothes: The Countess is shown to be friendly with Cal and
the DeWitt Bukaters. Despite being of a higher status in society than
Sir Cosmo and Lady Duff-Gordon, she is kind, and helps row the boat and
even looks after the steerage passengers.
Scott G. Anderson as Frederick Fleet: The lookout who saw the iceberg. Fleet escapes the sinking ship aboard Lifeboat 6.
Paul Brightwell as Quartermaster Robert Hichens: One of the ship's six
quartermasters and at the ship's wheel at the time of collision. He is
in charge of lifeboat 6. He refuses to go back and pick up survivors
after the sinking and eventually the boat is commandeered by Molly
Brown.
Martin East as Reginald Lee: The other lookout in the crow's nest. He survives the sinking.
Gregory Cooke as Jack Phillips: Senior wireless operator on board the
Titanic whom Captain Smith ordered to send the distress signal.
Craig Kelly as Harold Bride: Junior wireless operator on board the Titanic.
Liam Tuohy as Chief Baker Charles Joughin: The baker appears in the
film helping Rose stand up after she falls, following her and Jack to
the ship's stern, and finally hanging onto the ship's railing as it
sinks, drinking brandy from a flask. According to the real Joughin's
testimony, he rode the ship down and stepped into the water without
getting his hair wet. He also admitted to hardly feeling the cold, most
likely thanks to alcohol.[37] In a deleted scene, he's shown throwing
deckchairs overboard before taking a drink from his bottle.[38][39]
Terry Forrestal as Chief Engineer Joseph G. Bell: Bell and his men
worked until the last minute to keep the lights and the power on in
order for distress signals to get out. Bell and all of the engineers
died in the bowels of the Titanic.
Cameos
Several crew
members of the Akademik Mstislav Keldysh appear in the film, including
Anatoly Sagalevich, creator and pilot of the MIR self-propelled Deep
Submergence Vehicle.[40] Anders Falk, who filmed a documentary about the
film's sets for the Titanic Historical Society, makes a cameo
appearance in the film as a Swedish immigrant whom Jack Dawson meets
when he enters his cabin; Edward Kamuda and Karen Kamuda, then President
and Vice President of the Society who served as film consultants, were
cast as extras in the film.[41][42]
Pre-production
Writing and inspiration
"The story could not have been written better...The juxtaposition of
rich and poor, the gender roles played out unto death (women first), the
stoicism and nobility of a bygone age, the magnificence of the great
ship matched in scale only by the folly of the men who drove her
hell-bent through the darkness. And above all the lesson: that life is
uncertain, the future unknowable...the unthinkable possible."
—James Cameron[43]
James
Cameron has long had a fascination with shipwrecks, and for him the RMS
Titanic was "the Mount Everest of shipwrecks".[44][45][46] He was
almost past the point in his life when he felt he could consider an
undersea expedition, but said he still had "a mental restlessness" to
live the life he had turned away from when he switched from the sciences
to the arts in college. So when an IMAX film was made from footage shot
of the wreck itself, he decided to seek Hollywood funding to "pay for
an expedition and do the same thing". It was "not because I particularly
wanted to make the movie," Cameron said. "I wanted to dive to the
shipwreck."[44]
Cameron wrote a scriptment for a Titanic
film,[47] met with 20th Century Fox executives including Peter Chernin,
and pitched it as "Romeo and Juliet on the Titanic".[45][46] Cameron
stated, "They were like, 'Oooooohkaaaaaay – a three-hour romantic epic?
Sure, that's just what we want. Is there a little bit of Terminator in
that? Any Harrier jets, shoot-outs, or car chases?' I said, 'No, no, no.
It's not like that.'"[10] The studio was dubious about the idea's
commercial prospects, but, hoping for a long-term relationship with
Cameron, they gave him a greenlight.[10][11][19]
Director, writer and producer James Cameron (pictured in 2000)
Cameron
convinced Fox to promote the film based on the publicity afforded by
shooting the Titanic wreck itself,[47] and organized several dives to
the site over a period of two years.[43] "My pitch on that had to be a
little more detailed," said Cameron. "So I said, 'Look, we've got to do
this whole opening where they're exploring the Titanic and they find the
diamond, so we're going to have all these shots of the ship." Cameron
stated, "Now, we can either do them with elaborate models and motion
control shots and CG and all that, which will cost X amount of money –
or we can spend X plus 30 per cent and actually go shoot it at the real
wreck."[45]
The crew shot at the real wreck in the Atlantic Ocean
twelve times in 1995. At that depth, with a water pressure of 6,000
pounds per square inch, "one small flaw in the vessel's superstructure
would mean instant death for all on board." Not only were the dives
high-risk, but adverse conditions prevented Cameron from getting the
high-quality footage that he wanted.[11] During one dive, one of the
submersibles collided with Titanic's hull, damaging both sub and ship,
and leaving fragments of the submersible's propeller shroud scattered
around the superstructure. The external bulkhead of Captain Smith's
quarters collapsed, exposing the interior. The area around the entrance
to the Grand Staircase was also damaged.[48]
Descending to the
actual site made both Cameron and crew want "to live up to that level of
reality ... But there was another level of reaction coming away from
the real wreck, which was that it wasn't just a story, it wasn't just a
drama," he said. "It was an event that happened to real people who
really died. Working around the wreck for so much time, you get such a
strong sense of the profound sadness and injustice of it, and the
message of it." Cameron stated, "You think, 'There probably aren't going
to be many filmmakers who go to Titanic. There may never be another one
– maybe a documentarian." Due to this, he felt "a great mantle of
responsibility to convey the emotional message of it – to do that part
of it right, too".[19]
After filming the underwater shots,
Cameron began writing the screenplay.[47] He wanted to honor the people
who died during the sinking, so he spent six months researching all of
the Titanic's crew and passengers.[43] "I read everything I could. I
created an extremely detailed timeline of the ship's few days and a very
detailed timeline of the last night of its life," he said.[45] "And I
worked within that to write the script, and I got some historical
experts to analyze what I'd written and comment on it, and I adjusted
it."[45] He paid meticulous attention to detail, even including a scene
depicting the Californian's role in Titanic's demise, though this was
later cut (see below). From the beginning of the shoot, they had "a very
clear picture" of what happened on the ship that night. "I had a
library that filled one whole wall of my writing office with Titanic
stuff, because I wanted it to be right, especially if we were going to
dive to the ship," he said. "That set the bar higher in a way – it
elevated the movie in a sense. We wanted this to be a definitive
visualization of this moment in history as if you'd gone back in a time
machine and shot it."[45]
Cameron was influenced in his crafting
of the film by the 1958 British production A Night to Remember, which he
had seen as a youth. He liberally copied some dialogue and scenes from
that film, including the lively party of the passengers in steerage,[49]
and the musicians playing on the deck during the sinking of the
ship.[20]
Cameron felt the Titanic sinking was "like a great
novel that really happened", but that the event had become a mere
morality tale; the film would give audiences the experience of living
the history.[43] The treasure hunter Brock Lovett represented those who
never connected with the human element of the tragedy,[40] while the
blossoming romance of Jack and Rose, Cameron believed, would be the most
engaging part of the story: when their love is finally destroyed, the
audience would mourn the loss.[43] He said: "All my films are love
stories, but in Titanic I finally got the balance right. It's not a
disaster film. It's a love story with a fastidious overlay of real
history."[19]
Cameron framed the romance with the elderly Rose to
make the intervening years palpable and poignant.[43] While Winslet and
Stuart stated their belief that, instead of being asleep in her bed,
the character dies at the end of the film,[50][51] Cameron said that he
would rather not reveal what he intended with the ending because "[t]he
answer has to be something you supply personally; individually."[8]
Scale modeling
A ship resembling the Titanic is being built at a port with clear skies and small waves.
The
reconstruction of the RMS Titanic. The blueprints were supplied by the
original ship's builder and Cameron tried to make the ship as detailed
and accurate as possible.[52]
[53]Harland and Wolff, the RMS
Titanic's builders, opened their private archives to the crew, sharing
blueprints that were thought lost. For the ship's interiors, production
designer Peter Lamont's team looked for artifacts from the era. The
newness of the ship meant every prop had to be made from scratch.[52]
Fox acquired 40 acres of waterfront south of Playas de Rosarito in
Mexico, and began building a new studio on May 31, 1996. A horizon tank
of seventeen million gallons was built for the exterior of the
reconstructed ship, providing 270 degrees of ocean view. The ship was
built to full scale, but Lamont removed redundant sections on the
superstructure and forward well deck for the ship to fit in the tank,
with the remaining sections filled with digital models. The lifeboats
and funnels were shrunken by ten percent. The boat deck and A-deck were
working sets, but the rest of the ship was just steel plating. Within
was a fifty-foot lifting platform for the ship to tilt during the
sinking sequences. The 60 foot 1/8th scale model of the stern section
was designed by naval architect Jay Kantola utilizing plans of the
Titanic's sister ship RMS Olympic.[53] Towering above was a
162-foot-tall (49 m) tower crane on 600 feet (180 m) of rail track,
acting as a combined construction, lighting, and camera platform.[40]
The
sets representing the interior rooms of the Titanic were reproduced
exactly as originally built, using photographs and plans from the
Titanic's builders. The Grand Staircase, which features prominently in
the film, was recreated to a high standard of authenticity, though it
was widened 30% compared to the original and reinforced with steel
girders. Craftsmen from Mexico and Britain sculpted the ornate paneling
and plaster-work based on Titanic's original designs.[54] The carpeting,
upholstery, individual pieces of furniture, light fixtures, chairs,
cutlery and crockery with the White Star Line crest on each piece were
among the objects recreated according to original designs.[55] Cameron
additionally hired two Titanic historians, Don Lynch and Ken Marschall,
to authenticate the historical detail in the film.[11]
Production
Principal
photography for Titanic began in July 1996 at Dartmouth, Nova Scotia,
with the filming of the modern-day expedition scenes aboard the Akademik
Mstislav Keldysh.[40] In September 1996, the production moved to the
newly built Fox Baja Studios in Rosarito, Mexico, where a full-scale RMS
Titanic had been constructed.[40] The poop deck was built on a hinge
which could rise from zero to 90 degrees in a few seconds, just as the
ship's stern rose during the sinking.[56] For the safety of the
stuntmen, many props were made of foam rubber.[57] By November 15, the
boarding scenes were being shot.[56] Cameron chose to build his RMS
Titanic on the starboard side as a study of weather data revealed it was
a prevailing north-to-south wind which blew the funnel smoke aft. This
posed a problem for shooting the ship's departure from Southampton, as
it was docked on its port side. Implementation of written directions, as
well as props and costumes, had to be reversed; for example, if someone
walked to their right in the script, they had to walk left during
shooting. In post-production, the film was flipped to the correct
direction.[58]
A full-time etiquette coach was hired to instruct
the cast in the manners of the upper class gentility in 1912.[11]
Despite this, several critics picked up on anachronisms in the film, not
least involving the two main stars.[59][60]
A pencil-drawing sketch
depicting a woman with a somewhat stern face lying on a chair and pillow
naked, only wearing a diamond necklace. From the breast down the
picture is cut off.
Cameron's nude sketch of Rose wearing the "Heart
of the Ocean". The associated nude scene was one of the first scenes
shot, as the main set was not yet ready.[19]
Cameron sketched
Jack's nude portrait of Rose[61] for a scene which he feels has the
backdrop of repression. "You know what it means for her, the freedom she
must be feeling. It's kind of exhilarating for that reason," he
said.[19] The nude scene was DiCaprio and Winslet's first scene
together. "It wasn't by any kind of design, although I couldn't have
designed it better. There's a nervousness and an energy and a hesitance
in them," Cameron stated. "They had rehearsed together, but they hadn't
shot anything together. If I'd had a choice, I probably would have
preferred to put it deeper into the body of the shoot." Cameron said he
and his crew "were just trying to find things to shoot" because the big
set "wasn't ready for months, so we were scrambling around trying to
fill in anything we could get to shoot." After seeing the scene on film,
Cameron felt it worked out considerably well.[19]
Other times on
the set were not as smooth. The shoot was an arduous experience that
"cemented Cameron's formidable reputation as 'the scariest man in
Hollywood'. He became known as an uncompromising, hard-charging
perfectionist" and a "300-decibel screamer, a modern-day Captain Bligh
with a megaphone and walkie-talkie, swooping down into people's faces on
a 162ft crane".[62] Winslet chipped a bone in her elbow during filming
and had been worried that she would drown in the 17m-gallon water tank
in which the ship was to be sunk. "There were times when I was genuinely
frightened of him. Jim has a temper like you wouldn't believe," she
said.[62] "'God damn it!' he would yell at some poor crew member,
'that's exactly what I didn't want!'"[62] Her co-star, Bill Paxton, was
familiar with Cameron's work ethic from his earlier experience with him.
"There were a lot of people on the set. Jim is not one of those guys
who has the time to win hearts and minds," he said.[62] The crew felt
Cameron had an evil alter ego and so nicknamed him "Mij" (Jim spelled
backwards).[62] In response to the criticism, Cameron stated,
"Film-making is war. A great battle between business and
aesthetics."[62]
During the Akademik Mstislav Keldysh shoot in
Canada, an angry crew member put the dissociative drug PCP into the soup
that Cameron and various others ate one night in Dartmouth, Nova
Scotia.[10][63] It sent more than 50 people to the hospital, including
Paxton.[63] "There were people just rolling around, completely out of
it. Some of them said they were seeing streaks and psychedelics," said
actor Lewis Abernathy.[10] Cameron managed to vomit before the drug took
a full hold. Abernathy was shocked at the way he looked. "One eye was
completely red, like the Terminator eye. A pupil, no iris, beet red. The
other eye looked like he'd been sniffing glue since he was
four."[10][62] The person behind the poisoning was never caught.[50][64]
The
filming schedule was intended to last 138 days but grew to 160. Many
cast members came down with colds, flu, or kidney infections after
spending hours in cold water, including Winslet. In the end, she decided
she would not work with Cameron again unless she earned "a lot of
money".[64] Several others left the production, and three stuntmen broke
their bones, but the Screen Actors Guild decided, following an
investigation, that nothing was inherently unsafe about the set.[64]
Additionally, DiCaprio said there was no point when he felt he was in
danger during filming.[65] Cameron believed in a passionate work ethic
and never apologized for the way he ran his sets, although he
acknowledged:
I'm demanding, and I'm demanding on my crew. In
terms of being kind of militaresque, I think there's an element of that
in dealing with thousands of extras and big logistics and keeping
people safe. I think you have to have a fairly strict methodology in
dealing with a large number of people.[64]
The costs of filming
Titanic eventually began to mount and finally reached $200
million,[4][5][6] a bit over $1 million per minute of screen time.[66]
Fox executives panicked and suggested an hour of specific cuts from the
three-hour film. They argued the extended length would mean fewer
showings, thus less revenue, even though long epics are more likely to
help directors win Oscars. Cameron refused, telling Fox, "You want to
cut my movie? You're going to have to fire me! You want to fire me?
You're going to have to kill me!"[10] The executives did not want to
start over, because it would mean the loss of their entire investment,
but they also initially rejected Cameron's offer of forfeiting his share
of the profits as an empty gesture, as they predicted profits would be
unlikely.[10]
Cameron explained forfeiting his share as complex.
"... the short version is that the film cost proportionally much more
than T2 and True Lies. Those films went up seven or eight percent from
the initial budget. Titanic also had a large budget to begin with, but
it went up a lot more," he said. "As the producer and director, I take
responsibility for the studio that's writing the checks, so I made it
less painful for them. I did that on two different occasions. They
didn't force me to do it; they were glad that I did."[19]
Post-production
Effects
Cameron
wanted to push the boundary of special effects with his film, and
enlisted Digital Domain and Pacific Data Images to continue the
developments in digital technology which the director pioneered while
working on The Abyss and Terminator 2: Judgment Day. Many previous films
about the RMS Titanic shot water in slow motion, which did not look
wholly convincing.[67] Cameron encouraged his crew to shoot their
45-foot-long (14 m) miniature of the ship as if "we're making a
commercial for the White Star Line".[68] Afterwards, digital water and
smoke were added, as were extras captured on a motion capture stage.
Visual effects supervisor Rob Legato scanned the faces of many actors,
including himself and his children, for the digital extras and stuntmen.
There was also a 65-foot-long (20 m) model of the ship's stern that
could break in two repeatedly, the only miniature to be used in
water.[67] For scenes set in the ship's engines, footage of the SS
Jeremiah O'Brien's engines were composited with miniature support
frames, and actors shot against a greenscreen.[69] In order to save
money, the first-class lounge was a miniature set incorporated into a
greenscreen backdrop behind the actors.[70] The miniature of the Lounge
would later be crushed to simulate the destruction of the room and a
scale model of a First-Class corridor flooded with jets of water while
the camera pans out.[71]
The Titanic about to sink into the ocean, with the ship breaking into two parts and with smoke still coming out of the funnels.
Unlike
previous Titanic films, Cameron's retelling of the disaster showed the
ship breaking into two pieces before sinking entirely. The scenes were
an account of the moment's most likely outcome.
An enclosed
5,000,000-US-gallon (19,000,000 L) tank was used for sinking interiors,
in which the entire set could be tilted into the water. In order to sink
the Grand Staircase, 90,000 US gallons (340,000 L) of water were dumped
into the set as it was lowered into the tank. Unexpectedly, the
waterfall ripped the staircase from its steel-reinforced foundations,
although no one was hurt. The 744-foot-long (227 m) exterior of the RMS
Titanic had its first half lowered into the tank, but as the heaviest
part of the ship it acted as a shock absorber against the water; to get
the set into the water, Cameron had much of the set emptied and even
smashed some of the promenade windows himself. After submerging the
dining saloon, three days were spent shooting Lovett's ROV traversing
the wreck in the present.[40] The post-sinking scenes in the freezing
Atlantic were shot in a 350,000-US-gallon (1,300,000 L) tank,[72] where
the frozen corpses were created by applying on actors a powder that
crystallized when exposed to water, and wax was coated on hair and
clothes.[52]
The climactic scene, which features the breakup of
the ship directly before it sinks as well as its final plunge to the
bottom of the Atlantic, involved a tilting full-sized set, 150 extras,
and 100 stunt performers. Cameron criticized previous Titanic films for
depicting the liner's final plunge as a graceful slide underwater. He
"wanted to depict it as the terrifyingly chaotic event that it really
was".[11] When carrying out the sequence, people needed to fall off the
increasingly tilting deck, plunging hundreds of feet below and bouncing
off of railings and propellers on the way down. A few attempts to film
this sequence with stunt people resulted in some minor injuries, and
Cameron halted the more dangerous stunts. The risks were eventually
minimized "by using computer-generated people for the dangerous
falls".[11]
A Linux-based operating system was utilized for the creation of the effects.[73]
Editing
There
was one "crucial historical fact" Cameron chose to omit from the film –
the SS Californian was close to the Titanic the night she sank but had
turned off its radio for the night, did not hear her crew's SOS calls,
and did not respond to their distress flares. "Yes, the [SS]
Californian. That wasn't a compromise to mainstream filmmaking. That was
really more about emphasis, creating an emotional truth to the film,"
stated Cameron. He said there were aspects of retelling the sinking that
seemed important in pre- and post-production, but turned out to be less
important as the film evolved. "The story of the Californian was in
there; we even shot a scene of them switching off their Marconi radio
set," said Cameron. "But I took it out. It was a clean cut, because it
focuses you back onto that world. If Titanic is powerful as a metaphor,
as a microcosm, for the end of the world in a sense, then that world
must be self-contained."[19]
During the first assembly cut,
Cameron altered the planned ending, which had given resolution to Brock
Lovett's story. In the original version of the ending, Brock and Lizzy
see the elderly Rose at the stern of the boat and fear she is going to
commit suicide. Rose then reveals that she had the "Heart of the Ocean"
diamond all along but never sold it, in order to live on her own without
Cal's money. She tells Brock that life is priceless and throws the
diamond into the ocean, after allowing him to hold it. After accepting
that treasure is worthless, Brock laughs at his stupidity. Rose then
goes back to her cabin to sleep, whereupon the film ends in the same way
as the final version. In the editing room, Cameron decided that by this
point, the audience would no longer be interested in Brock Lovett and
cut the resolution to his story, so that Rose is alone when she drops
the diamond. He also did not want to disrupt the audience's melancholy
after the Titanic's sinking.[74] Paxton agreed that his scene with
Brock's epiphany and laugh was unnecessary, stating that "I would have
shot heroin to make the scene work better ...you didn't really need
anything from us. Our job was done by then ... If you're smart and you
take the ego and the narcissism out of it, you'll listen to the film,
and the film will tell you what it needs and what it does not need".[75]
The
version used for the first test screening featured a fight between Jack
and Lovejoy which takes place after Jack and Rose escape into the
flooded dining saloon, but the test audiences disliked it.[76] The scene
was written to give the film more suspense, and featured Cal (falsely)
offering to give Lovejoy, his valet, the "Heart of the Ocean" if he can
get it from Jack and Rose. Lovejoy goes after the pair in the sinking
first-class dining room. Just as they are about to escape him, Lovejoy
notices Rose's hand slap the water as it slips off the table behind
which she is hiding. In revenge for framing him for the "theft" of the
necklace, Jack attacks him and smashes his head against a glass window,
which explains the gash on Lovejoy's head that can be seen when he dies
in the completed version of the film. In their reactions to the scene,
test audiences said it would be unrealistic to risk one's life for
wealth, and Cameron cut it for this reason, as well as for timing and
pacing reasons. Many other scenes were cut for similar reasons.[76]
Music and soundtrack
Main articles: Titanic: Music from the Motion Picture and Back to Titanic
Cameron
wrote Titanic while listening to the work of Irish new-age musician
Enya.[77] He offered Enya the chance to compose for the film, but she
declined.[78] Cameron instead chose James Horner to compose the film's
score. The two had parted ways after a tumultuous working experience on
Aliens,[79] but Titanic cemented a successful collaboration that lasted
until Horner's death.[80] For the vocals heard throughout the film,
subsequently described by Earle Hitchner of The Wall Street Journal as
"evocative", Horner chose Norwegian singer Sissel Kyrkjebø, commonly
known as "Sissel". Horner knew Sissel from her album Innerst i sjelen,
and he particularly liked how she sang "Eg veit i himmerik ei borg" ("I
Know in Heaven There Is a Castle"). He had tried twenty-five or thirty
singers before he finally chose Sissel as the voice to create specific
moods within the film.[81]
Horner additionally wrote the song "My
Heart Will Go On" in secret with Will Jennings because Cameron did not
want any songs with singing in the film.[82] Céline Dion agreed to
record a demo with the persuasion of her husband René Angélil. Horner
waited until Cameron was in an appropriate mood before presenting him
with the song. After playing it several times, Cameron declared his
approval, although worried that he would have been criticized for "going
commercial at the end of the movie".[82] Cameron also wanted to appease
anxious studio executives and "saw that a hit song from his movie could
only be a positive factor in guaranteeing its completion".[11]
Heart of the Ocean
For
the Heart of the Ocean design, London-based jewelers Asprey &
Garrard used cubic zirconias set in white gold[83] to create an
Edwardian-style necklace to be used as a prop in the film. Asprey &
Garrard produced and designed the necklaces: the result was three
different and unique designs. Two of their designs were used in the film
while the other went unused until after the film had been released. The
three necklaces are commonly known as the original prop, the J.
Peterman necklace, and the Asprey necklace. The three necklaces are all
very similar but have distinguishable differences.
The third and
final design was not used in the film. After the film's success, Asprey
& Garrard were commissioned to create an authentic Heart of the
Ocean necklace using the original design. The result was a platinum-set,
171-carat (34.2 g) heart-shaped Ceylon sapphire surrounded by 103
diamonds.[83] This design featured a much larger inverted pear-shaped
Ceylon sapphire with a subtle cleft to resemble a heart. The chain for
this necklace also featured a mix of round, pear, and marquise cut white
diamonds. The bail also featured a heart cut white diamond with another
round cut diamond attached to an inverted pear shape diamond which was
then attached to the cage of the main stone. The necklace was donated to
Sotheby's auction house in Beverly Hills for an auction benefiting the
Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fund and Southern California's Aid For
AIDS. It was sold to an unidentified Asprey client[84] for $1.4
million, under the agreement that Celine Dion would wear it two nights
later at the 1998 Academy Awards ceremony. This necklace has since not
been made available for public viewing.
Release
Initial screening
20th
Century Fox and Paramount Pictures co-financed Titanic, with Paramount
handling the North American distribution and Fox handling the
international release. They expected Cameron to complete the film for a
release on July 2, 1997. The film was to be released on this date "to
exploit the lucrative summer season ticket sales when blockbuster films
usually do better".[11] In April, Cameron said the film's special
effects were too complicated and that releasing the film for summer
would not be possible.[11] With production delays, Paramount pushed back
the release date to December 19, 1997.[85] "This fueled speculation
that the film itself was a disaster." A preview screening in Minneapolis
on July 14 "generated positive reviews" and "[c]hatter on the internet
was responsible for more favorable word of mouth about the [film]". This
eventually led to more positive media coverage.[11]
The film
premiered on November 1, 1997, at the Tokyo International Film
Festival,[86] where reaction was described as "tepid" by The New York
Times.[87] Positive reviews started to appear back in the United States;
the official Hollywood premiere occurred on December 14, 1997, where
"the big movie stars who attended the opening were enthusiastically
gushing about the film to the world media".[11]
Box office
Including
revenue from the 2012 and 2017 reissues, Titanic earned $659.4 million
in North America and $1.812 billion in other countries, for a worldwide
total of $2.195 billion.[7] It became the highest-grossing film of all
time worldwide in 1998, and remained so for twelve years, until Avatar
(2009), also written and directed by Cameron, surpassed it in 2010.[88]
On March 1, 1998,[89] it became the first film to earn more than $1
billion worldwide[90] and on the weekend April 13–15, 2012—a century
after the original vessel's foundering, Titanic became the second film
to cross the $2 billion threshold during its 3D re-release.[91] Box
Office Mojo estimates that Titanic is the fifth highest-grossing film of
all time in North America when adjusting for ticket price
inflation.[92] The site also estimates that the film sold over 128
million tickets in the US in its initial theatrical run.[93]
Titanic
was the first foreign-language film to succeed in India, which has the
largest movie-going audience in the world.[94] A 2017 Hindustan Times
report attributes this to the film's similarities and shared themes with
most Bollywood films.[95]
Initial theatrical run
The film
received steady attendance after opening in North America on Friday,
December 19, 1997. By the end of that same weekend, theaters were
beginning to sell out. The film earned $8,658,814 on its opening day and
$28,638,131 over the opening weekend from 2,674 theaters, averaging to
about $10,710 per venue, and ranking number one at the box office, ahead
of the eighteenth James Bond film, Tomorrow Never Dies. By New Year's
Day, Titanic had made over $120 million, had increased in popularity and
theaters continued to sell out. Its highest grossing single day was
Saturday, February 14, 1998, on which it earned $13,048,711, more than
eight weeks after its North American debut.[96][97] It stayed at number
one for 15 consecutive weeks in North America, a record for any
film.[98] The film stayed in theaters in North America for almost 10
months before finally closing on Thursday, October 1, 1998, with a final
domestic gross of $600,788,188,[99] equivalent to $1014.2 million in
2021[100]. Outside North America, the film made double its North
American gross, generating $1,242,413,080[101] and accumulating a grand
total of $1,843,201,268 worldwide from its initial theatrical run.[102]
Commercial analysis
Before
Titanic's release, various film critics predicted the film would be a
significant disappointment at the box office, especially since it was
the most expensive film ever made at the time.[62][103][104][105] When
it was shown to the press in autumn of 1997, "it was with massive
forebodings" since the "people in charge of the screenings believed they
were on the verge of losing their jobs – because of this great
albatross of a picture on which, finally, two studios had to combine to
share the great load of its making".[104] Cameron also thought he was
"headed for disaster" at one point during filming. "We labored the last
six months on Titanic in the absolute knowledge that the studio would
lose $100 million. It was a certainty," he stated.[62] As the film
neared release, "particular venom was spat at Cameron for what was seen
as his hubris and monumental extravagance". A film critic for the Los
Angeles Times wrote that "Cameron's overweening pride has come close to
capsizing this project" and that the film was "a hackneyed, completely
derivative copy of old Hollywood romances".[62]
"It's hard to
forget the director on the stage of the Shrine Auditorium in LA,
exultant, pumping a golden Oscar statuette into the air and shouting:
'I'm the king of the world!' As everyone knew, that was the most famous
line in Titanic, exclaimed by Leonardo DiCaprio's character as he leaned
into the wind on the prow of the doomed vessel. Cameron's incantation
of the line was a giant 'eff off', in front of a television audience
approaching a billion, to all the naysayers, especially those sitting
right in front of him."
—Christopher Goodwin of The Times on Cameron's response to Titanic's criticism[62]
When
the film became a success, with an unprecedented box office
performance, it was credited for being a love story that captured its
viewers' emotions.[103] The film was playing on 3,200 screens ten weeks
after it opened,[104] and out of its fifteen straight weeks on top of
the charts, jumped 43% in total sales in its ninth week of release. It
earned over $20 million for each of its first 10 weekends,[106] and
after 14 weeks was still bringing in more than $1 million on
weekdays.[104] 20th Century Fox estimated that seven percent of American
teenage girls had seen Titanic twice by its fifth week.[107] Although
young women who saw the film several times and subsequently caused
"Leo-Mania" were often credited with having primarily propelled the film
to its all-time box office record,[108] other reports have attributed
the film's success to positive word of mouth and repeat viewership due
to the love story combined with the ground-breaking special
effects.[106][109] The Hollywood Reporter estimated that after a
combined production and promotion cost of $487 million, the film turned a
net profit of $1.4 billion, with a modern profit of as much as $4
billion after ancillary sources.[110]
Titanic's impact on men has
also been especially credited.[111][112][113] It is considered one of
the films that make men cry,[111][112] with MSNBC's Ian Hodder stating
that men admire Jack's sense of adventure and his ambitious behavior to
win over Rose, which contributes to their emotional attachment to
Jack.[111] The film's ability to make men cry was briefly parodied in
the 2009 film Zombieland, where character Tallahassee (Woody Harrelson),
when recalling the death of his young son, states: "I haven't cried
like that since Titanic."[114]
In 2010, the BBC analyzed the
stigma over men crying during Titanic and films in general. "Middle-aged
men are not 'supposed' to cry during movies," stated Finlo Rohrer of
the website, citing the ending of Titanic as having generated such
tears, adding that "men, if they have felt weepy during [this film],
have often tried to be surreptitious about it." Professor Mary Beth
Oliver, of Penn State University, stated, "For many men, there is a
great deal of pressure to avoid expression of 'female' emotions like
sadness and fear. From a very young age, males are taught that it is
inappropriate to cry, and these lessons are often accompanied by a great
deal of ridicule when the lessons aren't followed." Rohrer said,
"Indeed, some men who might sneer at the idea of crying during Titanic
will readily admit to becoming choked up during Saving Private Ryan or
Platoon." For men in general, "the idea of sacrifice for a 'brother' is a
more suitable source of emotion".[112]
Scott Meslow of The
Atlantic stated while Titanic initially seems to need no defense, given
its success, it is considered a film "for 15-year-old girls" by its main
detractors. He argued that dismissing Titanic as fodder for teenage
girls fails to consider the film's accomplishment: "that [this]
grandiose, 3+ hour historical romantic drama is a film for
everyone—including teenage boys." Meslow stated that despite the film
being ranked high by males under the age of 18, matching the ratings for
teenage boy-targeted films like Iron Man, it is common for boys and men
to deny liking Titanic. He acknowledged his own rejection of the film
as a child while secretly loving it. "It's this collection of
elements—the history, the romance, the action—that made (and continues
to make) Titanic an irresistible proposition for audiences of all ages
across the globe," he stated. "Titanic has flaws, but for all its
legacy, it's better than its middlebrow reputation would have you
believe. It's a great movie for 15-year-old girls, but that doesn't mean
it's not a great movie for everyone else too."[113]
Quotes in
the film aided its popularity. Titanic's catchphrase "I'm the king of
the world!" became one of the film industry's more popular
quotations.[115][116] According to Richard Harris, a psychology
professor at Kansas State University, who studied why people like to
cite films in social situations, using film quotations in everyday
conversation is similar to telling a joke and a way to form solidarity
with others. "People are doing it to feel good about themselves, to make
others laugh, to make themselves laugh", he said.[116]
Cameron
explained the film's success as having significantly benefited from the
experience of sharing. "When people have an experience that's very
powerful in the movie theatre, they want to go share it. They want to
grab their friend and bring them, so that they can enjoy it," he said.
"They want to be the person to bring them the news that this is
something worth having in their life. That's how Titanic worked."[117]
Media Awareness Network stated, "The normal repeat viewing rate for a
blockbuster theatrical film is about 5%. The repeat rate for Titanic was
over 20%."[11] The box office receipts "were even more impressive" when
factoring in "the film's 3-hour-and-14-minute length meant that it
could only be shown three times a day compared to a normal movie's four
showings". In response to this, "[m]any theatres started midnight
showings and were rewarded with full houses until almost 3:30 am".[11]
Titanic
held the record for box office gross for 12 years.[118] Cameron's
follow-up film, Avatar, was considered the first film with a genuine
chance at surpassing its worldwide gross,[119][120] and did so in
2010.[88] Various explanations for why the film was able to successfully
challenge Titanic were given. For one, "Two-thirds of Titanic's haul
was earned overseas, and Avatar [tracked] similarly... Avatar opened in
106 markets globally and was no. 1 in all of them" and the markets "such
as Russia, where Titanic saw modest receipts in 1997 and 1998, are
white-hot today" with "more screens and moviegoers" than ever
before.[121] Brandon Gray, president of Box Office Mojo, said that while
Avatar may beat Titanic's revenue record, the film is unlikely to
surpass Titanic in attendance. "Ticket prices were about $3 cheaper in
the late 1990s."[119] In December 2009, Cameron had stated, "I don't
think it's realistic to try to topple Titanic off its perch. Some pretty
good movies have come out in the last few years. Titanic just struck
some kind of chord."[106] In a January 2010 interview, he gave a
different take on the matter once Avatar's performance was easier to
predict. "It's gonna happen. It's just a matter of time," he said.[120]
Author
Alexandra Keller, when analyzing Titanic's success, stated that
scholars could agree that the film's popularity "appears dependent on
contemporary culture, on perceptions of history, on patterns of
consumerism and globalization, as well as on those elements experienced
filmgoers conventionally expect of juggernaut film events in the 1990s –
awesome screen spectacle, expansive action, and, more rarely seen,
engaging characters and epic drama."[122]
Critical reception
Contemporary
Titanic
garnered mainly positive reviews from film critics, and was positively
reviewed by audiences and scholars, who commented on the film's
cultural, historical, and political impacts.[122][123][124] On review
aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of
87% based on 232 reviews, with an average rating of 8/10. The site's
critical consensus reads, "A mostly unqualified triumph for James
Cameron, who offers a dizzying blend of spectacular visuals and
old-fashioned melodrama."[109] Metacritic, which assigned a weighted
average rating of 75 out of 100, based on 35 critics, reports the film
has "generally favorable reviews".[125] Audiences polled by CinemaScore
gave the film a rare "A+" grade, one of fewer than 60 films in the
history of the service from 1982 to 2011 to earn the score.[126]
With
regard to the film's overall design, Roger Ebert stated, "It is
flawlessly crafted, intelligently constructed, strongly acted, and
spellbinding... Movies like this are not merely difficult to make at
all, but almost impossible to make well." He credited the "technical
difficulties" with being "so daunting that it's a wonder when the
filmmakers are also able to bring the drama and history into proportion"
and "found [himself] convinced by both the story and the sad
saga".[127] He named it his ninth best film of 1997.[128] On the
television program Siskel & Ebert, the film received "two thumbs up"
and was praised for its accuracy in recreating the ship's sinking;
Ebert described the film as "a glorious Hollywood epic" and "well worth
the wait," and Gene Siskel found Leonardo DiCaprio "captivating".[129]
James
Berardinelli stated, "Meticulous in detail, yet vast in scope and
intent, Titanic is the kind of epic motion picture event that has become
a rarity. You don't just watch Titanic, you experience it."[130] It was
named his second best film of 1997.[131] Joseph McBride of Boxoffice
Magazine concluded, "To describe Titanic as the greatest disaster movie
ever made is to sell it short. James Cameron's recreation of the 1912
sinking of the 'unsinkable' liner is one of the most magnificent pieces
of serious popular entertainment ever to emanate from Hollywood."[132]
The
romantic and emotionally charged aspects of the film were equally
praised. Andrew L. Urban of Urban Cinefile said, "You will walk out of
Titanic not talking about budget or running time, but of its enormous
emotive power, big as the engines of the ship itself, determined as its
giant propellers to gouge into your heart, and as lasting as the love
story that propels it."[133] Owen Gleiberman of Entertainment Weekly
described the film as "a lush and terrifying spectacle of romantic doom.
Writer-director James Cameron has restaged the defining catastrophe of
the early 20th century on a human scale of such purified yearning and
dread that he touches the deepest levels of popular moviemaking."[132]
Janet Maslin of The New York Times commented that "Cameron's magnificent
Titanic is the first spectacle in decades that honestly invites
comparison to Gone With the Wind."[132] Adrian Turner of Radio Times
awarded it four stars out of five, stating "Cameron's script wouldn't
have sustained Clark Gable and Vivien Leigh for 80 minutes, but,
somehow, he and his magical cast revive that old-style studio gloss for
three riveting hours. Titanic is a sumptuous assault on the emotions,
with a final hour that fully captures the horror and the freezing,
paralysing fear of the moment. And there are single shots, such as an
awesome albatross-like swoop past the steaming ship, when you sense
Cameron hugging himself with the fun of it all."[134]
Titanic
suffered backlash in addition to its success. Some reviewers felt that
while the visuals were spectacular, the story and dialogue were
weak.[124] Richard Corliss of Time magazine wrote a mostly negative
review, criticizing the lack of interesting emotional elements.[135]
Kenneth Turan's review in the Los Angeles Times was particularly
scathing. Dismissing the emotive elements, he stated, "What really
brings on the tears is Cameron's insistence that writing this kind of
movie is within his abilities. Not only is it not, it is not even
close",[136] and later argued that the only reason that the film won
Oscars was because of its box office total.[137] Barbara Shulgasser of
The San Francisco Examiner gave Titanic one star out of four, citing a
friend as saying, "The number of times in this unbelievably badly
written script that the two [lead characters] refer to each other by
name was an indication of just how dramatically the script lacked
anything more interesting for the actors to say."[138]
Retrospective
According
to Dalin Rowell of /Film, "With complaints about its lengthy runtime,
observations that certain characters could have easily fit onto pieces
of floating furniture, and jokes about its melodramatic nature, Titanic
is no stranger to modern-day criticism."[139] In 2002, filmmaker Robert
Altman called it "the most dreadful piece of work I've ever seen in my
entire life".[140] In 2003, the film topped a poll of "Best Film
Endings",[141] but it also topped a poll by Film 2003 as "the worst
movie of all time".[142] In his 2012 study of the lives of the
passengers on the Titanic, historian Richard Davenport-Hines said,
"Cameron's film diabolized rich Americans and educated English,
anathematizing their emotional restraint, good tailoring, punctilious
manners and grammatical training, while it made romantic heroes of the
poor Irish and the unlettered".[143] The British film magazine Empire
reduced their rating of the film from the maximum five stars and an
enthusiastic review, to four stars with a less positive review in a
later edition, to accommodate its readers' tastes, who wanted to
disassociate themselves from the hype surrounding the film, and the
reported activities of its fans, such as those attending multiple
screenings.[144] In addition to this, positive and negative parodies and
other such spoofs of the film abounded and were circulated on the
internet, often inspiring passionate responses from fans of various
opinions of the film.[145] Benjamin Willcock of DVDActive.com did not
understand the backlash or the passionate hatred for the film. "What
really irks me...," he said, "are those who make nasty stabs at those
who do love it." Willcock stated, "I obviously don't have anything
against those who dislike Titanic, but those few who make you feel small
and pathetic for doing so (and they do exist, trust me) are way beyond
my understanding and sympathy."[105]
In 1998, Cameron responded
to the backlash, and Kenneth Turan's review in particular, by writing
"Titanic is not a film that is sucking people in with flashy hype and
spitting them out onto the street feeling let down and ripped off. They
are returning again and again to repeat an experience that is taking a
3-hour and 14-minute chunk out of their lives, and dragging others with
them, so they can share the emotion." Cameron emphasized people from all
ages (ranging from 8 to 80) and from all backgrounds were "celebrating
their own essential humanity" by seeing it. He described the script as
earnest and straightforward, and said it intentionally "incorporates
universals of human experience and emotion that are timeless – and
familiar because they reflect our basic emotional fabric" and that the
film was able to succeed in this way by dealing with archetypes. He did
not see it as pandering. "Turan mistakes archetype for cliché," he said.
"I don't share his view that the best scripts are only the ones that
explore the perimeter of human experience, or flashily pirouette their
witty and cynical dialogue for our admiration."[146]
In 2000,
Almar Haflidason of the BBC wrote that "the critical knives were out
long before James Cameron's Titanic was complete. Spiralling costs that
led to it becoming the most expensive motion picture of the 20th
Century, and a cast without any big stars seemed to doom the film before
release. But box office and audience appreciation proved Cameron right
and many critics wrong." He added that "the sinking of the great ship is
no secret, yet for many exceeded expectations in sheer scale and
tragedy" and that "when you consider that [the film] tops a bum-numbing
three-hour running time, then you have a truly impressive feat of
entertainment achieved by Cameron".[147] Empire eventually reinstated
its original five-star rating of the film, commenting: "It should be no
surprise[,] then[,] that it became fashionable to bash James Cameron's
Titanic at approximately the same time it became clear that this was the
planet's favourite film. Ever."[148]
In 2017, on the 20th
anniversary of its release, the film was selected for preservation in
the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as
being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".[149] It
was listed among the 100 best films in an Empire poll and in a later
poll of members of the film industry.[150][151] In 2021, Dalin Rowell of
/Film ranked it the third-best film of Cameron's career, stating that
it is "easily one of his best films, simply because it defied the odds",
and considering it "a legitimately remarkable achievement — one that,
despite its large budget, has a humble, earnest center. Even with all of
the jokes the Internet loves to throw its way, Titanic demonstrates
that Cameron is truly capable of everything he can imagine."[139]
Accolades
Main article: List of accolades received by Titanic
Titanic
began its awards sweep starting with the Golden Globes, winning four:
Best Motion Picture – Drama, Best Director, Best Original Score, and
Best Original Song.[152] Kate Winslet and Gloria Stuart were also
nominees.[153] The film garnered fourteen Academy Award nominations,
tying the record set in 1950 by Joseph L. Mankiewicz's All About
Eve[154] and won eleven: Best Picture (the second film about the Titanic
to win that award, after 1933's Cavalcade), Best Director, Best Art
Direction, Best Cinematography, Best Visual Effects, Best Film Editing,
Best Costume Design, Best Sound (Gary Rydstrom, Tom Johnson, Gary
Summers, Mark Ulano), Best Sound Effects Editing, Best Original Dramatic
Score, Best Original Song.[155] Kate Winslet, Gloria Stuart and the
make-up artists were the three nominees that did not win. James
Cameron's original screenplay and Leonardo DiCaprio were not
nominees.[103] It was the second film to receive eleven Academy Awards,
after Ben-Hur. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King would also
match this record in 2004.[156]
Titanic won the 1997 Academy
Award for Best Original Song, as well as four Grammy Awards for Record
of the Year, Song of the Year, Best Song Written Specifically for a
Motion Picture or Television, and Best Female Pop Vocal
Performance.[157][158] The film's soundtrack became the best-selling
primarily orchestral soundtrack of all time, and became a worldwide
success, spending sixteen weeks at number-one in the United States, and
was certified diamond for over eleven million copies sold in the United
States alone.[159] The soundtrack also became the best-selling album of
1998 in the U.S.[160] "My Heart Will Go On" won the Grammy Awards for
Best Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or for Television.
The
film also won various awards outside the United States, including the
Awards of the Japanese Academy as the Best Foreign Film of the
Year.[161] Titanic eventually won nearly ninety awards and had an
additional forty-seven nominations from various award-giving bodies
around the world.[citation needed] Additionally, the book about the
making of the film was at the top of The New York Times' bestseller list
for several weeks, "the first time that such a tie-in book had achieved
this status".[11]
Since its release, Titanic has appeared on the
American Film Institute's award-winning 100 Years... series. So far, it
has ranked on the following six lists:
AFI's 100 Years...100 Rank Source Notes
Thrills 25 [162] A list of the top 100 thrilling films in American cinema, compiled in 2001.
Passions 37 [163] A list of the top 100 love stories in American cinema, compiled in 2002.
Songs
14 [164] A list of the top 100 songs in American cinema,
compiled in 2004. Titanic ranked 14th for Céline Dion's "My Heart Will
Go On".
Movie quotes 100 [115] A list of the top 100 film
quotations in American cinema, compiled in 2005. Titanic ranked 100th
for Jack Dawson's yell of "I'm the king of the world!"
Movies 83
[165] A 2007 (10th anniversary) edition of 1997's list of the
100 best films of the past century. Titanic was not eligible when the
original list was released.
AFI's 10 Top 10 6 [166] The
2008 poll consisted of the top ten films in ten different genres.
Titanic ranked as the sixth-best epic film.
Home media
Titanic
was released worldwide in widescreen and pan and scan formats on VHS on
September 1, 1998.[167] More than $50 million was spent to market the
home video release of the film.[168] Both VHS formats were also made
available in a deluxe boxed gift set with a mounted filmstrip and six
lithograph prints from the movie. In the first 3 months, the film sold
25 million copies in North America with a total sales value of $500
million becoming the best selling live-action video, beating
Independence Day.[169] In that time, it sold 58 million copies
worldwide, outselling The Lion King for a total worldwide revenue of
$995 million.[169] By March 2005, the film has sold 8 million DVD and 59
million VHS units.[170]
A DVD version was released on August 31,
1999, in a widescreen-only (non-anamorphic) single-disc edition with no
special features other than a theatrical trailer. Cameron stated at the
time that he intended to release a special edition with extra features
later. This release became the best-selling DVD of 1999 and early 2000,
becoming the first DVD ever to sell one million copies.[171] At the
time, fewer than 5% of all U.S. homes had a DVD player. "When we
released the original Titanic DVD, the industry was much smaller, and
bonus features were not the standard they are now," said Meagan Burrows,
Paramount's president of domestic home entertainment, which made the
film's DVD performance even more impressive.[171]
Titanic was
re-released to DVD on October 25, 2005, when a three-disc Special
Collector's Edition was made available in the United States and Canada.
This edition contained a newly restored transfer of the film, as well as
various special features. The two-disc edition was marketed as the
Special Edition, and featured the first two discs of the three-disc set,
only PAL-enabled. A four-disc edition, only available in the United
Kingdom and marketed as the Deluxe Collector's Edition, was also
released on November 7, 2005. A limited 5-disc set of the film, under
the title Deluxe Limited Edition, was also only released in the United
Kingdom with only 10,000 copies manufactured. The fifth disc contains
Cameron's documentary Ghosts of the Abyss, which was distributed by Walt
Disney Pictures. Unlike the individual release of Ghosts of the Abyss,
which contained two discs, only the first disc was included in the
set.[105] In 2007, for the film's tenth anniversary, a 10th Anniversary
Edition was released on DVD, which consists of the first two discs from
the three-disc 2005 set containing the movie and the special features on
those discs.[172]
A limited-edition 4-Disc Blu-ray 3D version of the film was released on September 10, 2012.[173]
3D conversion
A
2012 3D re-release was created by re-mastering the original to 4K
resolution and post-converting to stereoscopic 3D format. The Titanic 3D
version took 60 weeks and $18 million to produce, including the 4K
restoration.[174] The 3D conversion was performed by Stereo D.[175]
Digital 2D and in 2D IMAX versions were also struck from the new 4K
master created in the process.[176] The only scene entirely redone for
the re-release was Rose's view of the night sky at sea on the morning of
April 15, 1912. The scene was replaced with an accurate view of the
night-sky star pattern, including the Milky Way, adjusted for the
location in the North Atlantic Ocean in April 1912. The change was
prompted by astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson, who had criticized the
scene for showing an unrealistic star pattern. He agreed to send film
director Cameron a corrected view of the sky, which was the basis of the
new scene.[177]
An accurate view of the Milky Way was used to
replace Rose's view of the moonless night sky at sea, as in this photo
from Paranal Observatory. The view was adjusted to match the North
Atlantic at 4:20 am on April 15, 1912.
The 3D version of Titanic
premiered at the Royal Albert Hall in London on March 27, 2012, with
James Cameron and Kate Winslet in attendance,[178][179] and entered
general release on April 4, 2012, six days shy of the centenary of RMS
Titanic embarking on her maiden voyage.[180][181][182]
Rolling
Stone film critic Peter Travers rated the reissue 3+1⁄2 stars out of 4,
explaining he found it "pretty damn dazzling". He said, "The 3D
intensifies Titanic. You are there. Caught up like never before in an
intimate epic that earns its place in the movie time capsule."[183]
Writing for Entertainment Weekly, Owen Gleiberman gave the film an A
grade. He wrote, "For once, the visuals in a 3-D movie don't look
darkened or distracting. They look sensationally crisp and alive."[184]
Richard Corliss of Time, who was very critical in 1997, remained in the
same mood: "I had pretty much the same reaction: fitfully awed, mostly
water-logged." In regards to the 3D effects, he noted the "careful
conversion to 3D lends volume and impact to certain moments ... [but] in
separating the foreground and background of each scene, the converters
have carved the visual field into discrete, not organic, levels."[185]
Ann Hornaday for The Washington Post found herself asking "whether the
film's twin values of humanism and spectacle are enhanced by Cameron's
3-D conversion, and the answer to that is: They aren't." She further
added that the "3-D conversion creates distance where there should be
intimacy, not to mention odd moments in framing and composition."[186]
The
film grossed an estimated $4.7 million on the first day of its
re-release in North America (including midnight preview showings) and
went on to make $17.3 million over the weekend, finishing in third
place.[187][188] Outside North America it earned $35.2 million,
finishing second,[189] and it improved on its performance the following
weekend by topping the box office with $98.9 million.[190] China has
proven to be its most successful territory, where it earned $11.6
million on its opening day,[191] going on to earn a record-breaking $67
million in its opening week and taking more money in the process than it
did in the entirety of its original theatrical run.[190] The reissue
ultimately earned $343.4 million worldwide, with $145 million coming
from China and $57.8 million from Canada and the United States.[192]
With
a worldwide box office of nearly $350 million, the 3D re-release of
Titanic remains the highest grossing re-released film of all time, ahead
of The Lion King, Star Wars, and Avatar.[193]
The 3D conversion
of the film was also released in the 4DX format in selected
international territories, which allows the audience to experience the
film's environment using motion, wind, fog, lighting and scent-based
special effects.[194][195][196]
For the 20th anniversary of the
film, Titanic was re-released in cinemas in Dolby Vision (in both 2D and
3D) for one week beginning December 1, 2017.[197]
Titanic Live
Titanic
Live was a live performance of James Horner's original score by a
130-piece orchestra, choir and Celtic musicians, accompanying a showing
of the film.[198] In April 2015, Titanic Live premiered at the Royal
Albert Hall, London, where the 2012 3D re-release had premiered.[199]
Merchandise
A board game based on the film, titled Titanic: The Game, was released in 2020 by Spin Master Games.[200]
See also
List of Academy Award records
Titanic: Music from the Motion Picture
Notes
Although the Titanic hit the iceberg on April 14, it did not sink until the early hours of April 15.
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Ballard, Robert (1987). The Discovery of the Titanic. Canada: Grand Central Publishing. ISBN 978-0-446-67174-3.
Cameron, Stephen (1998). Titanic: Belfast's Own. Ireland: Wolfhound Press. ISBN 978-0-86327-685-9.
Frakes, Randall (1998). Titanic: James Cameron's Illustrated Screenplay. New York: Harper. ISBN 978-0-06-095307-2.
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Lynch, Donald (1992). Titanic: An Illustrated History. New York: Madison Press Books. ISBN 978-0-7868-6401-0.
Majoor, Mireille; James Cameron (2003). Titanic: Ghosts of the Abyss. New York: Scholastic. ISBN 978-1-895892-31-4.
Marsh, Ed W.; Kirkland, Douglas (1998). James Cameron's Titanic. London: Boxtree. ISBN 978-0-7522-2404-6.
Molony, Senan (2005). Titanic: A Primary Source History. Canada: Gareth Stevens. ISBN 978-0-8368-5980-5.
Parisi, Paula (1998). Titanic and the Making of James Cameron. London: Orion. ISBN 978-0-7528-1799-6.
Sandler, Kevin S.; Studlar, Gaylyn, eds. (1999). Titanic: Anatomy of a
Blockbuster. Piscataway, NJ: Rutgers University Press. ISBN
978-0-8135-2669-0.
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the Titanic
Deck officers
Edward J. Smith
(Captain) Henry Tingle Wilde (Chief Officer) William McMaster Murdoch
(First Officer) Charles H. Lightoller (Second Officer) Herbert Pitman
(Third Officer) Joseph G. Boxhall (Fourth Officer) Harold G. Lowe (Fifth
Officer) James Paul Moody (Sixth Officer) Joseph Bell (Machine Room
Manager)
Crew members
Frederick Barrett Harold
Bride William Denton Cox Sid Daniels Frederick Fleet Luigi Gatti Robert
Hichens Violet Jessop Archie Jewell Charles Joughin Reginald Lee Evelyn
Marsden William Mintram Jack Phillips George Symons
Passengers
Fatalities
Allison family Thomas Andrews John Jacob Astor IV David John Bowen
Archibald Butt Thomas Byles Roderick Chisholm Walter Donald Douglas
Annie Funk Jacques Futrelle Sidney Leslie Goodwin Benjamin Guggenheim
John Harper Wallace Hartley Charles Melville Hays Edward Austin Kent
Joseph Philippe Lemercier Laroche Francis Davis Millet Harry Markland
Molson Clarence Moore Eino Viljami Panula W. T. Stead Ida Straus Isidor
Straus John B. Thayer Frank M. Warren Sr. George Dennick Wick George
Dunton Widener Harry Elkins Widener Duane Williams George Henry Wright
Survivors
(last living)
Rhoda Abbott Trevor Allison Lillian Asplund Madeleine Astor Ruth Becker
Lawrence Beesley Karl Behr Dickinson Bishop Mauritz Håkan
Björnström-Steffansson Elsie Bowerman Francis Browne Margaret "Molly"
Brown Helen Churchill Candee Charlotte Drake Cardeza Lucile Carter
Gladys Cherry Millvina Dean Sir Cosmo Duff-Gordon Lucy, Lady Duff-Gordon
Dorothy Gibson Archibald Gracie IV Frank John William Goldsmith Edith
Haisman Henry S. Harper Eva Hart Margaret Bechstein Hays Masabumi Hosono
J. Bruce Ismay Eleanor Ileen Johnson Louise Kink Louise Laroche
Margaret Mannion Michel Marcel Navratil Alfred Nourney Arthur Godfrey
Peuchen Jane Quick Winnifred Quick Edith Rosenbaum Noël Leslie, Countess
of Rothes Emily Ryerson Agnes Sandström Beatrice Sandström Frederic
Kimber Seward Eloise Hughes Smith Jack Thayer Marian Thayer Barbara West
Ella Holmes White R. Norris Williams Marie Grice Young
Monuments
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Bandstand (Ballarat)
United Kingdom
Engine Room Heroes (Liverpool) Engineers (Southampton) Musicians (Southampton) Titanic (Belfast) Orchestra (Liverpool)
United States
Straus Park (New York City) Titanic (New York City) Titanic
(Washington, D.C.) Butt–Millet Memorial Fountain (Washington, D.C.)
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Books
The Wreck of the Titan: Or, Futility (1898) A Night to Remember (book) Polar the Titanic Bear
Films
Saved from the Titanic (1912) In Nacht und Eis (1912) Atlantic (1929)
Titanic (1943) Titanic (1953) A Night to Remember (1958) The Unsinkable
Molly Brown (1964) Raise the Titanic (1980) Secrets of the Titanic
(1986) Titanica (1992) Titanic (1997) The Legend of the Titanic (1999)
Titanic: The Legend Goes On (2000) Ghosts of the Abyss (2003)
Tentacolino (2004) Titanic II (2010)
Television
A
Night to Remember (1956) S.O.S. Titanic (1979) Titanic: The Complete
Story (1994) Titanic (1996) No Greater Love (1996) "A Flight to
Remember" (Futurama) (1999) Titanic (2012) Titanic: Blood and Steel
(2012) Saving the Titanic (2012)
Music
"The
Titanic (It Was Sad When That Great Ship Went Down)" (folk song) The
Unsinkable Molly Brown (musical) The Sinking of the Titanic (music
composition) Titanic (musical) Titanic (soundtrack album) Back to
Titanic (soundtrack album) "My Heart Will Go On" (Celine Dion song)
"Nearer, My God, to Thee" (song)
Video games
Titanic: Adventure Out of Time (1996) Dive to the Titanic (2010) Titanic VR (2018) Titanic: Honor and Glory (TBA)
Museums
and exhibitions
SeaCity Museum (Southampton) Titanic Museum (Branson, Missouri) Titanic
Museum (Pigeon Forge, Tennessee) Maritime Museum of the Atlantic
(Halifax) Titanic Belfast
Places
Titanic (Canada)
Titanic Canyon Titanic Quarter, Belfast Cape Race, Newfoundland Fairview
Lawn Cemetery Mount Olivet Cemetery (Halifax, Nova Scotia) Arrol Gantry
Titanic, Oklahoma
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RMS Olympic HMHS Britannic SS Mount Temple RMS Carpathia SS Californian
CS Mackay-Bennett SS Birma Titanic II Replica Titanic Romandisea
Titanic
Law
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Others
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Historical Society Titanic International Society Encyclopedia Titanica
Halomonas titanicae Women and children first SOS CQD Robert Ballard La
Circassienne au Bain
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Abyss (1989) Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) True Lies (1994) Titanic
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Short
Xenogenesis (1978) T2-3D: Battle Across Time (1996)
Documentaries
Expedition: Bismarck (2002) Ghosts of the Abyss (2003) Aliens of the Deep (2005)
Films written
Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985) Strange Days (1995) Alita: Battle Angel (2019) Terminator: Dark Fate (2019)
Produced only
Solaris (2002) Years of Living Dangerously (2014 and 2016) The Game Changers (2018) Terminator: Dark Fate (2019)
TV series created
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100 Famous Boats
Historical Boat Names
There
have been some boats that have made history and their names will always
be remembered. Whilst they may not be the best boat names for your own
boat, they have certainly made history and are so interesting to read
and learn about. If you see SS in any of these names, it stands for
Steamship.
1. American Queen (English origin) the largest river steamboat ever built.
Boat Names From History, Nature And Fiction
2. Bacchus (German origin) a distilling ship built by William Hamilton in 1915.
3. CSS Hunley (English origin) the ship designed to sink Union Navy ships, this was built in 1863.
4. Golden Hind (Arabic origin) this ship was captained by Francis Drake.
5. HMAV Bounty (American origin) this small merchant vessel was purchased by the Royal Navy in 1787.
6. HMS Beagle (English origin) a Royal Navy boat launched in 1820.
7. HMS Victory (English origin) one of the largest wooden warships built to serve two fleets from Spain and France.
8. Mayflower (English origin) a ship that brought English pilgrims to the New World in 1620
9. Nina (Spanish origin) the name of a Spanish ship used by Christopher Columbus.
10. Noah’s Ark (Hebrew origin) this is the ship that saved two of every animal during the great flood in the Bible.
11. Pinta (Spanish origin) the fastest ship used by Christopher Columbus.
12. RMS Lusitania (Roman origin) a British ship that was sunk in 1915.
13. RMS Titanic (Greek origin) the famous cruise ship that sunk in 1912.
14. Santa Maria (Latin origin) a Spanish ship used by Christopher Columbus.
15.
SS Edmund Fitzgerald (English origin) this ship was an American Great
Lakes freighter. It tragically sank in a storm in 1975.
16. The Queen Mary (English origin) a famous British ocean liner.
17. USS Arizona (English origin) a US Navy battleship which was victim to an explosion in World War II.
18. USS Maine (French origin), the famous ship whos sinking sparked a war between America and Spain.
19.
USS Missouri (English origin) also known as the ‘Mighty Mo’, this is
the ship where some documents that ended World War II were signed.
20.
Whydah Gally (African origin) built as a passenger, cargo and slave
ship it became a famous pirate ship after being captured.
21. Yamato (Japanese origin) a leading Japanese battleship.
22.
Queen Anne’s Revenge (English origin) this pirate ship from the 18th
century also featured in the movie ‘Pirates Of The Caribbean’.
23.
Flying Dutchman (English origin) this is another boat from the ‘Pirates
Of The Caribbean’ that has historical origins in the real world.
Fictional Boat Names
Different boat names suit different boats.
A
lot of famous ships have graced our screens and the pages of our
favorite books. These fictional ships make the best boat names to learn
more about. Enjoy this list of the best fictional boat names!
24. African Queen (English origin) from the movie ‘The African Queen’.
25. Albatross (Spanish origin) meaning “pelican” from the movie ‘The Sea Hawk'.
26. Andrea Gail (French origin) meaning “brave” from the movie ‘The Perfect Storm’.
27. Arabella (Latin origin) from the book ‘Captain Blood’.
28. Artemis (Roman origin) from the book ‘Voyager’, this makes for one of the coolest names for a boat.
29. Aurora (Roman origin) meaning "dawn" from the comic 'Adventures Of Tintin'.
30. Bebop (English origin) from the manga 'Cowboy Bebop'.
31. Black Pearl (English origin) from the movie ‘Pirates Of The Caribbean’, one of the most famous names for a boat.
32. Blue (English origin) from the anime 'Blue'.
33. Borneo Prince (Sanskrit origin) means "water" from the 'Commando' comic.
34. Britannia (English origin) from the literature work ‘In Search Of The Castaways’.
35. Cornelia Marie (Roman origin) from the movie ‘Deadliest Catch’.
36. Dawn Treader (English origin) from the movie ‘Chronicles Of Narnia’.
37. Dazzler (English origin) from the book ‘The Cruise Of The Dazzler’.
38. Demeter (English origin) from the book ‘Dracula’.
39. General Grant (English origin) from the book ‘Around The World In 80 Days’.
40. Gone Fission (English origin) from ‘The Simpsons’.
41. Grossadler (English origin) from the story 'Bright Blade Of Courage'.
42. HMS Dauntless (English origin) from the movie ‘Pirates Of The Caribbean’.
43. HMS Endeavor (English origin) from the movie ‘Pirates Of The Caribbean’.
44. HMS Interceptor (English origin) from the movie ‘Pirates Of The Caribbean’.
45. HMS Viper (English origin) from the comic 'Bright Blade of Courage'.
46. Maersk Alabama (English origin) from the ‘Captain Phillips’.
47. Pequod (English origin) from the movie ‘Moby Dick’.
48. Queen’s Gambit (English origin) from the series ‘Arrow’.
49. The Empress (English origin) from the movie ‘Pirates Of The Caribbean’.
50. The Henrietta (English origin) from the movie ‘Around The World In 80 Days’.
51. The Inferno (English origin) from the movie ‘The Goonie’.
52. Sea Patroller (English origin) from the cartoon ‘Paw Patrol’. Young kids will recognise this boat name!
53. Sea Queen (English origin) from the 'Superman Returns'.
54. SS Minnow (English origin) from the movie ‘Gilligan Island’.
55. SS Ramona (Spanish origin) means "protecting hands" from the book 'The Red Sea Sharks'.
56. Vulkan (Latin origin) after the 'Commando' comics 'Flak Fever'.
57. Wizard (English origin) from the movie ‘Deadliest Catch’.
Classy Boat Names
If
you are looking for something simple and sophisticated for boat naming,
the natural environment and the people around you it is the best place
to get inspiration for naming your boat. These names for ships come
naturally and never go out of taste. The best boat names that are classy
are on this list. You might fancy calling your boat USS to sound like
the famous ones, but sadly you can't - this prefix is only use for
commissioned ships of the United States Navy.
58. Aristocrat (Greek origin) means "sea of Atlas".
59. Atlantic Pearl (English origin) refers to a precious pearl found in the Atlantic ocean.
60. Atlas (Greek origin) means "support".
61. Baroness (French origin) is a title for the wife or widow of a Baron.
62. Elizabethan (English origin) refers to the reign of Queen Elizabeth I.
63. Exodus (Greek origin) means "the exit of a large group".
64. Legacy (English origin) means "an inheritance".
65. Liberty (Latin origin) means "free" or "freedom".
66. Magnolia (Latin origin) means "Magnol's flower".
67. Oasis (French origin) meaning "a peaceful dwelling place".
68. Peridot (Arabic origin) meaning "a green gemstone".
69. Serenity (French origin) meaning "calm".
70. Splendour (Latin origin) meaning "magnificent appearance".
71. The Admiral (English origin) means "commander of the sea".
72. The Baron (French origin) a status denoting a person of rank.
73. The Duchess (Latin origin) means "commander" or "leader".
74. The Icelandic (English origin) refers to the country of Iceland.
75. The Olympian (Greek origin) meaning "a participant in the Olympic games".
76. The Sapphire (English origin) a jewel and the birthstone for September.
77. Twilight (English origin) means "dusk".
78. Watercrest (English origin) refers to a type of aquatic flowery plant.
79. Winchester (Latin origin) meaning "legendary camp".
80. Windsor (English origin) means "riverbank with a windlass".
Funny Boat Names
Funny
boat naming is a great way to express your sense of humor. Boat owners
who have a luxury yacht can give their boats some out of the box names.
Nothing compliments your sense of humor better than a clever name for
your new boat or luxury yacht. Here are some funny names of boats to get
you thinking of your unique yet fun boat name.
81. Bikini Bottom (English origin) the home of the cartoon character 'Sponge Bob Square Pants'.
82. Clam Dunk (English origin) like a slam dunk but with clams instead.
83. Codtastrophe (English origin) a funny play on the words 'cod' and 'catastrophe'.
84. Fish And Ships (English origin) a play on words from the meal fish and chips.
85. Knot On Call (English origin) for boat owners who want to relax when sailing the seas.
86. Looking For Fish (English origin) the perfect boat name for a fishing boat.
87. Missing Anchor (English origin) a funny boat name for beginners.
88. Nuclear Fishin' (English origin) for boats that are strictly for fishing.
89. Poseidon Probe (Greek origin) means "island of Atlas".
90. Seas The Day (English origin) we couldn't leave the most popular boat name off our list!
91. Reely Expensive (English origin) to show that your boat is very expensive!
92. Rubber Ducky (English origin) reminds you of your childhood.
93. Sea Senor (English origin) means "sea master".
94. Scuba Steve (English origin) for a boat used for scuba diving.
95. Sick Day (English origin) gives a giggle for those who suffer from sea sickness.
96. Sharkbait (English origin) this boat name can be given to a fishing boat.
97. Tax Refund (English origin) is this boat what you spent your refund on?
98. The Crusty Crab (English origin) the restaurant from the 'Sponge Bob' cartoon.
99. The Other Woman (English origin) if your boat also has your heart.
100. Therapy (English origin) for those who love to relax on their boat.