Titanic’s 25th-anniversary re-release grosses $22.3 million at the box office

Even more impressive is the fact that it was a bigger box office draw than Avatar: The Way of Water – cinema ticket prices in 2023 are, at least, two-and-a-half times higher than they were in 1997, which means it had more to do to achieve its then - $1.843 billion gross.

Titanic was also an award darling: it was nominated for numerous awards, including 14 Academy Awards – a record joint-most nominations, alongside the 1950s All About Eve. Titanic went on to win eleven of its fourteen Oscar nominations, including Best Picture and Best Director, becoming only the second film in history to achieve that feat. In addition, it won four Golden Globe awards to become one of the most lauded films in cinema history.

Although it will likely be surpassed by The Way of Water in the coming weeks, Titanic will forever remain unmatched in cinema history. If nothing else, the film has shown it has intergenerational appeal as, 25 years after its original release, it can still attract enough viewers to the cinema.

By the way, Cameron is now responsible for three of the top four highest-grossing films of all time and all of them have grossed over $2 billion – a feat no other director has achieved. In first place is the original Avatar, released in 2009, while Titanic and Avatar: The Way of Water occupy third and fourth positions respectively. The visionary director is not stopping anytime soon, though. He is currently working on a third Avatar installment slated for release in December 2024 with two more to follow in 2026 and 2028.