James Cameron's "Titanic," when adjusted for inflation, is one of the highest grossing films of all time and is only exceeded by the likes of Cameron's own "Avatar" and Victor Fleming's pro-Confederacy epic "Gone with the Wind." Even when not adjusted for inflation, however, "Titanic" is still up there at the top, behind only Cameron's first two "Avatar" movies and Joe and Anthony Russo's "Avengers: Endgame." Even the 2025 animated Chinese mega-hit "Ne Zha 2" hasn't quite surpassed Cameron's romantic epic at the box office at the time of writing.

Those who were watching movies in 1997 and 1998 remember the overwhelming phenomenon. "Titanic" runs a whopping 195 minutes, yet scads of people saw it over and over again in theaters. It swept the Academy Awards, winning 11 of its 14 nominatio

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