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by Stephanie Anderson URL Copied! Products featured are independently and objectively selected by our editors. From time to time, things you buy through our links may earn us an affiliate commission. In 1997, James Cameron’s Titanic became the highest grossing film of all time when it became the first film to rake in over a billion dollars at the global box office.

One of the most popular movies in history, Titanic shattered the record of USD $914,691,118 that Jurassic Park had set, and went on to make a very chill USD $1,843,201,268. In fact, it wasn’t until Cameron released Avatar in 2009 that a new film would snatch the top spot, bumping Titanic down to number two. Cameron didn’t just break his own record, though.



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Titanic would join Avatar in the two billion dollar club in 2012, after Cameron re-released it for cinemas in 3D. The very best of The Latch delivered straight to your inbox. The one-two punch of Titanic a.

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