Titanic
Release date: Wide Release 19 December 1997
a Lightstorm Entertainment Production (20th Century Fox
and Paramount)
Titanic Movie Official
Web Site - Titanic official movie site
Paramount
- Paramount Official Site
20th Century
Fox - 20th Century Fox Official Site
Cast:
Leonardo DiCaprio
---- Jack Dawson
Kate Winslet ------------
Rose DeWitt Bukater
Billy Zane ---------------- Cal Hockley
Kathy Bates ------------- Molly Brown
Frances Fisher --------- Ruth DeWitt Bukater
Bernard Hill ------------- Captain E.J. Smith
Jonathan Hyde --------- J. Bruce Ismay
Danny Nucci ----------- Fabrizio De Rossi
David Warner --------- Spicer Lovejoy
Bill Paxton --------------- Brock Lovett
Titanic Movie Cast List
-- -- -- -- -- -- Comprehensive cast list
Directed by --------------- James Cameron
Written by ---------------- James Cameron
Produced by ------------- James Cameron, Jon Landau
Executive producer ----- Rae Sanchini
Co-producers ------------ Al Giddings, Grant Hill, Sharon
Mann
Music by ----------------- James Horner
Costume designer ------ Deborah L. Scott
Music Supervisor ------ Randy Gerston
Film editors -------------- Conrad Buff, James Cameron,
Richard A. Harris
Production designer -------- Peter Lamont
Director of photography --- Russell Carpenter
Special visual effects by --- Digital Domain
Rated: PG-13
The record setting movie "Titanic" is based on the true story of
the Titanic and includes the love interest of Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate
Winslet.
Vid and Boxoffice status 10 Sept 98 - Consumers
spent an estimated $250 million on purchase and rental of "Titanic" video
in its first six days of release. It took more than five weeks for the
movie to generate that much money at US theaters. An estimated 12-15 million
copies were sold during the 1-6 September time period and the "Titanic"
video is on pace to top out at 22-23 million copies. By comparison "The
Lion King" sold 20 million copies during its firs six days and 26 million
during its first two weeks in stores on route to overall sales of 30 million.
As reported in Thursday 10 September 1998 issue of Hollywood Reporter.
After 38 weeks overseas, "Titanic" international boxoffice gross is
at an incredibly high $1.2 billion. Add another $600 million of domestic
box office for a collected worldwide total of $1.8 billion. Japan alone
registers $187 million after 38 weeks.
Titanic Box Office History
| Week |
Rank |
Week of |
Wkend BO |
Theaters |
Cume BO |
Comments |
| 1 |
1 |
Dec 19 |
$ 28,638,131 |
2674 |
$ 52,969,336 |
Opening |
| 2 |
1 |
Dec 26 |
35,455,673 |
2711 |
124,152,693 |
Christmas |
| 3 |
1 |
Jan 2 |
33,315,278 |
2727 |
169,165,503 |
New Years |
| 4 |
1 |
Jan 9 |
28,716,310 |
2746 |
206,734,370 |
|
| 5 |
1 |
Jan 16 |
30,011,034 |
2767 |
249,361,166 |
Martin Luther
King Jr. |
| 6 |
1 |
Jan 23 |
25,238,720 |
2771 |
282,193,031 |
|
| 7 |
1 |
Jan 30 |
25,907,172 |
2853 |
314,327,828 |
|
| 8 |
1 |
Feb 6 |
23,027,838 |
2956 |
343,394,297 |
|
| 9 |
1 |
Feb 13 |
28,167,947 |
3002 |
381,525,538 |
Washington's
Birthday |
| 10 |
1 |
Feb 20 |
21,036,343 |
3006 |
407,350,832 |
|
| 11 |
1 |
Feb 27 |
19,633,056 |
3035 |
431,551,546 |
$1 Bil worldwide |
| 12 |
1 |
Mar 6 |
17,605,849 |
3103 |
453,867,325 |
|
| 13 |
1 |
Mar 13 |
17,578,815 |
3116 |
477,349,092 |
exceeds Star
Wars |
| 14 |
1 |
Mar 20 |
17,165,239 |
3169 |
500,049,030 |
|
| 15 |
1 |
Mar 27 |
15,213,500 |
3233 |
518,873,058 |
|
| 16 |
2 |
Apr 3 |
11,533,480 |
3265 |
534,295,450 |
|
| 17 |
3 |
Apr 10 |
8,558,241 |
3265 |
546,659,214 |
|
| 18 |
4 |
Apr 17 |
7,407,989 |
3012 |
555,676,775 |
|
| 19 |
4 |
Apr 24 |
4,938,575 |
2912 |
561,724,643 |
$1 Bil overseas |
| 20 |
6 |
May 1 |
4,011,888 |
2660 |
566,641,840 |
|
| 21 |
4 |
May 8 |
3,178,573 |
2256 |
570,601,592 |
|
| 22 |
6 |
May 15 |
2,112,302 |
1990 |
573,387,309 |
|
| 23 |
7 |
May 22 |
2,970,044 |
2008 |
577,635,895 |
Memorial Day |
| 24 |
9 |
May 29 |
1,783,579 |
1562 |
580,241,029 |
|
| 25 |
8 |
Jun 5 |
1,648,860 |
1219 |
582,670,447 |
|
| 26 |
10 |
Jun 12 |
1,214,737 |
975 |
584,514,665 |
|
| 27 |
13 |
Jun 19 |
1,029,362 |
810 |
586,148,621 |
|
| 28 |
15 |
Jun 26 |
922,618 |
688 |
587,581,188 |
|
| 29 |
16 |
Jul 3 |
623,930 |
618 |
588,526,209 |
Independence
Day |
| 30 |
18 |
Jul 10 |
405,669 |
463 |
589,152,380 |
|
| 31 |
13 |
Jul 17 |
1,337,493 |
867 |
591,758,169 |
|
| 32 |
12 |
Jul 24 |
1,476,279 |
839 |
594,298,467 |
|
| 33 |
15 |
Jul 31 |
1,168,551 |
769 |
596,320,474 |
|
| 34 |
17 |
Aug 7 |
965,212 |
681 |
597,907,062 |
|
| 35 |
18 |
Aug 14 |
707,918 |
594 |
599,117,196 |
|
| 36 |
21 |
Aug 21 |
540,617 |
570 |
600,038,488 |
|
| 37 |
31 |
Aug 28 |
335,704 |
502 |
600,374,192 |
vid release
1 Sep |
| 38 |
36 |
Sep 5 |
178,296 |
447 |
600,649,457 |
|
Oscars 23 March 1998 - Titanic wins a record tying 11 Oscars
out of the record setting 14 Oscar nominations.
Titanic
had tied the 1950 Black and White film "All About Eve" starring
Bette Davis as the most nominated film in Oscar history (Academy Awards
held in 1951). As for wins, Titanic has tied the 1959 film "Ben Hur"
starring Charlton Heston which also won in 11 categories to share the spot
as most honored film of all time.
The 11 Oscar Winners
-
Art direction - Peter Lamont, art direction; Michael
Ford, Set decoration
-
Cinematography - Russell Carpenter
-
Costume design - Deborah L. Scott
-
Directing - James Cameron
-
Film editing - Conrad Buff, James Cameron, Richard
A. Harris
-
Original dramatic score - James Horner
-
Original song - Music by James Horner, Lyrics by
Will Jennings
-
Best picture - James Cameron, Jon Landau producers
-
Sound - Gary Rydstrom, Tom Johnson, Gary Summers,
Mark Ulano
-
Sound effects editing - Tom Bellfort, Christopher
Boyes
-
Visual effects - Robert Legato, Mark Lasoff, Thomas
L. Fisher, Michael Kanfer
The 3 Oscar Nominations which did not produce wins
-
Kate Winslet - Performance by an actress in a leading role
-
Gloria Stuart - Performance by an actress in a supporting role
-
Makeup - Tina Earnshaw, Greg Cannom, Simon Thompson
Most Oscar Wins
-
11 Titanic 1997
-
11 Ben-Hur 1959
-
10 West Side Story 1961
-
09 Gigi 1958
-
09 The English Patient 1996
-
09 The Last Emperor 1987
Most Oscar Nominations
-
14 Titanic 1997
-
14 All About Eve 1950
-
13 Forest Gump 1994
-
13 From Here to Eternity 1953
-
13 Gone With the Wind 1939
DGA Award - The 50th Annual DGA Awards Dinner was held Saturday
7 March 1998 at the Century Plaza Hotel in Century City, California. The
Directors
Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature
Film for 1997 went to James Cameron for Titanic. James Cameron was
a first-time nominee for this award.
Golden Globe - Golden Globe Award Winners, Sunday evening 18
January 1998, out of 8 nominations:
-
Best Film (drama): Titanic
-
Best Director: James Cameron, Titanic
-
Best Original Score: James Horner, Titanic
-
Best Original Song: "My Heart Will Go On," Titanic
Consecutive Weeks Box Office Record ! - Titanic, during
the weekend box office 3 - 5 April takes on water while the Lost
in Space crew finds the number 1 spot. Titanic cruised for 15 consecutive
weeks at number 1 before moving down to the number 2 spot. Still, very
impressive. Movies with the largest number of consecutive weeks at number
1:
-
15 Titanic
-
13 Tootsie
-
13 Beverly Hills Cop
-
12 Home Alone
Album Sales - The
original "Titanic" soundtrack album has sold more than 25 million
units worldwide and is 10 times platinum in the United States. The film's
soundtrack sequel, "Back to Titanic", moves up to No. 2 with 164,000 units.
Status is for week ending 6 September 1998 on the Billboard 200 album chart.
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