TORONTO – The blockbuster film Titanic is returning
to theatres today in eye-popping 3D.
Producer Jon Landau says director James Cameron spent more
than one year and $18 million on the update.
Landau says he hopes the movie finds a whole new audience
now that it’s returning to theatres, calling it “a big-screen
experience.”
The reworking comes 15 years after the original film broke
box office records, and 100 years after the ocean liner sank on its maiden
voyage across the Atlantic
Global News looks back at one of the most
commercially successful films of all time.
1995 – Year production the film began
200,000,000 – Estimated movie budget, in dollars. It
was the most expensive film ever made at the time
1997 – Year the film was released
27 – Number of takes it took before the scene in
which Rose spits in Cal’s face was “just right”
774 – Length, in feet, of the Titanic replica
17,000,000 – Depth of tank in which the replica
floated in
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1,000 – Estimated number of extras used in the film
100 – Rose’s age when she recounts her story to a
salvage team
1,843,201,268 – Worldwide gross, in dollars. It was
the first film to reach the billion dollar mark
12 – Number of years Titanic remained the
highest-grossing film of all time. In 2010, Titanic’s director James
Cameron broke his own record with his film, Avatar
2,500,000 – Leonardo DiCaprio’s salary for the film,
in dollars, according to IMDB.com
2,000,000 – Kate Winslet’s salary for the film, in
dollars, according to IMDB.com
160 – Number of days it took to film the movie
194 – Film’s total running time, in minutes
50 – Number of people that were sent to the hospital
after the catering table was laced with hallucinogens
– With a file from the The Canadian Press
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