What makes the movie, Titanic, so successful?

Love, Passion, Perfection, Efforts, Ability to feel, Ability to express. Many movies were made on the Titanic, but when we hear the word 'Titanic' we imagine DiCaprio and Winslet. That is because of all above qualities combined. read more

It is a rare thing a movie has awesome story, acting, songs/music and graphics, plus events in life of the concerned person (James Cameron in this context), this is what makes films like Titanic so successful. read more

If Titanic was one of the original lightning rods for hater culture, part of the reason that the film made such a perfect target is that what the haters were really attacking wasn’t “bad dialogue” so much as a huge, powerful, ambitious movie, by a geek-god filmmaker, that actually dared to be innocent about love. read more

In terms of worldwide box office receipts, Avatar (2009) and Titanic (1997) are the most successful movies of all time, grossing $2.8 billion and $2.2 billion in theatres, respectively. Yet the journey to complete each film in no way foretold the financial windfall that awaited it. read more