RadioProfile | On March 1, 1998, the movie Titanic surpassed $1 billion in box office.

The film directed by James Cameron became the first film to exceed that figure in the entire history of cinema.

Titanic is a 1997 American film starring Leonardo Di Caprio and Kate Winslet.

The plot tells a fictional love story contextualized in a real event, the sinking of the British liner “Titanic” in 1912, one of the greatest maritime tragedies of all time.

DiCaprio and Winslet play Jack Dawson and Rose DeWitt Bukater, two young men from different social classes who meet and fall in love during the ship’s maiden voyage.

Director James Cameron was fascinated by the history of the Titanic and conducted a number of investigations before writing the script, including a maritime expedition to view the wreckage.

Cameron took his early sketches to the production company 20th Century Fox, pitching the story as “Rosemary and Juliet aboard the Titanic.”

The production company supported the project despite the high budget and the costs were increasing during filming reaching a total of 200 million dollars.

This situation highlighted that several industry analysts predicted a box office flop.

However none of this happened and the film quickly became a success both commercially and critically.

Titanic opened on December 19, 1997 in the United States during the United States and grossed more than $50 million its first week on theaters.

It took just over a month for the film to exceed shooting costs, and in February 1998 it exceeded $360 million.

The film was also an international success and its worldwide box office surpassed $1 billion on March 1, 1998, becoming the first film to reach that number.

Titanic remained the highest-grossing movie of all time until 2009, when it was destroyed by Avatar, another film directed by James Cameron.

It currently occupies the third historical position after being surpassed by “Avengers: Endgame”. Its total collection is close to 2,500 million dollars.

Titanic won 89 awards, including 11 Oscars.

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Locution by Pita Fortin. Screenplay by Nicolás Ziccardi

by Radio Profile FM 101.9