James Cameron's blockbuster epic “Titanic” has relinquished its spot as the third-highest grossing movie in history to another James Cameron blockbuster epic, “Avatar: The Way of Water.” The sci-fi sequel has generated $2.2433 billion globally, enough to overtake “Titanic” ($2.2428 billion) at the worldwide box office.
Avatar: TWOW broke into the top 10 biggest movies of all time mere weeks into its initial theatrical release. And on February 19, the film officially surpassed Cameron's Titanic to become the third highest-grossing film of all time, per Variety.
Box Office: 'Avatar: The Way of Water' Beats 'Titanic', Now 3rd Highest Movie – Deadline.
Avatar 2 beats Titanic for third highest-grossing film of all time.
Below are all of James Cameron's movies, only including their original theatrical release, ranked in order of runtime: Titanic: 194 minutes (3 hours 14 minutes) Avatar The Way of Water: 192 minutes (3 hours 12 minutes) Avatar: 162 minutes (2 hours 42 minutes)
“Avatar: The Way of Water” keeps soaring to new heights. James Cameron's Pandora-set sequel has surpassed his 1997 film “Titanic” as the third highest-grossing film of all time at the worldwide box office.
At 2 hours and 42 minutes, Avatar is the shortest of the three movies. Avatar 2 and Titanic are both well over three hours.
So the final answer is definite: yes, Jack could have survived but for the purposes of the script, his death was inevitable.
Gloria Stuart won a Screen Actors Guild Award and an Oscar-nomination for her performance as the Old Rose in Titanic (1997).
“The Big Piece” as it is referred, weighed nearly 20 tons and measured approximately 27′ x 20′ when it was recovered from the RMS Titanic wreck-site debris field. It was originally located on the starboard side of the ship between the 3rd and 4th funnels of the B and C decks.
Oceanographers have pointed out that the hostile sea environment has wreaked havoc on the ship's remains after more than a century beneath the surface. Saltwater acidity has been dissolving the vessel, compromising its integrity to the point where much of it would crumble if tampered with.
In 1985, when oceanographer Robert Ballard, after years of searching, finally located the ship's remains 2.5 miles down on the ocean bottom, he discovered that it had, in fact, broken in two on the surface before sinking.
Jurassic World grossed 76.2% of the record that surpassed Avatar's.
1 Avatar Aang
To many, Avatar Aang is one of the best heroes in all of animation history. He was a fun-loving and peaceful child who was forced to bring peace to a world ravaged by war. By the time he was 12, he was already an airbending master, and he was able to master the other elements in a matter of months.
Cameron's first Avatar movie, released in 2009, still holds the No. 1 spot with $2.923 billion. Titanic (1997), the other Cameron movie in the top 5, holds the third spot with $2.195 billion, behind Avengers: Endgame's $2.799 billion.
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Avatar: The Way Of Water surpassed 1997's Titanic as the No. 3 highest-grossing movie of all time this weekend, according to Disney, marking a massive success for James Cameron, who directed both films.
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Gone with the Wind—first released in 1939—is generally considered to be the most successful film, with Guinness World Records in 2014 estimating its adjusted global gross at $3.4 billion.