One ofJames Cameron’sbest movies, and an Academy Award winner of 11 Oscars, is set to stream free this month. Starting July 1, the disaster dramaTitanicis being added toTubi’slibrary, meaning fans will be able to stream the movie without paying anything. They only have to sit through occasional ad breaks during the movie.
Titanicstars Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet as Jack and Rose, two passengers of the liner who come from different parts of society. When they meet each other in the first hours of the ill-fated journey, they fall in love, only to find themselves struggling to survive when the ship hits an iceberg and starts to sink. Although it closely followsthe real-life eventin which the luxurious cruise ship sank, the characters and their storylines are entirely fictional. Per the Rotten Tomatoes synopsis of the film:
Leonardo DiCaprio and Oscar-nominee Kate Winslet light up the screen as Jack and Rose, the young lovers who find one another on the maiden voyage of the “unsinkable” R.M.S. Titanic. But when the doomed luxury liner collides with an iceberg in the frigid North Atlantic, their passionate love affair becomes a thrilling race for survival. From acclaimed filmmaker James Cameron comes a tale of forbidden love and courage in the face of disaster that triumphs as a true cinematic masterpiece.
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Titanicalso starred Kathy Bates, Frances Fisher, Jonathan Hyde, Bernard Hill, Billy Zane and Bill Paxton. Upon release, it received 14 nominations at the Academy Awards,and would end up winning 11 of them. This included Best Picture and Best Director, a career-first for Cameron, who had never been nominated for an Academy Award. The other categories it won included Best Cinematography, Best Visual Effects, Best Film Editing, Best Art Direction, and Best Original Score.
Other titles set to be added to Tubi include Cameron’sThe AbyssandTerminator 2: Judgment Day,Minority Report, andSicario: Day of the Soldado.
‘Titanic’ Confirmed Cameron Was the King of Hollywood
Despite this record having been surpassed since then,Titanicwas once considered the most expensive film ever made (Avengers: Endgame,Star Wars: The Force Awakens, andJurassic World: Fallen Kingdomcost much more thanTitanic). The budget isestimated at $200 million, something rare for the Hollywood industry up until Cameron set out to make the ambitious romantic drama. Luckily, things would work out for the director, asTitanicwas a wildly successful movie.
First, it became the first ever film to pass the $1 billion mark at the box office. Then, it became the highest-grossing film ever made when it made $1.8 billion, surpassing the previous record-holder,Jurassic Park. Subsequent releases have taken its box office earnings to $2.2 billion. The critical reception was also great, and today it has a Rotten Tomatoes critics' score of 88%.
Curiously, the first film to beatTitanic’s record for highest-grossing film of all time was a Cameron feature as well. 2009’sAvatarmade a whopping $2.9 billion at the box office upon release. AlthoughAvengers: EndgamepassedAvataras the record-holder, Cameron’s sci-fi action film surpassed the MCU film again in 2021 when it was re-released in China.
Source:Tubi
