How is it possible for Titanic to be #1?

[Triumph]

Considering the immense popularity of Lord of the Rings, and any other number of monumental films, how can a sappy love story like Titanic have gotten the $1.8 billion status that it has? I know that I didn't flock to the theaters when it was out, and I don't remember any massive amount of hype surrounding its release. Was Titanic extremely popular outside the US or something like that? Were Titanic tickets twice as expensive as regular tickets?

 

[agnitrate]

bitches love leo + crappy love story. 'nuf said.

-silver

 

[Joker81]

because 13 year old girls saw it 20 times in the movie theater. Seriously.

 

[PlatinumGold]

Originally posted by: Triumph
Considering the immense popularity of Lord of the Rings, and any other number of monumental films, how can a sappy love story like Titanic have gotten the $1.8 billion status that it has? I know that I didn't flock to the theaters when it was out, and I don't remember any massive amount of hype surrounding its release. Was Titanic extremely popular outside the US or something like that? Were Titanic tickets twice as expensive as regular tickets?

titanic was big as a date movie. it maintained large audiences for a LONG LONG time in the box office. it was HUGE in the US btw, it still is #1 in US at $600million.

 

[Mallow]

I saw it once, the day it came out. I had no idea it would become so big.

 

[Red Dawn]

Originally posted by: Joker81
because 13 year old girls saw it 20 times in the movie theater. Seriously.

I was going to say the same thing!

 

[conjur]

Because teenage girls and families far outnumber the amount of geeks worldwide.

 

[Yossarian]

Originally posted by: Mallow
I saw it once, the day it came out. I had no idea it would become so big.

that's what she said.

 

[Ausm]

I liked the Titanic from a historical standpoint. It was the most accurate representation of the disaster to date.


Sysadmin

 

[Triumph]

Originally posted by: conjur
Because teenage girls and families far outnumber the amount of geeks worldwide.

there are two responses to this. either
a: the LotR trilogy appeals to more than just geeks
b: GEEKS HAVE TAKEN OVER THE POPULACE!

 

[SweetSweetLeroyBrown]

because Red Dawn saw it multiple times in the theater, bought the DVD, the VHS Tape, and the Laser Disc

 

[waylman]

it actually started out kind of slow....word of mouth really helped out Titanic.

 

[CtK]

i actually the saw the movie in the theaters 4 times
tats what all the girls wanted to go see

 

[GasX]

Originally posted by: Sysadmin
I liked the Titanic from a historical standpoint. It was the most accurate representation of the disaster to date.


Sysadmin

that's a total crock of sh!t. Go dig up "A Night To Remember"

 

[waylman]

chart of the movie's performance

 

[vi edit]

It had one of the longest box office runs that I can remember. I swear it was in the theatres for close to a year. Pretty much unheard of.

Why? I dunno. It was okay to watch once. I saw it in the theatres when it came out, haven't seen it since.

 

[rh71]

LOL... here you have the rivalry between nerds into dungeons and dragons vs. a classic love story.

Honestly, I'd rather watch Titanic than LOTR... the latter is not my kind of movie... not because it's for "nerds" but because I'm not into that sorta thing, plain and simple. I saw ROTK once and wasn't intrigued.

So how is it possible ? There are more normal people than nerds who also see it 20 times.

 

[silverpig]

The movie wasn't great, but as has been said, a lot of people went to see it 20 times.

There was a story about some lady from Minnesota IIRC who went to see it EVERY DAY it was out. It was a huge story in the newspaper because they had a blizzard there and she wasn't able to see it for 3 whole days (oh noes!).

 

[SP33Demon]

Like 2Pac told Biggie: To be successful, u gotta rap for the bitches n ho's, not fellas.

 

[Amused]

MY GF loves that movie... but I refuse to add the DVD to my collection (see my sig) simply because it is a crappy non-anamorphic transfer.

 

[JulesMaximus]

I never saw it in it's entirety. Too boring and I can't stand Leonardo DeCrapio (although, I heard he was pretty good in 'Gangs of NY'-I may have to break down and start appreciating his ability if he is convincing in that role).

I didn't go see 'Titanic' in theaters and just caught bits and pieces of it on HBO.

 

[Ausm]

Originally posted by: Mwilding

Originally posted by: Sysadmin
I liked the Titanic from a historical standpoint. It was the most accurate representation of the disaster to date.


Sysadmin

that's a total crock of sh!t. Go dig up "A Night To Remember"

You don't know $hit that movie was made in the 50's and they had no clue what actually happened. In Terms of Damage and that it broke apart when it sunk and numerous other details which were uncovered by Ballard's discovery of the wreckage in '86 and numerous scientific dives to present date.

The love story part is hollywood but the recreation of the sinking was accurate .


Sysadmin

 

[Night201]

It's been out longer...wait...

 

[GTaudiophile]

Originally posted by: Joker81
because 13 year old girls saw it 20 times in the movie theater. Seriously.

Edit: I saw it twice in theatres, both times sitting too damned close to said screaming 13 year-olds :|

I ended up buying the DVD. While the love story is sappy, Cameron's attention to detail from a historical perspective of the event is quite awesome.

 

[BladeWalker]

Titanic is a really good movie. So much detail was put into it to pull the audience into such an emotional event. I'm not going to jump into the I-hate-anything-popular crowd as some of my friends have.