Titanic: DiCaprio Wasn’t Responsible for Big Box Office, Says Cameron: ‘Only $100 Million’

Titanic received a commemorative re-release. The film completed 25 years and returns to the big screens of the world, being able to increase its record-breaking box office. The director James Cameronhowever, minimized the effect that Leonardo DiCaprio had in the collection.

Although he recognizes that the actor – a “fever” of the late 1990s – is responsible for captivating part of the audience and making more people go to the cinema, the feeling of belonging brought by the film was the biggest reason for its success, according to the director. .

At a press conference (via Omelet), Cameron stated: “A lot of money has been made from the appeal of the Leonardo DiCaprio. Okay, I give it credit, we made about $100 million at the box office with his appeal to 14-year-olds.”

“What I think was really happening is that young women were living in this moment – post-adolescence, mid-teens – where society tells them not to be who they are. Not to be the amazing, limitless people that they really are. , and they’re being told to sit down, shut up, put on that corset, and do what society expects. Do what male-dominated society expects.”

James Cameron is the director of three of the five highest-grossing films in the world

James Cameron he is the director of three of the five highest-grossing films in the world. According to Variety,Avatar: The Way of Water reached the top 5 on the list with $2.05 billion surpassing Avengers: infinity war (2018) which obtained US$ 2.4 billion. Two other films Cameron among the biggest box offices are avatar 2009 at the top of the list and Titanic 1999 in third place.

Avengers: Endgame (2019) grossed $2.7 billion and is the second highest-grossing film of all time. Star Wars The Force Awakens (2015) with US$ 2.071 billion appears in fourth.