Titanic

1997 | 194 min | Drama, Romance

Friday Night Flick

Why it’s a Friday Night Flick

Audiences adore it (7.9/10), it won 6 Oscars, it made about 11 times its budget and it earned strong reviews (88%). Make plans for this one.

Our take: The blockbuster romance that dominated theaters for months: epic disaster, big emotion, big filmmaking.

Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.

Have you seen it?

101-year-old Rose DeWitt Bukater tells the story of her life aboard the Titanic, 84 years later. A young Rose boards the ship with her mother and fiancé. Meanwhile, Jack Dawson and Fabrizio De Rossi win third-class tickets aboard the ship. Rose tells the whole story from Titanic's departure through to its death—on its first and last voyage—on April 15, 1912.

How it earned its rating

CriticsStrong
88% on Rotten Tomatoes, 75 on Metacritic
AudiencesVery strong
7.9/10 from 28K viewers
AwardsVery strong
29 wins, 9 other nominations — won Academy Award for Best Picture; won Academy Award for Best Director
Box office & staying powerVery strong
$2.3 billion worldwide on a $200 million budget
Buzz & cultural impactStrong
Measured from current popularity