We showed it sinking bow-first, lifting the stern ... "We were sort of half right in the movie." Cameron's years-long dedication to studying the Titanic's sinking does not overlook the fact ...

And then the movie opened. When Titanic finally made it to theaters in December, 1997, all those "sinking feeling" headlines started to evaporate. The movie held the No. 1 box office spot for 15 ...