Titanic is a film.
Titanic is a 1997 American epic romance-disaster film directed , written , co-produced , and co-edited by James Cameron . With an initial worldwide gross of over $ 1.84 billion , Titanic was the first film to reach the billion-dollar mark . A 3D version of Titanic , released on April 4 , 2012 to commemorate the centennial of the sinking , earned it an additional $ 343.6 million worldwide , pushing the film 's worldwide total to $ 2.18 billion .