Some movies are so popular and so influential that they ignite what feels like entire subgenres: the “ Alien Movie” ( And Then There Were None, but in space) the found-footage horror flick, kicked off by 1999’s The Blair Witch Project the “ Toy Story Movie” (“let’s animate some inanimate objects and/or animals to amuse the kiddies”).
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We can also thank George Lucas for the existence of the 1970s TV series Battlestar Galactica. It’s been a feature of the blockbuster era since the 1977’s Star Wars, which spawned a lot of crap - including Italian schlock Star Crash and Battle Beyond the Stars, directed by an uncredited Roger Corman - and some not-at-all-bad flicks like Disney’s The Black Hole and The Last Starfighter. Lots of ’em, to the point where we get sick of ’em, even if some of the knockoffs are pretty good.
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But we all know what happens when a movie is a hit, especially if it’s an unexpected one, as Titanic was: Knockoffs. The film was “supposed” to be a huge flop, destined to be a legendary example of big-budget folly, Cameron’s out-of-control creative arrogance destined to doom it. And here’s an irritation I always come back to when I think about the film: Where are all the knockoffs? I don’t think there’s a single movie I’ve written more about. I love Titanic, and I’ve seen it countless times, and revisited it as a critic four times (see links below). Now, in honor of the anniversary of its initial release, Titanic is back again, in 87 AMC theaters in the US starting Friday, December 1st, for one week only, in a new remastered edition.
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In 2012, to commemorate the centenary of the sinking of the ship, the film was released in newly rejiggered 3D, and earned another $300 million plus globally, pushing its total box office take over $2 billion.
The film was a critical success, and it tied for the most Oscars won by a single film, with 11, including Best Picture. Showings were sold-out well into early 1998, even with the film in saturation release, and it stayed at the top of the box-office charts for 15 consecutive weeks (still a record). Titanic wasn’t just a huge hit it was an inescapable phenomenon. It earned $1.8 billion worldwide, and remained the biggest box-office hit ever until 2010 (when it was supplanted by Cameron’s own Avatar). The epic romantic disaster drama debuted in US cinemas on December 19th, 1997, and wouldn’t leave US cinemas until October 1998, 41 weeks later.
It should also mark the 20th anniversary of the beginning of a wave of Titanic clones - and it says something about the movie industry that it doesn’t. December 2017 marks the 20th anniversary of the release of what would become one of the most lucrative and most deliriously popular movies ever made: James Cameron’s Titanic.
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