TITANIC IS JUST THAT IN CHINA

Underlining the Chinese box office’s increasing clout, Titanic 3D raked in an astonishing $58 million at 2,600 theaters in China over the weekend, Daily Variety reported on its website today (Sunday). With an average of more than $22,000 per theater, China’s total represented two-thirds of the weekend’s $88.2 million overseas box office for the film, […]

CHINA MAY SAVE TITANIC 3D

Moviegoer interest in the 3D version of Titanic may have fallen steeply at the domestic box office, and by and large, it is not living up to its name in most foreign markets either. But in China it is turning out to be a big hit. Tuesday’s debut brought in $11.6 million, by far the […]

HUNGER EXPECTED TO SURVIVE AS BOX OFFICE LEADER

The Hunger Games is expected to survive a challenge from a 3D version of 1997’s Titanic and the raunchy comedy American Reunion, a revival of the 1999-2003 franchise, making it three wins in a row for the dystopian drama and pushing it past the $300-million mark at the box office. Most forecasters figure that the […]

TITANIC SAILS AGAIN — IN 3D

Although the public’s declining interest in 3D has been blamed in great measure for the box office disasters of some recent releases — the epic failure of the $250-million John Carter a particular case in point — it now appears that the 3D-enhanced Titanic may resurface over the Easter weekend as the holiday’s top film. […]

PARAMOUNT TO RAISE TITANIC EARLIER THAN EXPECTED

Seemingly convinced that since 1997 an entire generation has emerged that has never seen Titanic on the big screen and that others who have will want to see it again in 3D, Paramount executives on Tuesday announced that they are moving up the release date of Titanic 3D to Wednesday, April 4, thereby stretching its […]