When the AFL declared bankruptcy in 2009, the league minimum was $31,000 and the average salary was $80,000, with some players hauling in six-figure contracts. On the surface, the financial situation for players is tenuous.
Titanic (1997 film) Titanic is a 1997 American epic romance-disaster film directed, written, co-produced, and co-edited by James Cameron. A fictionalized account of the sinking of the RMS Titanic, it stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet as members of different social classes who fall in love aboard the ship during its ill-fated maiden voyage.
The film was partially funded by Paramount Pictures and 20th Century Fox, its distributors. At the time, it was the most expensive film ever made, with an estimated budget of US$200 million. In 2009, James Cameron's Avatar (the first film Cameron had made since Titanic) topped Titanic, however.The film was originally scheduled to open on July 2, 1997; however, post-production delays pushed back its release to December 19 instead.Titanic was an enormous critical and commercial success.t was directed by James Cameron. It was a fictionalized account of the sinking of the RMS Titanic and followed the forbidden romance of a beautiful first-class woman (Kate Winslet) and a penniless third-class artist (Leonardo DiCaprio) aboard the ill-fated maiden voyage of the RMS Titanic.