Titanic (1997 film) the United States; the official Hollywood premiere occurred on December 14, 1997, where "the big movie stars who attended the opening were enthusiastically gushing about the film to the world media". Including revenue from the 2012 and 2017 reissues, "Titanic" earned $659.4 million in North America and $1.528 billion in other countries, for a worldwide total of $2.187 billion. It became the highest-grossing film of all time worldwide in 1998, and remained so for twelve years, until "Avatar" (2009), also written and directed by Cameron, surpassed it in 2010. On March 1, 1998, it became the first film to earn
Hairspray (2007 film) for a movie musical, which the film held until July 2008 when it was surpassed by "Mamma Mia!" and later "" in October. "Hairspray" went on to become the tenth highest grossing musical film in US cinema history, behind the film adaptations of "Grease", "Chicago", and "Mamma Mia!", and stands as one of the most critically and commercially successful musical films of the last decade. Available in a variety of formats, "Hairspray"s Region 1 home video release took place on November 20, 2007. USA Network purchased the broadcast rights to "Hairspray" and was scheduled to debut the film on cable