Titanic (1997 film) on December 19, 1997, "Titanic" achieved critical and commercial success. Nominated for 14 Academy Awards, it tied "All About Eve" (1950) for the most Oscar nominations, and won 11, including the awards for Best Picture and Best Director, tying "Ben-Hur" (1959) for the most Oscars won by a single film. With an initial worldwide gross of over $1.84 billion, "Titanic" was the first film to reach the billion-dollar mark. It remained the highest-grossing film of all time until Cameron's "Avatar" surpassed it in 2010. A 3D version of "Titanic," released on April 4, 2012, to commemorate the centennial of the
Pirates of the Caribbean (film series) with "Dead Man's Chest" and "On Stranger Tides", since followed by other film franchises. "The Curse of the Black Pearl" was the third-highest-grossing 2003 film in North America (behind "" and "Finding Nemo") and fourth worldwide (behind "The Return of the King", "Finding Nemo" and "The Matrix Reloaded"). "Dead Man's Chest" was the most successful film of 2006 worldwide, and "At World's End" led the worldwide grosses in 2007, though being only fourth in North America (behind "Spider-Man 3", "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" and "Shrek the Third"). "On Stranger Tides" was the third-highest-grossing film of 2011