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
James Cameron filmography debut in 1998 playing himself in the sitcom "Mad About You". Two years later he executive produced the science fiction television series "Dark Angel" (2000) starring Jessica Alba. In 2005, he appeared in two documentaries about the sinking of the RMS Titanic: "Last Mysteries of the Titanic", and "Tony Robinson's Titanic Adventure". He also made appearances as himself on the comedy-drama television series "Entourage" that same year. Cameron followed this by executive producing two biblical documentaries, "The Exodus Decoded" (2006) and "Lost Tomb of Jesus" (2007). He executive produced and appeared in a third Titanic related documentary, "Titanic: Final Word