Editing Titanic (1997 film) (section)

=== Re-release ===

====3D conversion<span class="anchor" id="3D re-release"></span>====
A 2012 3D re-release was created by [[Master recording|re-mastering]] the original to 4K resolution and [[2D to 3D conversion|post-converting]] to [[Stereoscopy|stereoscopic]] [[3D film|3D]] format. The ''Titanic'' 3D version took 60 weeks and $18&nbsp;million to produce, including the 4K restoration.<ref>{{cite news|title=Coming in 60 weeks: 'Titanic' in 3D version|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/Coming-in-60-weeks-Titanic-in-3D-version/articleshow/10537468.cms?referral=PM|access-date=March 27, 2012|newspaper=The Times of India|date=October 30, 2011|archive-date=May 8, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140508062013/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/Coming-in-60-weeks-Titanic-in-3D-version/articleshow/10537468.cms?referral=PM|url-status=live}}</ref> The 3D conversion was performed by Stereo D.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2012/03/29/movies/titanic-3d-conversion.html | work=The New York Times | title=Inside the 3-D Conversion of 'Titanic' | date=March 30, 2012 | access-date=February 20, 2017 | archive-date=August 6, 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170806140243/http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2012/03/29/movies/titanic-3d-conversion.html | url-status=live }}</ref> Digital 2D and in 2D [[IMAX]] versions were also struck from the new [[4K resolution|4K]] [[Master recording|master]] created in the process.<ref>{{cite web |last=Douglas |first=Edward |date=October 12, 2011 |title=A Preview of James Cameron's Titanic 3D Rerelease |publisher=[[ComingSoon.net]] ([[CraveOnline]]) |url=https://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=83123 |access-date=November 18, 2011 |archive-date=November 20, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111120090226/http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=83123 |url-status=live }}</ref> The only scene entirely redone for the re-release was Rose's view of the night sky at sea on the morning of April 15, 1912. The scene was replaced with an accurate view of the night-sky star pattern, including the [[Milky Way]], adjusted for the location in the North Atlantic Ocean in April 1912. The change was prompted by the astrophysicist [[Neil deGrasse Tyson]], who had criticized the unrealistic star pattern. He agreed to send Cameron a corrected view of the sky, which was the basis of the new scene.<ref name="DN">{{cite news |last=O'Neill |first=Ian |date=April 2, 2012 |title='Titanic' Accuracy Tightened by Neil deGrassee Tyson |work=[[Discovery News]] |url=http://news.discovery.com/space/astronomy/neil-degrasse-tyson-tightens-titanic-accuracy-120402.htm |access-date=December 19, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140430034527/http://news.discovery.com/space/astronomy/neil-degrasse-tyson-tightens-titanic-accuracy-120402.htm|archive-date=April 30, 2014}}</ref>
[[Image:ESO-VLT-Laser-phot-33a-07.jpg|left|thumb|An accurate view of the [[Milky Way]] was used to replace Rose's view of the moonless night sky at sea, as in this photo from [[Paranal Observatory]]. The view was adjusted to match the North Atlantic at 4:20&nbsp;am on April 15, 1912.]]

The 3D version of ''Titanic'' premiered at the [[Royal Albert Hall]] in London on March 27, 2012, with [[James Cameron]] and [[Kate Winslet]] in attendance,<ref>{{cite news|title=Titanic: Kate Winslet and James Cameron at 3D premiere|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-17526845|access-date=February 11, 2014|work=BBC News|date=March 28, 2012|archive-date=April 10, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140410160125/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-17526845|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Kate Winslet, James Cameron at Titanic 3D premiere|url=https://news.yahoo.com/kate-winslet-james-cameron-titanic-3d-premiere-183110163.html|access-date=February 11, 2014|work=[[Yahoo! News]]|date=March 27, 2012|archive-date=March 2, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140302012851/http://news.yahoo.com/kate-winslet-james-cameron-titanic-3d-premiere-183110163.html|url-status=live}}</ref> and entered general release on April 4, 2012, six days before the centenary of ''Titanic'' embarking on her maiden voyage.<ref name="official site">{{cite web|title=Titanic Official Movie Site|publisher=Paramount Pictures|access-date=February 7, 2012|url=http://www.titanicmovie.com/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120210233040/http://www.titanicmovie.com/|archive-date=February 10, 2012}}</ref><ref name="April 4">{{cite magazine |last=Semigran |first=Aly |title='Titanic' in 3-D gets earlier release date |date=February 8, 2012 |url=https://ew.com/article/2012/02/08/titanic-3d-release-date/ |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |access-date=December 18, 2019 |archive-date=December 19, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191219050025/https://ew.com/article/2012/02/08/titanic-3d-release-date/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite press release|url=http://www.paramount.com/news/press-releases/paramount-pictures-twentieth-century-fox-and-lightstorm-entertainment-to-set-sail-again-with-james-c|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721133852/http://www.paramount.com/news/press-releases/paramount-pictures-twentieth-century-fox-and-lightstorm-entertainment-to-set-sail-again-with-james-c|archive-date=July 21, 2011|title=Paramount Pictures, Twentieth Century Fox and Lightstorm Entertainment to Set Sail Again with James Cameron's Oscar-Winning "Titanic" with a Worldwide 3D Re-release on April 6, 2012|publisher=Paramount Pictures|date=May 19, 2011|access-date=May 19, 2011}}</ref>

''[[Rolling Stone]]'' film critic [[Peter Travers]] rated the reissue {{frac|3|1|2}} stars out of 4, explaining he found it "pretty damn dazzling". He said, "The 3D intensifies ''Titanic''. You are there. Caught up like never before in an intimate epic that earns its place in the movie time capsule."<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Travers|first=Peter|title=Movie Reviews – Titanic 3D|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/reviews/titanic-3d-20120405|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|access-date=April 6, 2012|date=April 5, 2012|archive-date=February 14, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180214073515/https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/reviews/titanic-3d-20120405|url-status=live}}</ref> Writing for ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'', [[Owen Gleiberman]] gave the film an A grade. He wrote, "For once, the visuals in a 3-D movie don't look darkened or distracting. They look sensationally crisp and alive."<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Gleiberman|first=Owen|title=Titanic 3D Review|url=https://ew.com/article/2012/04/12/titanic-3d/|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|access-date=April 6, 2012|date=April 4, 2012|archive-date=April 14, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150414203210/http://www.ew.com/article/2012/04/12/titanic-3d|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Richard Corliss]] of ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'', who was very critical in 1997, remained in the same mood: "I had pretty much the same reaction: fitfully awed, mostly water-logged." In regards to the 3D effects, he noted the "careful conversion to 3D lends volume and impact to certain moments{{nbsp}}... [but] in separating the foreground and background of each scene, the converters have carved the visual field into discrete, not organic, levels."<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Corliss|first=Richard|title=Titanic, TIME and Me|url=https://entertainment.time.com/2012/04/04/titanic-time-and-me/|magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]|access-date=April 6, 2012|date=April 4, 2012|archive-date=January 2, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140102191147/http://entertainment.time.com/2012/04/04/titanic-time-and-me/|url-status=live}}</ref> Ann Hornaday for ''[[The Washington Post]]'' found herself asking "whether the film's twin values of humanism and spectacle are enhanced by Cameron's 3-D conversion, and the answer to that is: They aren't." She added that the "3-D conversion creates distance where there should be intimacy, not to mention odd moments in framing and composition."<ref>{{cite news|last=Hornaday|first=Ann|title='Titanic 3-D' review |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/goingoutguide/titanic-3d-movie-review/2012/04/05/gIQAfaezxS_story.html |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|access-date=April 6, 2012|date=April 4, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305202515/http://www.washingtonpost.com/gog/movies/titanic-3d,1208575.html|archive-date=March 5, 2016}}</ref>

The film grossed an estimated $4.7&nbsp;million on the first day of its re-release in North America (including midnight preview showings) and went on to make $17.3&nbsp;million over the weekend, finishing in third place behind ''[[The Hunger Games (film)|The Hunger Games]]'' and ''[[American Reunion]]''.<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Young|first=John|title='Titanic 3D' leaves port with $4.4&nbsp;million on Wednesday, so was the 3-D conversion worth it?|date=April 5, 2012|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|url=https://ew.com/article/2012/04/05/titanic-3d-box-office-opening/|access-date=April 8, 2012|archive-date=October 22, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151022092534/http://www.ew.com/article/2012/04/05/titanic-3d-box-office-opening|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=3412&p=.htm|title=Weekend Report: 'Hunger Games' Three-peats, Passes $300 Million Over Easter|first=Ray|last=Subers|date=April 8, 2012|website=[[Box Office Mojo]]|access-date=April 17, 2012|archive-date=April 19, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120419040021/http://boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=3412&p=.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> Outside North America it earned $35.2&nbsp;million, finishing second,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=3414&p=.htm|title=Around-the-World Roundup: 'Titanic 3D' Can't Stop 'Wrath'|first=Ray|last=Subers|date=April 10, 2012|website=[[Box Office Mojo]]|access-date=April 17, 2012|archive-date=April 14, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120414025947/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=3414&p=.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> and it improved on its performance the following weekend by topping the box office with $98.9&nbsp;million.<ref name="second_weekend">{{cite web|title=Around-the-World Roundup: 'Titanic 3D' Opens to Record-Setting $67 Million in China|url=https://boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=3421&p=.htm|access-date=April 15, 2012|website=[[Box Office Mojo]]|date=April 16, 2012|archive-date=April 19, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120419012124/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=3421&p=.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> China has proven to be its most successful territory, where it earned $11.6&nbsp;million on its opening day,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=3416&p=.htm|title='Titanic 3D' Has Huge Opening Day in China|first=Ray|last=Subers|date=April 10, 2012|website=[[Box Office Mojo]]|access-date=April 17, 2012|archive-date=April 14, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120414025953/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=3416&p=.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> going on to earn a record-breaking $67&nbsp;million in its opening week and taking more money in the process than it did in the entirety of its original theatrical run.<ref name="second_weekend" />

The reissue earned $343.4&nbsp;million worldwide, with $145&nbsp;million coming from China and $57.8&nbsp;million from Canada and the United States.<ref>{{cite web |title=Titanic 3D (2012) – International Box Office results |website=[[Box Office Mojo]] |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=intl&id=titanic3d.htm |access-date=May 23, 2012 |archive-date=November 9, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141109084054/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=intl&id=titanic3d.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> With a worldwide box office of nearly $350&nbsp;million, the 3D re-release of ''Titanic'' remains the highest grossing re-released film of all time, ahead of ''[[The Lion King]]'', ''[[Star Wars (film)|Star Wars]]'', and ''Avatar''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/releasegroup/gr4211823109/|title=Titanic 2012 3D Release|website=Box Office Mojo|access-date=April 16, 2020|archive-date=April 11, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200411132731/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/releasegroup/gr4211823109/|url-status=live}}</ref>

The 3D conversion of the film was also released in the [[4DX]] format in selected international territories, which allows the audience to experience the film's environment using motion, wind, fog, lighting, and scent-based special effects.<ref>{{cite news|last=Gilchrist|first=Todd|title='Titanic' Fans Get to Go Down with the Ship in '4DX' – The Hollywood Reporter|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/titanic-3d-4dx-hunger-games-james-cameron-308391|access-date=October 28, 2013|newspaper=The Hollywood Reporter|date=April 4, 2012|archive-date=August 2, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200802090101/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/titanic-3d-4dx-hunger-games-james-cameron-308391|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Keegan|first=Rebecca|title='Titanic 4DX': Foreign audiences to smell, feel ship's sinking.|url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/movies/2012/04/titanic-4dx-foreign-audiences-to-experience-sinking-in-five-senses.html|access-date=October 28, 2013|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|date=April 4, 2012|archive-date=January 19, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140119075408/http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/movies/2012/04/titanic-4dx-foreign-audiences-to-experience-sinking-in-five-senses.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite press release|title=TITANIC to be Re-released in 4DX™|url=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/titanic-to-be-re-released-in-4dx-145899195.html|access-date=October 28, 2013|agency=PR Newswire|date=April 3, 2012|archive-date=October 29, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029195706/http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/titanic-to-be-re-released-in-4dx-145899195.html|url-status=live}}</ref>