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Will people ever get sick and tired of revisiting James Cameron’s Titanic? Based on the most recent evidence, the answer is a resounding no.

It boggles the mind to think people within the industry were writing the romantic epic off as – ironically – a disaster waiting to happen in the build-up to its initial release. The most expensive production in history at the time, the knives were out and being sharpened ahead of cinema’s first $200million movie.

Of course, Cameron has made a habit of being predicted for failure only to do the exact opposite, and there’s a good reason why he’s always projected such self-confidence. After all, this is the guy who directed three of the four highest-grossing films ever made, and on each occasion, he’s brushed off concerns that audience interest isn’t going to be there.

Not only was Titanic a cultural phenomenon first time around – shattering countless box office benchmarks on its way to breaking the billion-dollar box office barrier for the first time – but it continued that momentum right through to awards season and beyond.

Winning 11 Academy Awards from 14 nominations including ‘Best Picture’ and ‘Best Director’, it’s been ingrained in the cultural consciousness ever since. Did Titanic disappear from the public eye after its theatrical run? No it did not, with the film continuing to prove itself as popular as ever.

A 3D conversion, a 20th-anniversary re-release, and another re-release to coincide with its 25th anniversary may come across as overkill, but people flocked to Titanic every time. In fact, those subsequent runs have added another $400million in ticket sales to the coffers, and even on streaming folks can’t seem to get enough.

Not for the first time – and almost certainly not for the last – Titanic is one of the most-watched movies available to Netflix subscribers around the world, where it currently ranks as the sixth top-viewed title globally after amassing 5.4million views in the last week.

It doesn’t matter how many times anyone has seen Titanic, they can’t seem to resist the urge to immerse themselves in its three-hour love story all over again. There are very few films in history to have exuded that kind of staying power, and when it inevitably returns to the big screen once again to coincide with its 30th anniversary in 2027, then it would be foolish to bet against it doing the exact same thing once more.