Box Office Gross: 946 million yuan It might be the second-highest grossing movie of all-time worldwide, but in China James Cameron's tragic love story set on the infamous doomed ship of the title sails in at a mere 10th place. But don't let its position at the end of this list downplay Titanic's status in China; whilst in Western countries audiences have since turned against Cameron's film in their masses, writing it off as a notable cheesy and schmaltzy affair, in China they absolutely freakin' love it. Seriously: Titanic has a huge cultural following in China, and is reportedly the favourite movie of, like, every female currently in their mid-to-late 20s. Even the men love it, though. When the movie was re-released in 3D back in 2012, Chinese audiences lapped it up all over again in their millions; a third of the picture's entire re-release gross came straight from China. Not at all surprisingly, the Chinese also love to sing "My Heart Will Go On" at karaoke. Um...
Sam Hill is an ardent cinephile and has been writing about film professionally since 2008. He harbours a particular fondness for western and sci-fi movies.
