10 Insane Movie Facts Nobody Believes

Everybody knows that Titanic was one hell of an expensive movie - the most expensive at the time of its 1997 production in fact, costing an immense $200 million.

And to put it into full mind-melting perspective, Titanic's production budget was higher than the actual inflation-adjusted cost of the real Titanic vessel itself.

Construction of the 52,310-ton ship cost $7.5 million in 1912 dollars, which adjusted for 1997 dollars tops out at around $120 million, less than two-thirds of James Cameron's blockbuster epic.

While a movie production is a hugely multi-faceted enterprise requiring hundreds, even thousands of people working for years in concert, it's easy to assume that the physical manpower required to build what was at the time the world's largest ship would've made it far more pricey.

Things worked out considerably better for Cameron's film, of course, which despite considerable pre-release concerns over its success potential, went on to become the highest-grossing film ever made for over a decade.