How much has Titanic made at the worldwide box office?

How to get close to this number

Anchor just below the record. This site's companion question puts the all-time leader just under three billion, and this film held that record for over a decade before being beaten. A former record holder sits close below the current one, which brackets the answer tightly.

The re-release contribution matters here as it does for the current leader: the total covers the original run plus later returns to cinemas. Cumulative box office figures for older films keep growing, which means historical rankings shuffle without any new film being made.

The detail that makes this pair of questions satisfying is that the same director holds both positions. One filmmaker set the record, held it for twelve years, and then beat himself — which is a coincidence of authorship that has no parallel in the top of any other cumulative ranking on this site.