Highest-grossing romance film at the global box office
- Who
- Titanic
- What
- 2,223,048,786 US dollar(s)
- Where
- Not Applicable
- When
- 02 May 2025
The highest-grossing romance movie at the global box office is Titanic (USA, 1997), which had taken $2,223,048,786 (£1.69 bn) as of 2 May 2025, according to The Numbers.
The emotional epic, directed by James Cameron, depicts an ill-fated affair between Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet.
It is one of three films, along with Ben-Hur (USA, 1959) and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (New Zealand/USA, 2003), to collect 11 Academy Awards – the most Oscars won by a movie.
Titanic’s theme track “My Heart Will Go On”, sang by Céline Dion, remained in the UK charts for 20 weeks, selling over a million copies. It reached No.1 both in the UK and the USA in 1998.