Only one other film has topped the magic 2 billion-dollar mark, which was also Cameron’s – the 2009 hit Avatar, which earned 2.8 billion dollars worldwide.

The ‘Titanic’ reissue took in about 100 million dollars this weekend – 11.6 million dollars domestically and a whopping 88.2 million dollars in 69 overseas markets. That included a 58 million-dollar debut in China and put the re-release total worldwide at 190.8 million dollars, the Telegraph reported.