Titanic voted greatest ever movie blockbuster
www.ndtvmovies.com - 17th Mar 2008
Leonardo DiCaprio: Oscar-winner Titanic has been voted the greatest hit of all time in a poll of 6,000 movie fans.
Thesun.co.uk reported that the movie, that grossed a record 500 million pounds, beat out
Peter Jackson's 2005 remake of King Kong.
Directed by
James Cameron, Titanic stars
Leonardo DiCaprio and
Kate Winslet.
Jackson's Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring came in third followed by
George Lucas's Star Wars: Return of the Jedi. The top 10 list also includes Jurassic Park, Independence Day, Transformers", "Gladiator and Raiders of the Lost Ark.
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