Fun Titanic Facts of the Day:

- The name of the character Caledon Hockley derives from two small towns (Caledon and Hockley) near Orangeville, Ontario, Canada, where James Cameron’s aunt and uncle live.

- James Cameron forfeited his $8 million director’s salary and his percentage of the gross when the studio became concerned at how much over budget the movie was running.

- The original release date was 25 July 1997. When Harrison Ford, whose upcoming film, Air Force One, was scheduled to be released the same day, found out, he demanded that Paramount push the release date to a different time. Paramount, who had distributed many successful films of Ford’s agreed, being worried that Ford would never do another film for them again. 

- The hands seen sketching Rose are not Leonardo DiCaprio’s, but director James Cameron’s. In post-production, Cameron, who is left-handed, mirror-imaged the sketching shots so the artist would be appear to be right-handed, like DiCaprio. 

- After finding out that she had to be naked in front of Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet decided to break the ice, and when they first met, she flashed him. 

- Titanic was the first film to be released on video (DVD/VHS) while it was still being shown in theaters. 

- Paramount had to send out replacement reels to theaters who had literally worn out their copies. 

- The piece of wooden paneling that Rose floated on after the sinking is based upon a genuine artifact that survived the sinking and is on display at the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, though it was scaled larger to provide sufficient buoyancy as a life-raft for Rose.

- In a 2012 interview on MTV News, shortly before the movie was re-released in 3D, Kate Winslet admitted that she strongly dislikes the song “My Heart Will Go On,” which was recorded by Céline Dion and prominently included in the film.

- The photos Old Rose has on her dresser all show things Jack said she would do with her life. Like riding a horse with both legs either side.