Tuesday, May 18, 2010

Question - 491

Explain.

Answer: George Lucas took out this ad to congratulate James Cameroon on Titanic overtaking Star Wars as the all-time highest grossing film. There are similar ads taken out by the respective directors when Star Wars beat Jaws and again when E.T beat Star Wars and so on. AJ says this is a tradition in hollywood. For these other ads, see here. Karthik, Arvind, Prachi, Anand, Raghu, Iam, Ramji, Manix, Jaggi, Mainak, AJ, v. chandrashekar, Hari, hotmanoj (kind of ), Kamal Rathi, anon and prasanna got it. Well done.

18 comments:

Unknown said...

The drawing George Lucas sent James Cameron when Titanic beat Star Wars as the highest grossing movie of all time

Arvind said...

when the titanic overtook star wars as the all time box office grosser, george lucas took out this ad to congratulate james cameron

Prachi said...

Lucas sent this to Cameron, when Titanic dethroned Star Wars at the box-office

Anand said...

George Lucas' ad after Titanic became the highest grossing film beating Star Wars

Raghu said...

Titanic beats Star Wars as the highest grossing film of all time.

Iam said...

Titanic makes more money than Star Wars? (Or in Desi terms runs longer?)

Unknown said...

An ad by George Lucas to congratulate Jim Cameron when Titanic overtook Star Wars as the highest grossing film.

Anonymous said...

Cartoon commemorates Titanic sinking Star Wars as the all-time top grossing movie?

rajeev said...

from george to jim, with love.

Jaggi said...

Titanic tops Star Wars box office record.

Mainak said...

Star wars overtaking Titanic for the highest gross revenue for a film in the box office?

AJ said...

When Titanic topped Star Wars (SAD SAD day on planet earth) as the #1 box office movie of all time, George Lucas bought this full-page ad in Variety, in which the Star Wars crew jumps out of the sinking ship and into the ocean of second place. Apparently, it is a Hollywood tradition for directors who have their #1 records smashed to take out full page ads congratulating the new record-holders.

Anonymous said...

titanic overtook starwars--as no 1 at box office--george lucas sent this poster to james cameron




------------------v.chandrashekar

Hari said...

The ad taken out by Lucas to congratulate Cameron

Unknown said...

Some comparison between Star Wars and Titanic?

Kamal Rathi said...

In 1998, Titanic topped Star Wars as the #1 box office movie of all time. In congratulations, George Lucas bought this full-page ad in Variety, in which the Star Wars crew jumps out of the sinking ship and into the ocean of second place.

Anonymous said...

Star Wars taking over Titanic at the top of the box office

gfgfdgdfgdfg said...

its steven speilbergeg and goerge luscas tribute to Titanic maker James cameroon on being the most grossing movie