When Titanic Landmark Box Office Success Helped Leonardo DiCaprio Walk Away With $40 Million Salary After Taking A Pay Cut Initially(Pic Credit: Poster, Wikipedia)

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Many wouldn’t know but most believed Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet starrer Titanic would be a sunken ship upon release. The film exceeded its budget by a huge mark and witnessed a lot of delays in its release. It was all due to director and scriptwriter James Cameron. But it was also his brainchild that delivered the visual spectacle and delivered the highest-grossing movie for as long as 12 years.

In our previous Box Office Rewind stories, we have informed you about how Titanic earned a massive $2.20 billion at the worldwide box office. It remained the highest-grossing film of all time for years before Avatar dethroned it with its lifetime collections of $2.92 billion.

While everybody is aware of the massive collections Titanic earned, does anyone know how much its lead actors got paid for their roles? In today’s Box Office Rewind, we’re going to discuss about how Leonardo DiCaprio initially had to take a paycut but it only worked in his favour.

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