‘Titanic’ to return to theaters February 10 for 25th anniversary screenings

Yahoo Finance Live's Dave Briggs and Seana Smith react to James Cameron's "Titanic" re-entering theaters for its 25th anniversary screenings.

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DAVE BRIGGS: Paramount out with some big news ahead of Valentine's Day. The streamer announcing James Cameron's 199-- nice little cameo there.

SEANA SMITH: I walked right behind you, yep.

DAVE BRIGGS: That's a nice cameo. The 1997 film "Titanic" coming back to a theater near you. That's in celebration of the movie's 25th anniversary. A remastered version will be screened in 3D and 4K starting February 10, Valentine's Day weekend. The film stars Leonardo DiCaprio, of course, and Kate Winslet as lovers, Jack and Rose, aboard the Titanic. The film won 11 Academy Awards. It was number one for, what, 15 weeks and was the highest selling film of all time before James Cameron's other film, "Avatar," broke that record. Are you going to see it when it's rereleased?

SEANA SMITH: I don't know if I will go and see it, just because it's over three hours. I did go see it when it was released for the first time back in '98, and I loved seeing it in theaters. The 3D aspect, I think, would be very interesting, would be very cool. It would be a little bit too real, I think, for me in some of the scenes to be seeing that play out in 3D.

But I think this is also an example of the box office doing all it can to attract people back into theaters. Releasing big hits isn't anything new, but I think it's critical at a time like this when some of these movie theaters are trying to do all they can to win back some people that haven't returned to the movies since the pandemic. So if you get some of those people back in the theaters, they're going to be buying drinks, they're going to be spending money on food, it could be a win here all around. Are you going to go see it?

DAVE BRIGGS: I love this movie. Obviously--

SEANA SMITH: I-- me, too.

DAVE BRIGGS: --that doesn't surprise you. Probably not. I don't think this is a movie that gets me back to the theaters. Amazing to see Leonardo DiCaprio there. He's 48 years old, but when I look out for the rest of the year, I think, what am I excited to see? I mean, there's an "Ant-Man" coming. There's a Super Mario movie for the kids. I don't know. I think this is why I'm bearish about movie theaters. The Barbie movie-- what's that? July, August?

SEANA SMITH: A few months away.

DAVE BRIGGS: The Barbie movie.

SEANA SMITH: That's going to be it for you?

DAVE BRIGGS: That's it!

SEANA SMITH: That's going to be the one that we've been waiting for.

DAVE BRIGGS: That's it.