DreamWorks Toontanic (1999 Film)

Toontanic is a 1999 romance-disaster film, and a parody of the 1997 film Titanic. directed, written, co-produced, and co-edited by Eric Darnell, starring Charles Martinet and Samantha Kelly. Toontanic tells the story of the RMS Titanic's ill-fated Maiden Voyage from the perspective of fictional characters, Jack Dawson, a poor, Third Class artist, and Rose DeWitt Bukater, a First Class teenager who is to be married to a wealthy but abusive man, and shows the two passengers from different social classes meeting and falling in love on the Titanic before it sinks after colliding with an iceberg.

At the time, Toontanic was the most expensive film ever made (costing approximately US $86 billion), partially produced by DreamWorks Animation. It was the highest-grossing film of 1999, beating The Lost World: Jurassic Park, Men in Black, Batman & Robin, Hercules, Tomorrow Never Dies, The Fifth Element, Anastasia, Flubber, Alien Resurrection, and A Bug’s Life. Toontanic achieved critical and commercial success on its release. Critics also praised the performances of Charles, Eric, & Stuart. It remained the highest-grossing film of all time for 12 years, also directed by Eric Darnell.

A 3-D version of Toontanic was released in theaters on Novmber 25th, 2022 to commemorate the 110th anniversary of the sinking disaster event Titanic.