https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_films_about_the_RMS_Titanic https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_films_about_the_RMS_Ti... You give a director a big bud

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_films_about_the_RMS_Titanic https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_films_about_the_RMS_Ti... You give a director a big budget from their past successes, not necessarily because the underlying thing is somehow easier or harder to make money off of due to copyright. That's icing, not cake.