There is a high-octane action sequence where Jack and Lovejoy (Cal’s valet) have a fistfight in the flooding First Class dining room. This explains why Lovejoy is bleeding from the head later in the film when the ship splits. Cameron cut it because he felt it was too "action-movie" for a romantic tragedy.

Cameron screened this for test audiences. They were devastated . He already had an R-rating scare; this scene would have guaranteed it. He said, "It was too much. One child death is a movie. This was a nightmare."

Reviewers and fans often cite these scenes as the most significant losses from the final film:

: There is an alternate ending where Jack and Rose both die, but the scene was deemed too depressing and was not included in the final cut.