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(This page compares the widescreen tape to a full-screen tape, both from Paramount Home Video.)
Movies like Titanic makes the whole issue of letterboxing becomes complicated. Titanic was shot in a format known as Super-35, which results in a very large image area. Super-35 movies are shot in such a way that they can be framed either widescreen or full screen, with some information being unique to each version. Look at the screen caps above. Notice that in the widescreen version you can see the diner over Rose's sholder. But in the full-screen version you can see more of Rose's dress at the bottom of the screen.
Basically, compared to widescreen version, the full-screen version gains a sliver at the top of the screen and quite a chunk at the bottom. Meanwhile, the widescreen version has much more information at the sides of the screen.
Another example of how the people scenes in Titanic are framed in the two different versions.
Don't fear. You get pretty much the same amount of naked Kate Winslet in both versions.
In the CGI scenes, Titanic is just like any other movie when it comes to letterboxing. You get a lot more on the sides in the widescreen versions than in the full-screen ones. That's apparently because special effects houses don't output in Super-35.
Another specaial effects shot. The full-screen version has a sliver more image at the top and the bottom, but loses a lot on the sides.
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