2003 in film
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The year 2003 in film involved some significant events. Releases of sequels took place with movies like 2 Fast 2 Furious, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle, The Matrix Reloaded, The Matrix Revolutions, Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, Freddy vs Jason, X2: X-Men United, Bad Boys II and Final Destination 2.
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Events
- February 24 - The Pianist, directed by Roman Polanski, wins 7 Cesar Awards: Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Sound, Best Production Design, Best Music and Best Cinematography.
- November 17: Arnold Schwarzenegger sworn in as Governor of California.
- December 22: Both of the movies from the Matrix trilogy released in 2003 were shut out of visual effects Oscar consideration by the Visual Effects Award Nominating Committee.
- December 31 The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences mails nomination ballots in which it qualifies 254 films released in 2003 as eligible for Oscar consideration.
Top grossing films
Please note that these are the top grossing films that were first released in 2003; because they may have made most of their income in a later year, they may not be the top-grossing films for calendar year 2003.
Movies reaching blockbuster motion picture status were led by New Line's The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, which topped $1 billion in box office receipts worldwide. Other major films included Disney's Finding Nemo. These are the worldwide top 10 grossing films as of June 3, 2004:
| 2003 Rank | Title | Studio | Worldwide Gross | U.S/Canada Gross | U.K. Gross | Australia Gross |
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| 1. | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | New Line | $1,118,888,979 | $377,027,325 | £60,666,284 | $49,161,709 |
| 2. | Finding Nemo | Disney/Pixar | $864,625,978 | $339,714,978 | £37,360,000 | $36,915,521 |
| 3. | The Matrix Reloaded | Warner Bros. | $738,599,701 | $281,576,461 | £33,420,000 | $33,217,632 |
| 4. | Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl | Disney | $653,913,918 | $305,413,918 | £28,170,000 | $24,918,905 |
| 5. | Bruce Almighty | Universal | $484,572,835 | $242,829,261 | £23,640,000 | $20,397,703 |
| 6. | The Last Samurai | Warner Bros. | $456,758,981 | $111,127,263 | £11,688,667 | $12,409,243 |
| 7. | Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines | Warner Bros. | $433,371,112 | $150,371,112 | £18,789,175 | $18,940,017 |
| 8. | The Matrix Revolutions | Warner Bros. | $424,988,211 | $139,313,948 | £17,754,338 | $17,927,972 |
| 9. | X2: X-Men United | 20th Century Fox | $407,557,613 | $214,949,694 | £20,500,928 | $16,292,706 |
| 10. | Bad Boys II | Columbia | $273,339,556 | $138,608,444 | £8,575,654 | $10,519,208 |
Worldwide, 52 films grossed more than $100 million, achieving blockbuster status, of those, 21 films grossed more than $200 million, nine films grossed more than $400 million, four films more than $600 million, three films more than $700 million, two films more than $800 million and one film, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King passed $1.1 billion, becoming the second-highest grossing film in history.
Nine films grossed more than $400 million, reaching international blockbuster motion picture status. This is record is broken in 2007, eleven films grossed more than $400 million, reaching international blockbuster motion picture status.
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For a complete list of 2003's top-grossing films, follow this link: Boxofficemojo-2003.
Awards
- Best Picture: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
- Award for Directing: Peter Jackson - The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
- Best Actor: Sean Penn - Mystic River
- Best Actress: Charlize Theron - Monster
- Best Supporting Actor: Tim Robbins - Mystic River
- Best Supporting Actress: Renée Zellweger - Cold Mountain
- Best Foreign Language Film: Les Invasions barbares (The Barbarian Invasions), directed by Denys Arcand, Canada
- Best Animated Feature: Finding Nemo, directed by Andrew Stanton, United States
- Drama:
- Best Picture: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
- Best Actor: Sean Penn - Mystic River
- Best Actress: Charlize Theron - Monster
- Musical or comedy:
- Best Picture: Lost in Translation
- Best Actor: Bill Murray - Lost in Translation
- Best Actress: Diane Keaton - Something's Gotta Give
- Other
- Best Director: Peter Jackson - The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
- Best Foreign Language Film: Osama, Afghanistan / Netherlands / Japan / Ireland / Iran
- Best Picture: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
- Best Actor: Bill Murray - Lost in Translation
- Best Actress: Scarlett Johansson - Lost in Translation
Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival):
- Elephant, directed by Gus Van Sant, United States
Golden Lion (Venice Film Festival):
- Vozvrashcheniye (The Return), directed by Andrey Zvyagintsev, Russia
Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):
- In This World, directed by Michael Winterbottom, United Kingdom
Films released in 2003
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- 1 Night in Paris
- 2 Fast 2 Furious
- 21 Grams, starring Sean Penn and Benicio del Toro
- 44 Minutes, starring Michael Madsen
A
- Acacia
- Agent Cody Banks
- Alex and Emma
- Alien (re-release, was originally released in 1979)
- Alien Hunter
- All the Real Girls
- American Splendor
- American Wedding
- Anger Management
- Anything Else
B
- Bad Boys II
- Bad Santa
- Basic
- Beauty and the Beast
- The Best of Youth (La Meglio gioventù)
- Beyond Borders
- Beyond Re-Animator
- Big Fish
- Biker Boyz
- Blizzard
- Blueprint
- Bon Voyage
- Bright Young Things
- Bringing Down the House
- Brother Bear
- Bruce Almighty
- The Brown Bunny
- Bulletproof Monk
C
- Cabin Fever
- Calendar Girls, starring Helen Mirren and Julie Walters
- Carolina
- The Cat in the Hat
- Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle
- Cheaper by the Dozen
- Code 46
- Coffee and Cigarettes
- Cold Creek Manor
- Cold Mountain
- The Company, starring Neve Campbell
- Confidence
- The Cooler, starring William H. Macy and Alec Baldwin
- The Core
- The Corporation
- Cradle 2 the Grave
- The Cunning Little Vixen, animated version of Leoš Janáček's opera by BBC -(film only mentioned in article)
D
- Daddy Day Care
- Daredevil
- Darkness Falls
- Deliver Us from Eva
- Devil's Pond
- Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star
- Le Divorce
- Dogville
- Down with Love
- Dreamcatcher
- The Dreamers
- Dumb & Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd
- Duplex
- DysFunKtional Family
E
F
- Facing Windows - Golden Space Needle award (for 2004)
- Faster
- Festival Express
- The Fighting Temptations
- Final Destination 2
- Finding Nemo - Academy Award for Best Animated Feature
- Flywheel
- Foolproof, starring Ryan Reynolds and Kristin Booth
- Freaky Friday
- Freddy vs. Jason
- From Justin to Kelly
G
- Gang of Roses
- Garden of Heaven
- Gigli
- Girl with a Pearl Earring, starring Scarlett Johansson and Colin Firth
- Gods and Generals
- Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S.
- Going Greek
- Going for Broke
- Good Boy!
- Good Bye Lenin!, a German comedy, released internationally
- The Gospel of John, starring Henry Ian Cusick
- Gothika
- Grand Theft Parsons, starring Johnny Knoxville and Christina Applegate
- Grind
- A Guy Thing
H
- The Haunted Mansion
- Haute Tension (High Tension)
- Head of State
- Highwaymen
- Holes
- Hollywood Homicide
- Home Alone 4
- Honey
- House of 1000 Corpses
- House of Sand and Fog, starring Jennifer Connelly and Ben Kingsley
- House of the Dead
- How to Deal
- How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
- The Hulk
- The Human Stain, starring Anthony Hopkins and Nicole Kidman
- The Hunted
I
- I Am David
- I Capture the Castle
- I'm Not Scared
- Identity
- Imagining Argentina
- In the Cut, starring Meg Ryan and Mark Ruffalo
- The In-Laws (remake)
- Indigo
- Intermission
- Intolerable Cruelty
- Invisible Children of Love
- Les Invasions barbares (Barbarian Invasions) - Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
- It Runs in the Family
- The Italian Job
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K
- Kaena: The Prophecy
- Kal Ho Naa Ho
- Kangaroo Jack
- Kart Racer
- Kill Bill Vol. 1
- Kitchen Stories
- Koi... Mil Gaya
- Kontroll (Control)
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- Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life
- The Last Samurai
- The Last Supper
- The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
- Legally Blonde 2: Red, White and Blonde
- The Life of David Gale
- The Lizzie McGuire Movie
- Looney Tunes: Back in Action
- The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, directed by Peter Jackson - Academy, Golden Globe and BAFTA Awards for Best Picture
- Lost in Translation, starring Bill Murray and Scarlett Johansson - Golden Globe Award for Best Picture (Musical or Comedy)
- Love Actually
- Love Don't Cost a Thing
- Love Me If You Dare (Jeux d'enfants)
- Luther, starring Joseph Fiennes
M
- Malibu's Most Wanted
- A Man Apart
- Manhood
- Marci X
- Masked and Anonymous
- Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
- Matchstick Men
- The Matrix Reloaded
- The Matrix Revolutions
- The Medallion
- A Mighty Wind
- The Missing
- Mona Lisa Smile
- Monsieur Ibrahim
- Monster, starring Charlize Theron and Christina Ricci
- Monster Man
- The Mother
- My Boss's Daughter
- My Life Without Me, starring Sarah Polley
- Mystic River
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- National Lampoon's Gold Diggers
- National Lampoon Presents Dorm Daze
- National Security
- Natural City
- Ned Kelly
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- Octane
- Okkadu, directed by Gunasekhar (Tollywood film)
- Oldboy
- Old School
- Once Upon a Time in Mexico
- Ong-Bak: Muay Thai Warrior
- Open Range
- Open Water (film)
- The Order
- Osama - Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film
- Otets i syn (Father and Son)
- Out of Time
P
- Paycheck
- Party Monster
- Peter Pan
- Pieces of April
- Piglet's Big Movie
- Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
- Pokemon Heroes
- Prey for Rock & Roll
R
- Radio
- The Real Cancun
- The Reckoning
- The Recruit
- Remember Me, My Love (Ricordati di me)
- Reversal of Fortune
- Rugrats Go Wild!
- Runaway Jury
- The Rundown
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- Scary Movie 3
- Scent of Love
- School of Rock
- Schultze Gets the Blues
- Seabiscuit
- Secondhand Lions
- Shanghai Knights
- Shattered Glass, starring Hayden Christensen
- Simhadri, directed by S.S. Rajamouli (Tollywood film)
- Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas
- Singles
- The Snow Walker
- Soldados de Salamina - Spanish film
- Something's Gotta Give
- Song for a Raggy Boy
- Southlander, by Steven Hanft and Ross Harris; cast includes Rory Cochrane, Beck, and Beth Orton
- Spy Kids 3D: Game Over -(redirects to Spy Kids)
- The Station Agent, starring Peter Dinklage
- The Statement, starring Michael Caine
- The Story of the Weeping Camel
- Stuck on You
- S.W.A.T.
- Swimming Pool
- Swing, directed by Martin Guigui
- Sylvia
T
- Tagore, directed by V.V. Vinayak (Tollywood film)
- Tears of the Sun
- Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines
- The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
- Thirteen (film)
- This Girl's Life
- A Thousand Clouds of Peace
- Till There Was You
- Timeline
- Tokyo Godfathers
- Touching the Void
- Les Triplettes de Belleville (The Triplets of Belleville)
- Tupac: Resurrection
- Twist
- Two Days
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V
- Veronica Guerin, starring Cate Blanchett
- View from the Top
- Vozvrashcheniye (The Return) - Golden Lion award
W
- Whale Rider, starring Keisha Castle-Hughes
- What a Girl Wants
- Willard
- Wonderful Days, Korean
- Wonderland, starring Val Kilmer
- Wrong Turn
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Y
- The Yes Men
- Yes, You Can Go Home (Eric Burdon concert film)
- Young Adam
- Young Black Stallion
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- Zatoichi (The Blind Swordsman)
- Zhou Yu's Train
Deaths
- January 4 : Conrad Hall, Hollywood : cinematographer, a two-time Academy Award-winner
- January 8 : Ron Goodwin, British : film music composer and conductor
- January 11 : Maurice Pialat, French movie director
- January 11 : Anthony Havelock-Allan, British screenwriter
- January 12 : Maurice Gibb, of the Bee Gees, singer, composer, actor
- January 13 : Norman Panama, screenwriter and director
- January 18 : Richard Crenna, actor
- January 23 : Nell Carter, singer, actress
- January 25 : Robert Rockwell, actor
- January 29 : Peter Shaw, producer; husband of actress Angela Lansbury
- February 9 : Vera Hruba Ralston, actress
- February 18 : Jack Brodsky, movie : producer and publicist
- February 22 : Daniel Taradash, former president of AMPAS; Oscar-winning screenwriter of "From Here to Eternity"
- February 25 : Alberto Sordi, Italian comedy film legend
- March 3 : Horst Buchholz, German actor
- March 8 : Karen Morley, actress
- March 8 : Adam Faith, British singer and actor
- March 9 : Stan Brakhage, filmmaker
- March 12 : Lynne Thigpen, actor
- March 15 Dame Thora Hird, veteran British actress
- March 24 : Philip Yordan, screenwriter; won Oscar for "Broken Lance"
- March 31 : Michael Jeter, actor
- April 1 : Leslie Cheung, actor and singer
- April 2 : Michael Wayne, film producer; eldest son of John Wayne
- April 12 : Sydney Lassick, actor, best known playing asylum resident Cheswick in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
- April 21 : Nina Simone, jazz singer, "High Priestess of Soul"
- April 26 : Peter Stone, Oscar-and-(3-time)Tony-winning writer
- April 27 : Elaine Steinbeck, actress
- May 3 : Suzy Parker, actress, model
- May 14 Dame Wendy Hiller, actress
- May 14 : Robert Stack, actor
- May 15 : June Carter Cash, American country singer, wife of Johnny Cash
- May 28 : Martha Scott, actress
- June 2 : Richard Cusack, 77, ad executive turned actor/screenwriter
- June 7 : Trevor Goddard, actor
- June 7 : Tony McAuley : BBC Northern Ireland broadcaster & film-maker associated with traditional Irish music and arts
- June 12 : Gregory Peck, actor
- June 15 : Hume Cronyn, actor
- June 29 : Katharine Hepburn, actress
- June 30 : Buddy Hackett, comic, actor
- July 1 : N!xau, Namibian actor
- July 6 : Buddy Ebsen, actor
- July 25 : John Schlesinger, director
- July 27 : Bob Hope, comedian, actor
- August 1 : Marie Trintignant, French actress and daughter of actor Jean-Louis Trintignant.
- August 2 : Don Estelle, actor
- August 9 : Gregory Hines, actor, dancer.
- August 30 : Charles Bronson, actor
- September 8 : Leni Riefenstahl, German filmmaker
- September 9 : Larry Hovis, actor, played Carter on "Hogan's Heroes"
- September 10 : Harry Goz, cartoon voice actor.
- September 11 : John Ritter, American actor, played Jack Tripper on Three's Company
- September 12 : Johnny Cash, American country singer, husband of June Carter Cash
- September 16 : Erich Hallhuber, Bavarian actor.
- September 22 : Gordon Jump, American actor.
- September 27 : Donald O'Connor, entertainer, actor
- September 28 : Elia Kazan, director
- October 2 : Gunther Philipp, Austrian actor
- October 3 : William Steig, American : cartoonist and children's author; creator of Shrek
- October 5 : Denis Quilley, British actor
- October 20 : Jack Elam, American actor, 84 years
- October 21 : Fred Berry, American actor,
- October 23 : Tony Capstick, British actor, comedian, musician and broadcaster
- November 4 : Ken Gampu, South African actor
- November 6 : Eduardo Palomo, Mexican actor (41 years)
- November 9 : Art Carney, The Honeymooners actor (85 years)
- November 11 : Robert Brown, actor, played M in the James Bond series
- November 12 : Jonathan Brandis, actor, reportedly suicide (27 years)
- November 12 : Penny Singleton, actress (95 years)
- November 13 : Kellie Waymire, actress (35 years)
- November 14 : Gene Anthony Ray, actor and dancer
- November 15 : Dorothy Loudon, actress
- November 18 : Michael Kamen, composer
- November 20 : Kerem Yilmazer, Turkish actor (58 years)
- November 20 : Robert Addie, British actor (43 years)
- November 27 : Will Quadflieg, German actor
- December 3 : David Hemmings, actor
- December 12 : Keiko, orca of Reino Aventura and Free Willy fame (27 years)
- December 14 : Jeanne Crain, Oscar-nominated actress (78 years)
- December 17 : Ed Devereaux, Australian actor
- December 19 : Hope Lange, actress in Peyton Place
- December 19 : Les Tremayne, actor
- December 27 Sir Alan Bates, British actor
- December 30 : Anita Mui, 40, Hong Kong actress
- December 30 : John Gregory Dunne, 71, screenwriter
Wide-release movies
(Movies released in at least 600 North American theatres), ‡ Films that achieved wide-release status after initial release.