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1 Highest-grossing films  





2 Events  



2.1  Award ceremonies  







3 Awards  





4 2003 films  



4.1  By country/region  





4.2  By genre/medium  







5 Births  





6 Deaths  





7 Film debuts  





8 References  





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    2003 in film is an overview of events, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies, festivals, a list of country- and genre- specific lists of films released, notable deaths and film debuts.

    Highest-grossing films[edit]

    The top 10 films released in 2003 by worldwide gross are as follows:[1]

    Highest-grossing films of 2003
    Rank Title Distributor Worldwide gross
    1 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King New Line $1,140,682,011
    2 Finding Nemo Buena Vista $871,014,978[2]
    3 The Matrix Reloaded Warner Bros. $739,412,035
    4 Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl Buena Vista $654,264,015
    5 Bruce Almighty Universal / Buena Vista $484,592,874
    6 The Last Samurai Warner Bros. $454,627,263
    7 Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines Warner Bros. / Sony Pictures / Columbia $433,371,112
    8 The Matrix Revolutions Warner Bros. $427,343,298
    9 X2 20th Century Fox $407,711,549
    10 Bad Boys II Sony Pictures / Columbia $273,339,556

    The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King grossed more than $1.14  billion, making it the highest-grossing film in 2003 worldwide and in North America and the second-highest-grossing film up to that time. It was also the second film to surpass the billion-dollar milestone after Titanic in 1997.

    Finding Nemo was the highest-grossing animated movie of all time until being overtaken by Shrek 2 in 2004.

    Events[edit]

    Award ceremonies[edit]

    Awards[edit]

    Category/Organization 9th Critics' Choice Awards
    January 10, 2004
    61st Golden Globe Awards
    January 25, 2004
    57th BAFTA Awards
    February 15, 2004
    Producers, Directors, Screen Actors, and Writers Guild Awards 76th Academy Awards
    February 29, 2004
    Drama Musical or Comedy
    Best Film The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Lost in Translation The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
    Best Director Peter Jackson
    The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
    Peter Weir
    Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
    Peter Jackson
    The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
    Best Actor Sean Penn
    Mystic River
    Bill Murray
    Lost in Translation
    Johnny Depp
    Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
    Sean Penn
    Mystic River
    Best Actress Charlize Theron
    Monster
    Diane Keaton
    Something's Gotta Give
    Scarlett Johansson
    Lost in Translation
    Charlize Theron
    Monster
    Best Supporting Actor Tim Robbins
    Mystic River
    Bill Nighy
    Love Actually
    Tim Robbins
    Mystic River
    Best Supporting Actress Renée Zellweger
    Cold Mountain
    Best Screenplay, Adapted Jim Sheridan, Kirsten Sheridan and Naomi Sheridan
    In America
    Sofia Coppola
    Lost in Translation
    Philippa Boyens, Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh
    The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
    Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini
    American Splendor
    Philippa Boyens, Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh
    The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
    Best Screenplay, Original Tom McCarthy
    The Station Agent
    Sofia Coppola
    Lost in Translation
    Best Animated Film Finding Nemo Finding Nemo
    Best Original Score The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
    Howard Shore
    Cold Mountain
    T-Bone Burnett and Gabriel Yared
    The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
    Howard Shore
    Best Original Song "A Mighty Wind"
    A Mighty Wind
    "Into the West"
    The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
    "Into the West"
    The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
    Best Foreign Language Film The Barbarian Invasions Osama In This World The Barbarian Invasions

    2003 films[edit]

    By country/region[edit]

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    Births[edit]

    Deaths[edit]

    Month Date Name Age Country Profession Notable films
    January 1 Royce D. Applegate 63 US Actor
  • Seabiscuit
  • 1 Cyril Shaps 79 UK Actor
  • Erik the Viking
  • 4 Conrad Hall 72 French Polynesia Cinematographer
  • Cool Hand Luke
  • 5 Massimo Girotti 84 Italy Actor
  • Last Tango in Paris
  • 8 Ron Goodwin 77 UK Composer
  • Frenzy
  • 11 Anthony Havelock-Allan 98 UK Producer
  • Great Expectations
  • 11 Maurice Pialat 77 France Director, Screenwriter
  • Under the Sun of Satan
  • 11 Dick Simmons 89 US Stuntman, Actor
  • Sergeant York
  • 12 Maurice Gibb 53 Isle of Man Singer, Composer, Actor
  • Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
  • 13 Norman Panama 88 US Screenwriter, Director
  • The Court Jester
  • 14 Mel Bourne 79 US Production Designer
  • The Natural
  • 14 Paul Monash 85 US Screenwriter, Producer
  • The Front Page
  • 14 Donald O'Brien 72 Ireland Actor
  • Run, Man, Run
  • 17 Richard Crenna 76 US Actor
  • Body Heat
  • 20 David Battley 67 UK Actor
  • Krull
  • 20 Nedra Volz 94 US Actress
  • Earth Girls Are Easy
  • 21 John Grieve 78 UK Actor
  • The Thirty Nine Steps
  • 23 Nell Carter 54 US Actress
  • Bebe's Kids
  • 25 Cliff Norton 84 US Actor
  • Kiss Me, Stupid
  • 25 Leopoldo Trieste 85 Italy Actor, Screenwriter
  • Cinema Paradiso
  • 29 Anthony Eisley 78 US Actor
  • Star!
  • 30 Mary Ellis 105 US Singer, Actress
  • Fatal Lady
  • 31 William Marlowe 72 UK Actor
  • The Heroes of Telemark
  • February 3 Lana Clarkson 40 US Actress
  • Fast Times at Ridgemont High
  • 7 Stephen Whittaker 55 UK Actor, Director
  • The Keep
  • 9 Vera Hruba Ralston 82 Czech Republic Actress
  • Dakota
  • 13 Robert Ivers 68 US Actor, Voice Double
  • A Kiss Before Dying
  • 13 Stacy Keach Sr. 88 US Actor
  • Saturday the 14th
  • 18 Jack Brodsky 70 US Producer
  • Daddy Day Care
  • 22 Daniel Taradash 89 US Screenwriter
  • Hawaii
  • 24 Walter Scharf 92 US Composer, Orchestrator
  • Winchester '73
  • 24 Alberto Sordi 82 Italy Actor, Screenwriter, Director
  • I Vitelloni
  • March 3 Horst Buchholz 69 Germany Actor
  • Life is Beautiful
  • 8 Adam Faith 62 UK Actor, Singer
  • Stardust
  • 8 Karen Morley 93 US Actress
  • Scarface
  • 12 Lynne Thigpen 54 US Actress
  • Anger Management
  • 15 Thora Hird 91 UK Actress
  • The Quatermass Xperiment
  • 13 Christiane Schmidtmer 63 Germany Actress
  • The Big Doll House
  • 16 Lars Passgård 62 Sweden Actor
  • The Fuller Report
  • 18 Naomi Chance 73 UK Actress
  • The Gambler and the Lady
  • 19 Rick Zumwalt 51 US Actor
  • Over the Top
  • 24 Philip Yordan 88 US Screenwriter
  • El Cid
  • 27 Paul Zindel 66 US Screenwriter
  • Mame
  • 30 Michael Jeter 50 US Actor
  • Jurassic Park III
  • 31 Anne Gwynne 84 US Actress
  • Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome
  • April 1 Jean-Yves Escoffier 52 France Cinematographer
  • Nurse Betty
  • 2 Michael Wayne 68 US Producer
  • The Green Berets
  • 4 Anthony Caruso 86 US Actor
  • Sylvia
  • 7 David Greene 82 UK Director
  • Gray Lady Down
  • 8 Kathie Browne 72 US Actress
  • Cinderfella
  • 8 Bing Russell 76 US Actor
  • Ride a Violent Mile
  • 9 Vera Zorina 86 Germany Actress
  • Louisiana Purchase
  • 12 Sydney Lassick 80 US Actor
  • Carrie
  • 16 Graham Jarvis 72 Canada Actor
  • Silkwood
  • 22 Andrea King 82 US Actress
  • Dial 1119
  • 25 Jesse Nilsson 25 Canada Actor
  • Model Behavior
  • 26 Peter Stone 73 US Screenwriter
  • The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
  • 28 Ciccio Ingrassia 80 Italy Actor
  • Kaos
  • 30 Jim Connors 56 US Actor, Stuntman
  • Demolition Man
  • May 3 Suzy Parker 70 US Actress
  • The Best of Everything
  • 6 Jocelyn Herbert 86 UK Production Designer
  • The Hotel New Hampshire
  • 9 Carmen Filpi 80 US Actor
  • Beetlejuice
  • 9 Bernard Spear 83 UK Actor
  • The Man Who Cried
  • 14 Wendy Hiller 90 UK Actress
  • A Man for All Seasons
  • 14 Robert Stack 84 US Actor
  • Airplane!
  • 24 Rachel Kempson 92 UK Actress
  • Tom Jones
  • 28 Martha Scott 90 US Actress
  • The Ten Commandments
  • 28 Marc Zuber 59 India Actor
  • Navy SEALs
  • 30 Haskell Boggs 94 US Cinematographer
  • Teacher's Pet
  • June 2 Richard Cusack 77 US Actor
  • High Fidelity
  • 3 John Jympson 72 UK Film Editor
  • Little Shop of Horrors
  • 7 Trevor Goddard 40 UK Actor
  • Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
  • 11 William Marshall 78 US Actor
  • Twilight's Last Gleaming
  • 12 Gregory Peck 87 US Actor, Producer
  • Roman Holiday
  • 15 Hume Cronyn 90 Canada Actor
  • Cocoon
  • 15 Philip Stone 79 UK Actor
  • Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
  • 16 Carlos Rivas 78 US Actor
  • True Grit
  • 20 Fielder Cook 80 US Director
  • Prudence and the Pill
  • 21 George Axelrod 81 US Screenwriter
  • The Manchurian Candidate
  • 21 Leon Uris 78 US Screenwriter
  • Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
  • 24 Barbara Weeks 89 US Actress
  • The Violent Years
  • 27 David Newman 66 US Screenwriter
  • Superman
  • 29 Rod Amateau 79 US Director, Screenwriter
  • Where Does It Hurt?
  • 29 Katharine Hepburn 96 US Actress
  • On Golden Pond
  • 30 Buddy Hackett 78 US Actor
  • The Music Man
  • 30 Constance Smith 75 Ireland Actress
  • Treasure of the Golden Condor
  • July 6 Buddy Ebsen 95 US Actor, Dancer
  • Born to Dance
  • 7 Elisabeth Welch 99 US Actress
  • Revenge of the Pink Panther
  • 8 Marjorie Fowler 82 US Film Editor
  • Conquest of the Planet of the Apes
  • 9 Elliott Marks 61 US Still Photographer
  • Rocky
  • 21 Robert F. Blumofe 93 US Producer, Executive
  • Yours, Mine and Ours
  • 23 Sheila Bromley 91 US Actress
  • Women in the Wind
  • 25 John Schlesinger 77 UK Director
  • Marathon Man
  • 27 Karin Booth 87 US Actress
  • Juke Box Rhythm
  • 27 Bob Hope 100 US Actor
  • Road to Morocco
  • 30 Marian Carr 77 US Actress
  • Nightmare
  • 31 Frederick Coffin 60 US Actor
  • Hard to Kill
  • August 2 Don Estelle 70 UK Actor
  • A Private Function
  • 6 Larry Taylor 85 UK Actor, Stuntman
  • Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
  • 9 Gregory Hines 57 US Actor, Dancer
  • Running Scared
  • 10 Jacques Deray 74 France Director, Screenwriter
  • Three Men to Kill
  • 30 Charles Bronson 81 US Actor
  • Death Wish
  • September 1 Jack Smight 78 US Director
  • Airport 1975
  • 3 David King-Wood 89 Iran Actor
  • Private's Progress
  • 4 Ben Aris 66 UK Actor
  • If....
  • 6 Louise Platt 88 US Actress
  • Forgotten Girls
  • 8 Leni Riefenstahl 101 Germany Director
  • Tiefland
  • 11 John Ritter 54 US Actor
  • Problem Child
  • 12 Johnny Cash 71 US Singer, Actor
  • A Gunfight
  • 14 Jerry Fleck 55 US Production Manager
  • Beetlejuice
  • 16 Sheb Wooley 82 US Actor
  • The Outlaw Josey Wales
  • 20 Tom Busby 66 Canada Actor
  • The War Lover
  • 21 Pamela Gordon 66 US Actress
  • Poltergeist II: The Other Side
  • 22 Gordon Jump 71 US Actor
  • Making the Grade
  • 24 Lyle Bettger 88 US Actor
  • Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
  • 25 Herb Gardner 68 US Screenwriter
  • I'm Not Rappaport
  • 26 George Plimpton 76 US Actor
  • Reds
  • 27 Fay Helm 94 US Actress
  • Dangerous Intruder
  • 27 Donald O'Connor 78 US Actor, Dancer
  • There's No Business Like Show Business
  • 28 Elia Kazan 94 Turkey Director
  • On the Waterfront
  • October 1 Julie Parrish 62 US Actress
  • Fireball 500
  • 3 Florence Stanley 79 US Actress
  • Bulworth
  • 5 Denis Quilley 75 UK Actor
  • Murder on the Orient Express
  • 9 Ruth Hall 92 US Actress
  • Local Boy Makes Good
  • 10 Victoria Horne 91 US Actress
  • The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
  • 17 Janice Rule 72 US Actress
  • The Ambushers
  • 17 Bernard Schwartz 85 US Producer
  • St. Elmo's Fire
  • 18 David Lodge 82 UK Actor
  • The Return of the Pink Panther
  • 19 Guy Rolfe 91 UK Actor
  • The Fall of the Roman Empire
  • 20 Jack Elam 82 US Actor
  • Once Upon a Time in the West
  • 29 Steve Yaconelli 62 US Cinematographer
  • Blue Sky
  • November 8 Bob Grant 71 UK Actor
  • Mutiny on the Buses
  • 9 Fred J. Brown 68 US Sound Engineer
  • First Blood
  • 9 Art Carney 85 US Actor
  • The Late Show
  • 11 Robert Brown 82 UK Actor
  • Licence to Kill
  • 12 Jonathan Brandis 27 US Actor
  • Ladybugs
  • 12 Whitfield Cook 94 US Screenwriter
  • Strangers on a Train
  • 12 Kay E. Kuter 78 US Actor
  • The Last Starfighter
  • 12 Penny Singleton 95 US Actress
  • Jetsons: The Movie
  • 14 Gene Anthony Ray 41 US Actor
  • Austin Powers in Goldmember
  • 15 David Holt 76 US Actor
  • Battleground
  • 15 Dorothy Loudon 78 US Actress
  • Garbo Talks
  • 16 Albert Nozaki 91 Japan Art Director
  • The War of the Worlds
  • 18 Michael Kamen 55 US Composer
  • Mr. Holland's Opus
  • 20 Robert Addie 87 UK Actor
  • Another Country
  • 23 Patricia Burke 86 UK Actress
  • Forbidden
  • 24 Michael Small 64 US Composer
  • Marathon Man
  • 26 Gordon Reid 64 UK Actor
  • The Others
  • 27 Norman Burton 79 US Actor
  • The Towering Inferno
  • 28 Edmund Hartmann 92 US Screenwriter
  • The Caddy
  • 30 Earl Bellamy 86 US Director
  • Walking Tall Part 2
  • December 2 Suzanne Cloutier 80 Canada Actress, Producer
  • Doctor in the House
  • 3 Ellen Drew 88 US Actress
  • The Baron of Arizona
  • 3 David Hemmings 62 UK Actor
  • Gladiator
  • 7 Robert R. Benton 79 US Set Decorator
  • White Men Can't Jump
  • 10 Sean McClory 79 Ireland Actor
  • The Quiet Man
  • 14 Jeanne Crain 78 US Actress
  • Leave Her to Heaven
  • 16 Madlyn Rhue 68 US Actress
  • A Majority of One
  • 17 Alan Tilvern 85 UK Actor
  • Superman
  • 19 Hope Lange 72 US Actress
  • Peyton Place
  • 19 Les Tremayne 90 UK Actor
  • North by Northwest
  • 22 Rose Hill 89 UK Actress
  • House of Whipcord
  • 27 Alan Bates 69 UK Actor
  • The Fixer
  • 29 Earl Hindman 61 US Actor
  • Silverado
  • 29 Bob Monkhouse 75 UK Actor
  • Carry On Sergeant
  • 30 John Gregory Dunne 71 US Screenwriter
  • Up Close and Personal
  • 30 Anita Mui 40 Hong Kong Actress, Singer
  • Drunken Master II
  • 30 Patricia Roc 88 UK Actress
  • The Brothers
  • 31 Peter Donen 50 US Visual Effects Artist
  • The Bourne Identity
  • 31 Paula Raymond 79 US Actress
  • The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms
  • Film debuts[edit]

  • Jonathan BennettSeason of Youth
  • P.J. ByrneBruce Almighty
  • Rob CorddryOld School
  • Benedict CumberbatchTo Kill a King
  • Zac EfronMelinda's World
  • Matthew GoodeSouth from Granada
  • Teresa Hurtado de OryAstronauts
  • Josh HutchersonAmerican Splendor
  • Zoe KazanSwordswallowers and Thin Men
  • Anna KendrickCamp
  • George MacKayPeter Pan
  • Danny McBrideAll the Real Girls
  • Chris O'DowdConspiracy of Silence
  • Glen PowellSpy Kids 3-D: Game Over
  • Chris PrattThe Extreme Team
  • Nikki ReedThirteen
  • Rob RigglePushing Tom
  • Britt RobertsonThe Ghost Club
  • Verónica SánchezSouth from Granada
  • María ValverdeThe Weakness of the Bolshevik
  • Mike VogelGrind
  • Leigh WhannellThe Matrix Reloaded
  • Kristen WiigMelvin Goes to Dinner
  • References[edit]

    1. ^ "2003 Worldwide Box Office". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Retrieved March 7, 2020.
  • ^ "Finding Nemo (2003)". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on August 31, 2012.
  • External links[edit]


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