2003 in film

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The year 2003 in film involved some significant events. Releases of sequels took place with movies like The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, 2 Fast 2 Furious, Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle, The Matrix Reloaded, The Matrix Revolutions, Pokémon Heroes, Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, Freddy vs. Jason, X2: X-Men United, Bad Boys II, Scary Movie 3, and Final Destination 2.

Highest-grossing films

Please note that following the tradition of the English-language film industry, these are the top-grossing films that were first released in the United States in 2003. The top ten films of 2003, by worldwide gross in United States dollars, as well as the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, and Australia grosses, are as follows:

Highest-grossing films of 2003^[1]
Rank	Title	Studio	Worldwide	United States and Canada	United Kingdom	Australia
1	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King	New Line	$1,119,110,941	$377,027,325	$106,643,712	$36,550,919
2	Finding Nemo	Disney/Pixar	$867,893,978	$339,714,978	$67,117,404	$26,820,431
3	The Matrix Reloaded	Warner Bros.	$742,128,461	$281,576,461	$53,880,216	$22,070,814
4	Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl	Disney	$654,264,015	$305,413,918	$47,531,328	$18,476,252
5	Bruce Almighty	Universal	$484,592,874	$242,829,261	$37,412,900	$13,558,467
6	The Last Samurai	Warner Bros.	$456,758,981	$111,127,263	$21,993,151	$9,617,283
7	Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines	Warner Bros.	$433,371,112	$150,371,112	$31,289,575	$12,352,558
8	The Matrix Revolutions	Warner Bros.	$427,343,298	$139,313,948	$31,020,318	$13,015,662
9	X2	Fox	$407,711,549	$214,949,694	$33,549,569	$10,654,741
10	Bad Boys II	Columbia	$273,339,556	$138,608,444	$14,920,239	$7,680,900

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King grossed more than $1.19 billion, making it the fourth-highest-grossing film in history.

Finding Nemo was the highest grossing animated movie of all time but it has since been overtaken and it is currently the 4th highest grossing animated film of all time and the 25th highest grossing film of all time (it was once the 9th highest grossing film).

The other film, The Matrix Reloaded is also in the list of the fifty highest-grossing films.

Events

February 24 - The Pianist, directed by Roman Polanski, wins 7 César 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.

Awards

Category/Organization	61st Golden Globe Awards January 25, 2004		57th BAFTA Awards February 15, 2004	76th Academy Awards February 29, 2004
Category/Organization	Drama	Musical or Comedy	57th BAFTA Awards February 15, 2004	76th Academy Awards February 29, 2004
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	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	Bill Murray Lost in Translation	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		Renée Zellweger Cold Mountain	Renée Zellweger Cold Mountain
Best Screenplay (Adapted)	Lost in Translation Sofia Coppola		The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Philippa Boyens, Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Philippa Boyens, Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh
Best Screenplay (Original)	Lost in Translation Sofia Coppola		The Station Agent Thomas McCarthy	Lost in Translation Sofia Coppola
Best 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 Foreign Language Film	Osama		In This World	The Barbarian Invasions (Les Invasions barbares)
Best Animated Film	—		—	Finding Nemo

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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Zatoichi (The Blind Swordsman)
Zhou Yu's Train

Notable deaths

Month	Date	Name	Age	Country	Profession	Notable films
January	1	Royce D. Applegate	63	USA	Actor	O Brother, Where Art Thou? • Seabiscuit • Rain Man • Splash • Gods and Generals • The Rookie • Under Siege 2: Dark Territory • Dr. Dolittle
	4	Conrad Hall	72	Tahiti	Cinematographer	American Beauty • Cool Hand Luke • Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid • Road to Perdition • Marathon Man • Sleepy Hollow • In Cold Blood
	8	Ron Goodwin	77	UK	Composer	Where Eagles Dare • Frenzy • Battle of Britain
	11	Anthony Havelock-Allan	98	UK	Producer	Romeo and Juliet • Great Expectations • Ryan's Daughter • Othello
	12	Maurice Gibb	53	Isle of Man	Singer, Composer, Actor	Saturday Night Fever • Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
	13	Norman Panama	88	USA	Screenwriter	White Christmas • The Court Jester • Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
	18	Richard Crenna	76	USA	Actor	First Blood • Summer Rental • Sabrina • Leviathan • Hot Shots! Part Deux • The Flamingo Kid
	20	David Battley	67	UK	Actor	Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory • Krull • The Waiter • The London Connection
	20	Nedra Volz	94	USA	Actress	10 • Earth Girls Are Easy • National Lampoon's Movie Madness
	23	Nell Carter	54	USA	Actress	The Grass Harp • Bébé's Kids • Modern Problems
February	3	Lana Clarkson	40	USA	Actress	Scarface • Fast Times at Ridgemont High • Barbarian Queen
	9	Vera Hruba Ralston	82	Czech Republic	Actress	The Fighting Kentuckian • Dakota • The Wild Blue Yonder • Jubilee Trail
	13	Stacy Keach, Sr.	88	USA	Actor	Pretty Woman • Saturday the 14th • The Parallax View • Armed and Dangerous • Brewster McCloud
	22	Daniel Taradash	89	USA	Screenwriter	From Here to Eternity • Hawaii • Castle Keep • Storm Center
	27	Fred Rogers	74	USA	Actor, Mr. Rogers	Casper
March	3	Horst Buchholz	69	Germany	Actor	The Magnificent Seven • Life is Beautiful • Aces: Iron Eagle III • One, Two, Three
	8	Adam Faith	62	UK	Actor, Singer	McVicar • Stardust
	12	Lynne Thigpen	54	USA	Actress	Anger Management • The Insider • Shaft • Tootsie • The Paper • Just Cause • Blankman • Bicentennial Man • Novocaine
	19	Rick Zumwalt	51	USA	Actor	Batman Returns • Over the Top • Father Hood • The Presidio
	24	Phillip Yordan	88	USA	Screenwriter	Broken Lance • El Cid • Johnny Guitar • Battle of the Bulge • Detective Story • Dillinger
	31	Michael Jeter	50	USA	Actor	The Green Mile • Jurassic Park III • Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas • Air Bud • Waterworld • Patch Adams • Tango & Cash • Open Range • MouseHunt • Drop Zone • The Fisher King • The Polar Express
April	2	Michael Wayne	68	USA	Producer	McLintock! • The Green Berets • Brannigan
	8	Bing Russell	76	USA	Actor	The Magnificent Seven • Tango & Cash • Brannigan • Dick Tracy • The Apple Dumpling Gang • Billy the Kid vs. Dracula
	12	Sydney Lassick	80	USA	Actor	One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest • Carrie • Cool as Ice • Man on the Moon • History of the World, Part I • Tom and Jerry: The Movie
	16	Graham Jarvis	72	USA	Actor	Misery • Silkwood • Mr. Mom
	25	Jesse Nilsson	25	Canada	Actor	The Skulls • Model Behaviour
	26	Peter Stone	73	USA	Screenwriter	Charade • The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
May	3	Suzy Parker	70	USA	Actress	Funny Face • The Best of Everything • The Interns
	9	Carmen Filpi	80	USA	Actor	Ed Wood • Beetlejuice • The Wedding Singer • Wayne's World • The Beverly Hillbillies • Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers
	14	Wendy Hiller	90	UK	Actress	The Elephant Man • A Man for All Seasons • Murder on the Orient Express • Pygmalion
	14	Robert Stack	84	USA	Actor	Written on the Wind • Airplane! • War Paint • The High and the Mighty • Is Paris Burning? • Bwana Devil • Beavis and Butthead Do America • House of Bamboo • Bullfighter and the Lady • The Gift of Love • Uncommon Valor • The Last Voyage • John Paul Jones • 1941 • Joe vs. The Volcano • The Tarnished Angels • A Date with Judy • Caddyshack II • Recess: School's Out • The Mortal Storm • The Caretakers • The Transformers: The Movie • Miss Tatlock's Millions • Dangerous Curves • Nice Girl? • BASEketball
	24	Rachel Kempson	92	UK	Actress	Out of Africa • Tom Jones • Georgy Girl
	28	Martha Scott	90	USA	Actress	Ben-Hur • The Ten Commandments • Airport 1975
June	2	Richard Cusack	77	USA	Actor	The Fugitive • High Fidelity • Eight Men Out • Chain Reaction • While You Were Sleeping • Return to Me
	7	Trevor Goddard	40	UK	Actor	Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl • Mortal Kombat • Deep Rising
	11	William Marshall	78	USA	Actor	Blacula • Maverick • Skullduggery • Curtain
	12	Gregory Peck	85	USA	Producer	To Kill a Mockingbird • Roman Holiday • The Omen • Cape Fear • The Guns of Navarone • Twelve O'Clock High • The Million Pound Note • How the West Was Won • Moby Dick • Pork Chop Hill • MacArthur
	15	Hume Cronyn	90	USA	Singer, Actor	The Seventh Cross • Cocoon • Shadow of a Doubt • Cleopatra • The Pelican Brief • Hamlet • The Postman Always Rings Twice • Marvin's Room
	15	Philip Stone	79	UK	Actor	The Shining • Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom • A Clockwork Orange • Flash Gordon • Barry Lyndon • Hitler: The Last Ten Days
	29	Katharine Hepburn	96	USA	Actress	The Lion in Winter • On Golden Pond • Bringing Up Baby • The Philadelphia Story • Guess Who's Coming to Dinner • The African Queen • Morning Glory • Summertime • The Rainmaker • Rooster Cogburn • Little Women • Adam's Rib • Love Affair • Song of Love • Desk Set • Suddenly, Last Summer • Pat and Mike
	30	Buddy Hackett	78	USA	Actor	It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World • The Little Mermaid • The Love Bug • Scrooged • The Music Man
July	1	N!xau	58	Namibia	Actor	The Gods Must Be Crazy
	6	Buddy Ebsen	95	USA	Actor	Breakfast at Tiffany's • The Beverly Hillbillies • Mail Order Bride
	25	John Schlesinger	77	UK	Director	Midnight Cowboy • Pacific Heights • Marathon Man • The Next Best Thing
	27	Bob Hope	100	USA	Actor	Road to Singapore • Road to Morocco • Road to Hong Kong • Road to Rio • Road to Zanzibar • Road to Utopia • Road to Bali • My Favorite Blonde • The Muppet Movie • I'll Take Sweden • Spies Like Us
	31	Frederick Coffin	60	USA	Actor	Wayne's World • Hard to Kill • Identity • Mother's Day
August	2	Don Estelle	70	UK	Actor	Santa Claus • A Private Function
	9	Gregory Hines	57	USA	Actor	The Cotton Club • Running Scared • Renaissance Man • The Preacher's Wife
	30	Charles Bronson	81	USA	Actor	The Great Escape • Death Wish • The Dirty Dozen • Once Upon a Time in the West • Murphy's Law • The Indian Runner • The White Buffalo
September	9	Larry Hovis	67	USA	Actor	Lone Star State of Mind
	11	John Ritter	54	USA	Actor	Sling Blade • Bad Santa • North • Clifford's Really Big Movie • It • Problem Child
	12	Johnny Cash	71	USA	Singer, Actor	Five Minutes to Live • The Hunted • A Gunfight
	16	Sheb Wooley	82	USA	Actor	Hoosiers • The Outlaw Josey Wales • High Noon • Silverado • Giant
	22	Gordon Jump	71	USA	Actor	Conquest of the Planet of the Apes • Making the Grade • The Fury
	26	George Plimpton	76	USA	Actor	Good Will Hunting • Reds • Nixon • EDtv • When We Were Kings • Just Cause • The Bonfire of the Vanities • Rio Lobo • Just Visiting
	27	Donald O'Connor	78	USA	Actor	Singin' in the Rain • Toys • That's Entertainment! • Tom Sawyer, Detective
	28	Elia Kazan	94	Turkey	Director	A Streetcar Named Desire • On the Waterfront • East of Eden • Splendor in the Grass • America, America • Viva Zapata! • Gentleman's Agreement
October	3	Florence Stanley	79	USA	Actress	Atlantis: The Lost Empire • Bulworth • Trapped in Paradise • The Odd Couple II • A Goofy Movie • The Brainiacs.com
	5	Denis Quilley	75	UK	Actor	King David • Mister Johnson
	20	Jack Elam	82	USA	Actor	The Cannonball Run • Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid • Rio Lobo • Support Your Local Sheriff! • The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again
November	9	Art Carney	85	USA	Actor	Harry and Tonto • Last Action Hero • Firestarter • Take This Job and Shove It • The Muppets Take Manhattan • The Yellow Rolls-Royce
	11	Robert Brown	82	UK	Actor	Octopussy • Licence to Kill • The Third Man • The Living Daylights • A View to a Kill • The Spy Who Loved Me
	12	Jonathan Brandis	27	USA	Actor	The Neverending Story II: The Next Chapter • Oliver & Company • Sidekicks • Ghost Dad • Fatal Attraction • Ride with the Devil
	12	Penny Singleton	95	USA	Actress, Voice of Jane Jetson	Blondie • Jetsons: The Movie • After the Thin Man
	14	Gene Anthony Ray	41	USA	Actor	Fame • Austin Powers in Goldmember • Eddie
	15	Dorothy Loudon	70	USA	Actress	Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil • Garbo Talks
	18	Michael Kamen	55	USA	Composer	Die Hard • Lethal Weapon • X-Men • Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves • Highlander • The Iron Giant • Road House • Don Juan DeMarco • Brazil • Hudson Hawk • Against the Ropes • The Three Musketeers • Event Horizon • The Last Boy Scout • 101 Dalmatians • First Daughter • Circle of Friends
	20	Robert Addie	87	USA	Director	Excalibur • Another Country
	27	Norman Burton	79	USA	Actor	Planet of the Apes • The Towering Inferno • Bloodsport • Diamonds Are Forever • The Gumball Rally
December	3	David Hemmings	62	USA	Actor	Gladiator • Gangs of New York • The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen • Spy Game • Camelot • Barbarella
	14	Jeanne Crain	78	USA	Actress	State Fair • Leave Her to Heaven • Pinky • A Letter to Three Wives • Guns of the Timberland
	17	Ed Devereaux	78	Australia	Actor	Skippy the Bush Kangaroo
	19	Hope Lange	72	USA	Actress	Blue Velvet • Peyton Place • Death Wish • A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy's Revenge • I Am the Cheese
	19	Les Tremayne	90	UK	Actor	The War of the Worlds • North by Northwest • The Fortune Cookie • Daffy Duck's Fantastic Island • Goldfinger
	27	Alan Bates	69	UK	Actor	Women in Love • Hamlet • Alexis Zorba • The Rose • The Mothman Prophecies • An Unmarried Woman • The Sum of All Fears • Gosford Park • The Statement
	30	John Gregory Dunne	71	USA	Screenwriter	A Star is Born • Up Close and Personal • True Confessions • The Panic in Needle Park
	31	Earl Hindman	61	USA	Actor	Three Men and a Baby • Silverado • Taps

Wide-release movies

Movies released in at least 600 North American theatres.

January - March

*‡ Films that achieved wide-release status after initial release*
Opening		Title	Studio	Cast & Crew
J A N U A R Y
	10	Just Married	20th Century Fox	Ashton Kutcher, Brittany Murphy
	17	A Guy Thing	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer	Jason Lee, Julia Stiles, Selma Blair
		Kangaroo Jack	Warner Bros.	Jerry O'Connell, Anthony Anderson, Estella Warren, Michael Shannon, Christopher Walken
		National Security	Columbia Pictures	Martin Lawrence, Steve Zahn, Colm Feore, Bill Duke, Eric Roberts, Timothy Busfield, Robinne Lee
	24	Darkness Falls	Columbia Pictures	Chaney Kley, Emma Caulfield
	31	Biker Boyz	DreamWorks	Laurence Fishburne, Djimon Hounsou, Derek Luke, Orlando Jones, Lisa Bonet
		Final Destination 2	New Line Cinema	Ali Larter, A. J. Cook, Michael Landes, Keegan Connor Tracy, Jonathan Cherry, James Kirk, Lynda Boyd
		The Recruit	Touchstone Pictures	Dir: Roger Donaldson; Al Pacino, Colin Farrell, Bridget Moynahan
F E B R U A R Y	7	Deliver Us from Eva	Focus Features	LL Cool J, Gabrielle Union, Essence Atkins, Duane Martin, Mel Jackson, Megan Good
		How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days	Paramount Pictures	Dir: Donald Petrie; Kate Hudson, Matthew McConaughey, Kathryn Hahn, Annie Parisse, Adam Goldberg, Thomas Lennon
		Shanghai Knights	Touchstone Pictures	Jackie Chan, Owen Wilson, Fann Wong
	14	Daredevil	20th Century Fox	Dir: Mark Steven Johnson; Ben Affleck, Jennifer Garner, Michael Clarke Duncan, Colin Farrell
	14	The Jungle Book 2	Walt Disney Pictures	John Goodman, Haley Joel Osment, Mae Whitman, Bob Joles, Tony Jay, Phil Collins, John Rhys-Davies
	21	Dark Blue	United Artists	Kurt Russell, Scott Speedman, Michael Michele, Brendan Gleeson, Ving Rhames, Dash Mihok, Kurupt
		Gods and Generals	Warner Bros.	Jeff Daniels, Robert Duvall, Kevin Conway, C. Thomas Howell, Stephen Lang, Brian Mallon, Mira Sorvino
		The Life of David Gale	Universal Studios	Dir: Alan Parker; Kevin Spacey, Kate Winslet, Laura Linney, Gabriel Mann, Matt Craven
		Old School	DreamWorks	Dir: Todd Phillips; Luke Wilson, Will Ferrell, Vince Vaughn, Ellen Pompeo, Jeremy Piven, Juliette Lewis
	28	Cradle 2 the Grave	Warner Bros.	Jet Li, DMX, Anthony Anderson, Kelly Hu, Tom Arnold
M A R C H	7	Bringing Down the House	Touchstone Pictures	Steve Martin, Queen Latifah
	7	Tears of the Sun	Columbia Pictures	Bruce Willis, Monica Bellucci, Cole Hauser
	12	Bend It Like Beckham ‡	Fox Searchlight Pictures	Parminder Nagra, Keira Knightley, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Anupam Kher, Shaznay Lewis, Archie Panjabi
	14	Agent Cody Banks	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer	Frankie Múñiz, Hilary Duff, Angie Harmon, Keith David, Cynthia Stevenson, Darrell Hammond
		The Hunted	Paramount Pictures	Dir: William Friedkin; Tommy Lee Jones, Benicio del Toro, Connie Nielsen
		Willard	New Line Cinema	Crispin Glover, R. Lee Ermey, Laura Harring, Jackie Burroughs
	21	Boat Trip	Artisan Entertainment	Dir: Mort Nathan; Cuba Gooding, Jr., Horatio Sanz, Roselyn Sánchez, Vivica A. Fox, Maurice Godin
		Dreamcatcher	Warner Bros.	Dir: Lawrence Kasdan; Thomas Jane, Jason Lee, Timothy Olyphant, Damian Lewis, Morgan Freeman
		Piglet's Big Movie	Walt Disney Pictures	Peter Cullen, Jim Cummings, John Fiedler, Nikita Hopkins, Ken Sansom, Kath Soucie, Andre Stojka
		View from the Top	Miramax Films	Gwyneth Paltrow, Christina Applegate, Mark Ruffalo, Candice Bergen, Joshua Malina
	28	Basic	Columbia Pictures	Dir: John McTiernan; John Travolta, Samuel L. Jackson, Connie Nielsen, Timothy Daly
		The Core	Paramount Pictures	Aaron Eckhart, Delroy Lindo, Hilary Swank, DJ Qualls, Bruce Greenwood, Stanley Tucci
		Head of State	DreamWorks	Chris Rock, Bernie Mac, Tracy Morgan

April - June

*‡ Films that achieved wide-release status after initial release*
Opening		Title	Studio	Cast & Crew
A P R I L	4	A Man Apart	New Line Cinema	Vin Diesel, Larenz Tate, Timothy Olyphant
		Phone Booth	20th Century Fox	Dir: Joel Schumacher; Colin Farrell, Kiefer Sutherland, Forest Whitaker, Radha Mitchell, Katie Holmes
		What a Girl Wants	Warner Bros.	Amanda Bynes, Colin Firth, Kelly Preston, Oliver James
	9	Flywheel	Sherwood Pictures	Alex Kendrick, Lisa Arnold, Steve Moore, Walter Burnett
	11	Anger Management	Columbia Pictures	Adam Sandler, Jack Nicholson, Marisa Tomei, Luis Guzmán, Allen Covert, Lynne Thigpen
	16	Bulletproof Monk	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer	Chow Yun-fat, Seann William Scott, Jaime King
	16	A Mighty Wind ‡	Warner Bros.	Bob Balaban, Catherine O'Hara, Eugene Levy, Christopher Guest, Michael McKean, Harry Shearer
	18	Holes	Walt Disney Pictures	Shia LaBeouf, Jon Voight, Khleo Thomas, Tim Blake Nelson, Sigourney Weaver
	18	Malibu's Most Wanted	Warner Bros.	Jamie Kennedy, Taye Diggs, Anthony Anderson, Blair Underwood, Regina Hall, Damien Dante Wayans
	25	Confidence	Lions Gate Entertainment	Edward Burns, Rachel Weisz, Andy García, Paul Giamatti, Luis Guzmán, Donal Logue, Brian Van Holt
		Identity	Columbia Pictures	Dir: James Mangold; John Cusack, Ray Liotta, Amanda Peet, Alfred Molina, Clea DuVall, Rebecca De Mornay
		It Runs in the Family	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer	Michael Douglas, Kirk Douglas, Cameron Douglas, Diana Dill, Rory Culkin, Bernadette Peters
		The Real Cancun	New Line Cinema	Dir: Rick de Oliviera; Benjamin Fletcher, Nicole Frilot, Roxanne Frilot, Brittany Brown-Hart
M A Y	2	The Lizzie McGuire Movie	Walt Disney Pictures	Hilary Duff, Adam Lamberg, Hallie Todd, Robert Carradine, Yani Gellman, Jake Thomas, Ashlie Brillault
	2	X2: X-Men United	20th Century Fox	Dir: Bryan Singer; Hugh Jackman, Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellen, Halle Berry, James Marsden, Famke Janssen, Brian Cox, Alan Cumming, Anna Paquin
	9	Daddy Day Care	Columbia Pictures	Eddie Murphy, Jeff Garlin, Steve Zahn, Regina King, Anjelica Huston, Lacey Chabert
	15	The Matrix Reloaded	Warner Bros.	Dir: The Wachowski Brothers; Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss, Hugo Weaving
	16	Down with Love ‡	20th Century Fox	Ewan McGregor, Renée Zellweger, David Hyde Pierce, Sarah Paulson
	23	Bruce Almighty	Universal Studios	Dir: Tom Shadyac; Jim Carrey, Morgan Freeman, Jennifer Aniston, Lisa Ann Walter, Steve Carell
	23	The In-Laws	Warner Bros.	Michael Douglas, Albert Brooks, Candice Bergen, Ryan Reynolds
	30	Finding Nemo	Walt Disney Pictures Pixar Animation Studios	Albert Brooks, Ellen DeGeneres, Alexander Gould, Willem Dafoe, Brad Garrett, Joe Ranft, Allison Janney
		The Italian Job	Paramount Pictures	Mark Wahlberg, Charlize Theron, Edward Norton, Seth Green, Jason Statham, Mos Def, Donald Sutherland
		Wrong Turn	20th Century Fox	Desmond Harrington, Eliza Dushku
J U N E	6	2 Fast 2 Furious	Universal Studios	Dir: John Singleton; Paul Walker, Tyrese Gibson, Eva Mendes, Cole Hauser, James Remar, Ludacris
	13	Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd	New Line Cinema	Derek Richardson, Eric Christian Olsen, Eugene Levy
		Hollywood Homicide	Columbia Pictures	Harrison Ford, Josh Hartnett, Lena Olin, Bruce Greenwood, Isaiah Washington, Lolita Davidovich, Master P
		Rugrats Go Wild	Paramount Pictures	Elizabeth Daily, Nancy Cartwright, Kath Soucie, Dionne Quan, Cheryl Chase, Tim Curry, Lacey Chabert
	20	Alex & Emma	Warner Bros.	Dir: Rob Reiner; Kate Hudson, Luke Wilson, Sophie Marceau
		From Justin to Kelly	20th Century Fox	Dir: Robert Iscove; Kelly Clarkson, Justin Guarini
		The Hulk	Universal Studios	Dir: Ang Lee; Eric Bana, Jennifer Connelly, Sam Elliott, Nick Nolte, Josh Lucas
	27	28 Days Later	Fox Searchlight Pictures	Dir: Danny Boyle; Cillian Murphy, Naomie Harris, Noah Huntley, Christopher Eccleston, Brendan Gleeson
	27	Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle	Columbia Pictures	Dir: McG; Cameron Diaz, Drew Barrymore, Lucy Liu, Demi Moore, Bernie Mac, Luke Wilson, Matt LeBlanc, John Cleese, Robert Patrick

July - September

*‡ Films that achieved wide-release status after initial release*
Opening		Title	Studio	Cast & Crew
J U L Y	2	Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer	Reese Witherspoon, Sally Field, Regina King, Jennifer Coolidge, Bruce McGill, Dana Ivey
		Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines	Warner Bros.	Arnold Schwarzenegger, Nick Stahl, Claire Danes, Kristanna Loken
		Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas	DreamWorks Animation	Brad Pitt, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Michelle Pfeiffer, Joseph Fiennes
	9	Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl	Walt Disney Pictures	Dir: Gore Verbinski; Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightley, Geoffrey Rush, Jack Davenport, Jonathan Pryce, Guy Siner, Mackenzie Crook, Zoe Saldana
	11	The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen	20th Century Fox	Sean Connery, Naseeruddin Shah, Peta Wilson, Tony Curran, Stuart Townsend, Shane West
	18	Bad Boys II	Columbia Pictures	Dir: Michael Bay; Martin Lawrence, Will Smith, Jordi Mollà, Gabrielle Union, Peter Stormare, Joe Pantoliano
		How to Deal	New Line Cinema	Mandy Moore, Allison Janney, Trent Ford
		Johnny English	Universal Studios	Rowan Atkinson, John Malkovich, Ben Miller, Natalie Imbruglia
	25	Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life	Paramount Pictures	Dir: Jan de Bont; Angelina Jolie, Gerard Butler, Ciarán Hinds, Chris Barrie, Noah Taylor, Djimon Hounsou
		Seabiscuit	Universal Studios	Dir: Gary Ross; Tobey Maguire, Jeff Bridges, Chris Cooper, Royce D. Applegate, William H. Macy
		Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over	Dimension Films	Dir: Robert Rodriguez; Alexa Vega, Daryl Sabara, Antonio Banderas, Carla Gugino, Ricardo Montalbán, Sylvester Stallone
A U G U S T	1	American Wedding	Universal Studios	Jason Biggs, Seann William Scott, Alyson Hannigan, Eugene Levy
	1	Gigli	Columbia Pictures	Dir: Martin Brest; Ben Affleck, Jennifer Lopez, Justin Bartha, Al Pacino, Christopher Walken, Lainie Kazan
	6	Freaky Friday	Walt Disney Pictures	Jamie Lee Curtis, Lindsay Lohan, Chad Michael Murray, Mark Harmon, Ryan Malgarini, Harold Gould
	8	Le Divorce ‡	Fox Searchlight Pictures	Dir: James Ivory; Kate Hudson, Naomi Watts, Glenn Close, Matthew Modine
	8	S.W.A.T.	Columbia Pictures	Colin Farrell, Samuel L. Jackson, Michelle Rodriguez, LL Cool J, Olivier Martinez
	15	Freddy vs. Jason	New Line Cinema	Monica Keena, Kelly Rowland, Jason Ritter, Christopher Marquette, Lochlyn Munro, Katharine Isabelle
		Grind	Warner Bros.	Mike Vogel, Adam Brody, Vince Vieluf, Joey Kern, Jennifer Morrison, Bam Margera
		Open Range	Touchstone Pictures	Dir: Kevin Costner; Robert Duvall, Kevin Costner, Annette Bening
		Uptown Girls	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer	Dakota Fanning, Brittany Murphy, Marley Shelton, Donald Faison, Jesse Spencer, Heather Locklear
	22	Marci X	Paramount Pictures	Dir: Richard Benjamin; Lisa Kudrow, Damon Wayans
		The Medallion	Screen Gems	Jackie Chan, Lee Evans, Claire Forlani, Julian Sands
		My Boss's Daughter	Dimension Films	Ashton Kutcher, Tara Reid, Molly Shannon, Terence Stamp, Andy Richter
	29	Jeepers Creepers II	United Artists	Jonathan Breck, Ray Wise, Luke Edwards, Eric Nenninger
S E P T E M B E R	5	Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star	Paramount Pictures	David Spade, Mary McCormack, Craig Bierko, Rob Reiner
	5	The Order	20th Century Fox	Heath Ledger, Shannyn Sossamon, Benno Fürmann, Mark Addy, Peter Weller
	12	Cabin Fever	Lions Gate Entertainment	Rider Strong, Jordan Ladd, James DeBello, Cerina Vincent, Joey Kern, Jeff Hoffman
		Lost in Translation ‡	Focus Features	Dir: Sofia Coppola; Bill Murray, Scarlett Johansson
		Matchstick Men	Warner Bros.	Dir: Ridley Scott; Nicolas Cage, Alison Lohman, Sam Rockwell, Bruce Altman, Bruce McGill
		Once Upon a Time in Mexico	Columbia Pictures	Antonio Banderas, Salma Hayek, Johnny Depp, Willem Dafoe, Mickey Rourke, Eva Mendes, Danny Trejo
	19	Anything Else	DreamWorks	Jason Biggs, Christina Ricci, Woody Allen, Erica Leerhsen, Danny DeVito
		Cold Creek Manor	Touchstone Pictures	Dir: Mike Figgis; Dennis Quaid, Sharon Stone, Stephen Dorff, Juliette Lewis
		The Fighting Temptations	Paramount Pictures	Cuba Gooding, Jr., Beyoncé Knowles, Mike Epps, Steve Harvey, Latanya Richardson, Faith Evans
		Secondhand Lions	New Line Cinema	Michael Caine, Robert Duvall, Haley Joel Osment, Kyra Sedgwick
		Underworld	Screen Gems	Kate Beckinsale, Scott Speedman, Michael Sheen, Bill Nighy, Shane Brolly
	26	Duplex	Miramax Films	Dir: Danny DeVito; Ben Stiller, Drew Barrymore, Stuart Cornfeld
		The Rundown	Universal Studios	Dwayne Johnson, Seann William Scott, Christopher Walken, Rosario Dawson, Ewen Bremner, Jon Gries
		Under the Tuscan Sun	Touchstone Pictures	Diane Lane, Sandra Oh, Lindsay Duncan

October - December

*‡ Films that achieved wide-release status after initial release*
Opening		Title	Studio	Cast & Crew
O C T O B E R	3	Out of Time	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer	Denzel Washington, Eva Mendes
	3	School of Rock	Paramount Pictures	Dir: Richard Linklater; Jack Black, Joan Cusack, Mike White, Sarah Silverman, Miranda Cosgrove
	8	Mystic River ‡	Warner Bros.	Dir: Clint Eastwood; Sean Penn, Tim Robbins, Kevin Bacon, Laurence Fishburne, Marcia Gay Harden, Laura Linney
	10	Good Boy!	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer	Liam Aiken, Molly Shannon, Kevin Nealon
		House of the Dead	Artisan Entertainment	Jonathan Cherry, Tyron Leitso, Clint Howard, Ona Grauer
		Intolerable Cruelty	Universal Studios	George Clooney, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Geoffrey Rush, Cedric The Entertainer, Edward Hermann
		Kill Bill Vol. 1	Miramax Films	Dir: Quentin Tarantino; Uma Thurman, Lucy Liu, Daryl Hannah, David Carradine, Michael Madsen, Vivica A. Fox
	17	Runaway Jury	20th Century Fox	John Cusack, Gene Hackman, Dustin Hoffman, Rachel Weisz, Bruce Davison, Bruce McGill, Jeremy Piven
	17	The Texas Chainsaw Massacre	New Line Cinema	Jessica Biel, Jonathan Tucker, Erica Leerhsen, Mike Vogel, Eric Balfour, David Dorfman, R. Lee Ermey
	22	In the Cut ‡	Screen Gems	Dir: Jane Campion; Meg Ryan, Mark Ruffalo, Jennifer Jason Leigh
	24	Beyond Borders	Paramount Pictures	Dir: Martin Campbell; Angelina Jolie, Clive Owen
		Brother Bear ‡	Walt Disney Pictures	Joaquin Phoenix, Jeremy Suarez, Rick Moranis, Dave Thomas, Jason Raize, D. B. Sweeney
		Radio	Columbia Pictures	Cuba Gooding, Jr., Ed Harris, S. Epatha Merkerson, Alfre Woodard, Debra Winger, Riley Smith
		Scary Movie 3	Dimension Films	Anna Faris, Charlie Sheen, Simon Rex, Leslie Nielsen, Regina Hall
N O V E M B E R	5	The Matrix Revolutions	Warner Bros.	Dir: The Wachowski Brothers; Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss, Hugo Weaving
	7	Elf	New Line Cinema	Will Ferrell, James Caan, Zooey Deschanel, Mary Steenburgen, Bob Newhart, Edward Asner
	7	Love Actually ‡	Universal Studios	Dir: Richard Curtis; Alan Rickman, Bill Nighy, Colin Firth, Emma Thompson, Hugh Grant, Liam Neeson, Rowan Atkinson, Keira Knightley, Ant McPartlin, Declan Donnelly (Ant & Dec), Michael Parkinson, Martine McCutcheon, Billy Bob Thornton
	14	Looney Tunes: Back in Action	Warner Bros.	Brendan Fraser, Jenna Elfman, Heather Locklear, Steve Martin
		Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World	20th Century Fox / Universal Pictures / Miramax Films	Dir: Peter Weir; Russell Crowe, Paul Bettany, Billy Boyd, James D'Arcy, Edward Woodall
		Tupac: Resurrection	Paramount Pictures	Tupac Shakur
	21	The Cat in the Hat	Universal Pictures / Dreamworks Pictures	Dir: Bo Welch; Mike Myers, Alec Baldwin, Kelly Preston, Dakota Fanning, Spencer Breslin, Sean Hayes
	21	Gothika	Warner Bros.	Halle Berry, Robert Downey, Jr.
	26	Bad Santa	Dimension Films	Billy Bob Thornton, Tony Cox, Brett Kelly, Lauren Graham, Lauren Tom
		The Haunted Mansion	Walt Disney Pictures	Eddie Murphy, Jennifer Tilly, Terence Stamp, Marsha Thomason, Nathaniel Parker
		The Missing	Columbia Pictures	Dir: Ron Howard; Tommy Lee Jones, Cate Blanchett, Evan Rachel Wood, Jenna Boyd, Eric Schweig
		Timeline	Paramount Pictures	Dir: Richard Donner; Paul Walker, Frances O'Connor, Gerard Butler, Billy Connolly
D E C E M B E R	5	Honey	Universal Studios	Jessica Alba, Lil' Romeo, Mekhi Phifer, David Moscow, Zachary Williams
	5	The Last Samurai	Warner Bros.	Dir: Edward Zwick; Tom Cruise, Timothy Spall, Billy Connolly, Tony Goldwyn, Ken Watanabe
	10	Big Fish ‡	Columbia Pictures	Dir: Tim Burton; Ewan McGregor, Albert Finney, Billy Crudup, Jessica Lange, Alison Lohman, Steve Buscemi, Helena Bonham Carter
	12	Love Don't Cost a Thing	Warner Bros.	Nick Cannon, Christina Milian, Kenan Thompson, Kal Penn, Vanessa Bell Calloway, Steve Harvey
		Something's Gotta Give	Columbia Pictures / Warner Bros.	Dir: Nancy Meyers; Jack Nicholson, Diane Keaton, Keanu Reeves, Amanda Peet
		Stuck on You	20th Century Fox	Dir: Peter Farrelly and Bobby Farrelly; Matt Damon, Greg Kinnear, Eva Mendes, Cher, Seymour Cassel
	17	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King	New Line Cinema	Dir: Peter Jackson; Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Liv Tyler, Viggo Mortensen, Sean Astin, Cate Blanchett, John Rhys-Davies, Orlando Bloom, Dominic Monaghan, Billy Boyd, Peter Jackson director
	19	Mona Lisa Smile	Columbia Pictures	Dir: Mike Newell; Julia Roberts, Kirsten Dunst, Julia Stiles, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Dominic West, Juliet Stevenson
	23	Cheaper by the Dozen	20th Century Fox	Steve Martin, Bonnie Hunt, Hilary Duff, Piper Perabo, Tom Welling, Alyson Stoner, Ashton Kutcher
		Cold Mountain	Miramax Films	Dir: Anthony Minghella; Jude Law, Nicole Kidman, Renée Zellweger, Eileen Atkins, Brendan Gleeson
		Peter Pan	Universal Pictures / Columbia Pictures	Jeremy Sumpter, Ludivine Sagnier, Rachel Hurd-Wood, Jason Isaacs
	24	Monster ‡	Newmarket Films	Charlize Theron, Christina Ricci, Bruce Dern, Lee Tergesen
	Paycheck	Paramount Pictures / Dreamworks Pictures	Dir: John Woo; Ben Affleck, Uma Thurman, Aaron Eckhart

References

^ "2003 Worldwide Grosses". Box Office Mojo. http://boxofficemojo.com/yearly/chart/?view2=worldwide&yr=2003&p=.htm. Retrieved September 8, 2009.
^ Milwaukee, Minnesota at the Internet Movie Database

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