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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
The top 10 films released in 2003 by worldwide gross are as follows:
| Rank | Title | Distributor | Worldwide gross | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| *The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King* | New Line | $1,118,887,224 | |||||||||||
| *Finding Nemo* | Buena Vista | $871,014,978 | |||||||||||
| *The Matrix Reloaded* | Warner Bros. | $739,412,035 | |||||||||||
| *Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl* | Buena Vista | $654,264,015 | |||||||||||
| *Bruce Almighty* | Universal / Buena Vista | $484,592,874 | |||||||||||
| *The Last Samurai* | Warner Bros. | $454,627,263 | |||||||||||
| *Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines* | Warner Bros. / Sony / Columbia | $433,371,112 | |||||||||||
| *The Matrix Revolutions* | Warner Bros. | $427,343,298 | |||||||||||
| *X2* | [20th Century Fox](20th-century-fox) | $407,711,549 | |||||||||||
| *Bad Boys II* | Sony / 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
- 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.
- June 12: Gregory Peck dies of bronchopneumonia.
- June 29: Katharine Hepburn dies of cardiac arrest.
- 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.
Award ceremonies
Awards
| Category/Organization | [9th Critics' Choice Awards](9th-critics-choice-awards) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 10, 2004 | [61st Golden Globe Awards](61st-golden-globe-awards) | ||||||
| January 25, 2004 | [57th BAFTA Awards](57th-british-academy-film-awards) | ||||||
| February 15, 2004 | Producers, [Directors](56th-directors-guild-of-america-awards), [Screen Actors](10th-screen-actors-guild-awards), and Writers Guild Awards | [76th Academy 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* |
Palme d'Or (56th Cannes Film Festival): :Elephant, directed by Gus Van Sant, United States
Golden Lion (60th Venice International Film Festival): :The Return (Возвращение), directed by Andrey Zvyagintsev, Russia
Golden Bear (53rd Berlin International Film Festival): :In This World, directed by Michael Winterbottom, United Kingdom
2003 films
By country/region
- List of American films of 2003
- List of Argentine films of 2003
- List of Australian films of 2003
- List of Bangladeshi films of 2003
- List of British films of 2003
- List of Canadian films of 2003
- List of Chinese films of 2003
- List of French films of 2003
- List of Hong Kong films of 2003
- List of Indian films of 2003
- List of Bengali films of 2003
- List of Hindi films of 2003
- List of Kannada films of 2003
- List of Malayalam films of 2003
- List of Marathi films of 2003
- List of Punjabi films of 2003
- List of Tamil films of 2003
- List of Telugu films of 2003
- List of Japanese films of 2003
- List of Mexican films of 2003
- List of Pakistani films of 2003
- List of Russian films of 2003
- List of South Korean films of 2003
- List of Spanish films of 2003
By genre/medium
- List of action films of 2003
- List of animated feature films of 2003
- List of avant-garde films of 2003
- List of crime films of 2003
- List of comedy films of 2003
- List of drama films of 2003
- List of horror films of 2003
- List of science fiction films of 2003
- List of thriller films of 2003
- List of western films of 2003
Births
- January 2 – Cyrus Arnold, American actor
- January 4 – Jaeden Martell, American actor
- February 4 – Edvin Ryding, Swedish actor
- February 6 - Fabian Penje, Swedish actor
- February 20
- Olivia Rodrigo, American actress and singer
- William Gao, English actor and singer
- March 1 – Yasmeen Fletcher, American actress and musician
- March 3 – Thomas Barbusca, American actor
- March 6 – Millicent Simmonds, American actress
- March 12 – Malina Weissman, American actress
- March 20 – Cooper Hoffman, American actor
- April 3 – Elsie Fisher, American actress
- April 9 – Lilia Buckingham, American actress, author and dancer
- April 13 – Jean Paulo Campos, Brazilian actor
- April 30 – Emily Carey, English actress and model
- May 1 – Lizzy Greene, American actress
- May 19
- Daiken Okudaira, Japanese actor
- JoJo Siwa, American singer, actress and YouTuber
- May 24 - Megan Stott, American actress
- June 1
- Emjay Anthony, American actor
- Shailyn Pierre-Dixon, Canadian actress
- June 2 – Jeremy Ray Taylor, American actor
- June 3 – Louis Partridge, English actor
- June 16 – Anna Cathcart, Canadian actress
- June 18 – Bailey Bass, American actress
- June 29 – Alexys Nycole Sanchez, American actress
- July 1 – Storm Reid, American actress
- July 9 – Marcel Ruiz, Puerto Rican actor
- July 13
- Hannah Cheramy, Canadian actress
- Wyatt Oleff, American actor
- August 18 – Max Charles, American actor
- August 25 – Iñaki Godoy, Mexican actor
- August 26 - Jake Ryan, American actor
- August 28
- Lexi Underwood, American actress and singer
- Quvenzhané Wallis, American actress
- August 30 – Yasmin Finney, English actress
- September 3 – Jack Dylan Grazer, American actor
- September 8 - Nicolas Cantu, American actor
- September 18 – Aidan Gallagher, American actor and musician
- September 24 – Joe Locke, Manx actor
- September 25 – Bella Ramsey, English actress
- September 26 – Sam Nivola, English actor
- October 27 - Gavin Lewis, American actor
- November 7
- Lara McDonnell, Irish actress
- Park Ji-hu, South Korean actress
- December 22 – Joe Anders, American-British actor
Deaths
| Month | Date | Name | Age | Country | Profession | Notable films |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| **January** | *1* | Royce D. Applegate | 63 | US | Actor | |
| *1* | Cyril Shaps | 79 | UK | Actor | ||
| *4* | Conrad Hall | 72 | French Polynesia | Cinematographer | ||
| *5* | Massimo Girotti | 84 | Italy | Actor | ||
| *8* | Ron Goodwin | 77 | UK | Composer | ||
| *11* | Anthony Havelock-Allan | 98 | UK | Producer | ||
| *11* | Maurice Pialat | 77 | France | Director, Screenwriter | ||
| *11* | Dick Simmons | 89 | US | Stuntman, Actor | ||
| *12* | Maurice Gibb | 53 | Isle of Man | Singer, Composer, Actor | ||
| *13* | Norman Panama | 88 | US | Screenwriter, Director | ||
| *14* | Mel Bourne | 79 | US | Production Designer | ||
| *14* | Paul Monash | 85 | US | Screenwriter, Producer | ||
| *14* | Donald O'Brien | 72 | Ireland | Actor | ||
| *17* | Richard Crenna | 76 | US | Actor | ||
| *20* | David Battley | 67 | UK | Actor | ||
| *20* | Nedra Volz | 94 | US | Actress | ||
| *21* | John Grieve | 78 | UK | Actor | ||
| *23* | Nell Carter | 54 | US | Actress | ||
| *25* | Cliff Norton | 84 | US | Actor | ||
| *25* | Leopoldo Trieste | 85 | Italy | Actor, Screenwriter | ||
| *29* | Anthony Eisley | 78 | US | Actor | ||
| *30* | Mary Ellis | 105 | US | Singer, Actress | ||
| *31* | William Marlowe | 72 | UK | Actor | ||
| **February** | *3* | Lana Clarkson | 40 | US | Actress | |
| *7* | Stephen Whittaker | 55 | UK | Actor, Director | ||
| *9* | Vera Hruba Ralston | 82 | Czech Republic | Actress | ||
| *13* | Robert Ivers | 68 | US | Actor, Voice Double | ||
| *13* | Stacy Keach Sr. | 88 | US | Actor | ||
| *18* | Jack Brodsky | 70 | US | Producer | ||
| *22* | Daniel Taradash | 89 | US | Screenwriter | ||
| *24* | Walter Scharf | 92 | US | Composer, Orchestrator | ||
| *24* | Alberto Sordi | 82 | Italy | Actor, Screenwriter, Director | ||
| **March** | *3* | Horst Buchholz | 69 | Germany | Actor | |
| *8* | Adam Faith | 62 | UK | Actor, Singer | ||
| *8* | Karen Morley | 93 | US | Actress | ||
| *12* | Lynne Thigpen | 54 | US | Actress | ||
| *15* | Thora Hird | 91 | UK | Actress | ||
| *13* | Christiane Schmidtmer | 63 | Germany | Actress | ||
| *16* | Lars Passgård | 62 | Sweden | Actor | ||
| *18* | Naomi Chance | 73 | UK | Actress | ||
| *19* | Rick Zumwalt | 51 | US | Actor | ||
| *24* | Philip Yordan | 88 | US | Screenwriter | ||
| *27* | Paul Zindel | 66 | US | Screenwriter | ||
| *30* | Michael Jeter | 50 | US | Actor | ||
| *31* | Anne Gwynne | 84 | US | Actress | ||
| **April** | *1* | Jean-Yves Escoffier | 52 | France | Cinematographer | |
| *2* | Michael Wayne | 68 | US | Producer | ||
| *4* | Anthony Caruso | 86 | US | Actor | ||
| *7* | David Greene | 82 | UK | Director | ||
| *8* | Kathie Browne | 72 | US | Actress | ||
| *8* | Bing Russell | 76 | US | Actor | ||
| *9* | Vera Zorina | 86 | Germany | Actress | ||
| *12* | Sydney Lassick | 80 | US | Actor | ||
| *16* | Graham Jarvis | 72 | Canada | Actor | ||
| *22* | Andrea King | 82 | US | Actress | ||
| *25* | Jesse Nilsson | 25 | Canada | Actor | ||
| *26* | Peter Stone | 73 | US | Screenwriter | ||
| *28* | Ciccio Ingrassia | 80 | Italy | Actor | ||
| *30* | Jim Connors | 56 | US | Actor, Stuntman | ||
| **May** | *3* | Suzy Parker | 70 | US | Actress | |
| *6* | Jocelyn Herbert | 86 | UK | Production Designer | ||
| *9* | Carmen Filpi | 80 | US | Actor | ||
| *9* | Bernard Spear | 83 | UK | Actor | ||
| *14* | Wendy Hiller | 90 | UK | Actress | ||
| *14* | Robert Stack | 84 | US | Actor | ||
| *24* | Rachel Kempson | 92 | UK | Actress | ||
| *28* | Martha Scott | 90 | US | Actress | ||
| *28* | Marc Zuber | 59 | India | Actor | ||
| *30* | Haskell Boggs | 94 | US | Cinematographer | ||
| **June** | *2* | Richard Cusack | 77 | US | Actor | |
| *3* | John Jympson | 72 | UK | Film Editor | ||
| *7* | Trevor Goddard | 40 | UK | Actor | ||
| *11* | William Marshall | 78 | US | Actor | ||
| *12* | Gregory Peck | 87 | US | Actor, Producer | ||
| *15* | Hume Cronyn | 90 | Canada | Actor | ||
| *15* | Philip Stone | 79 | UK | Actor | ||
| *16* | Carlos Rivas | 78 | US | Actor | ||
| *20* | Fielder Cook | 80 | US | Director | ||
| *21* | George Axelrod | 81 | US | Screenwriter | ||
| *21* | Leon Uris | 78 | US | Screenwriter | ||
| *24* | Barbara Weeks | 89 | US | Actress | ||
| *27* | David Newman | 66 | US | Screenwriter | ||
| *29* | Rod Amateau | 79 | US | Director, Screenwriter | ||
| *29* | Katharine Hepburn | 96 | US | Actress | ||
| *30* | Buddy Hackett | 78 | US | Actor | ||
| *30* | Constance Smith | 75 | Ireland | Actress | ||
| **July** | *6* | Buddy Ebsen | 95 | US | Actor, Dancer | |
| *7* | Elisabeth Welch | 99 | US | Actress | ||
| *8* | Marjorie Fowler | 82 | US | Film Editor | ||
| *9* | Elliott Marks | 61 | US | Still Photographer | ||
| *21* | Robert F. Blumofe | 93 | US | Producer, Executive | ||
| *23* | Sheila Bromley | 91 | US | Actress | ||
| *25* | John Schlesinger | 77 | UK | Director | ||
| *27* | Karin Booth | 87 | US | Actress | ||
| *27* | Bob Hope | 100 | US | Actor | ||
| *30* | Marian Carr | 77 | US | Actress | ||
| *31* | Frederick Coffin | 60 | US | Actor | ||
| **August** | *2* | Don Estelle | 70 | UK | Actor | |
| *6* | Larry Taylor | 85 | UK | Actor, Stuntman | ||
| *9* | Gregory Hines | 57 | US | Actor, Dancer | ||
| *10* | Jacques Deray | 74 | France | Director, Screenwriter | ||
| *30* | Charles Bronson | 81 | US | Actor | ||
| **September** | *1* | Jack Smight | 78 | US | Director | |
| *3* | David King-Wood | 89 | Iran | Actor | ||
| *4* | Ben Aris | 66 | UK | Actor | ||
| *6* | Louise Platt | 88 | US | Actress | ||
| *8* | Leni Riefenstahl | 101 | Germany | Director | ||
| *11* | John Ritter | 54 | US | Actor | ||
| *12* | Johnny Cash | 71 | US | Singer, Actor | ||
| *14* | Jerry Fleck | 55 | US | Production Manager | ||
| *16* | Sheb Wooley | 82 | US | Actor | ||
| *20* | Tom Busby | 66 | Canada | Actor | ||
| *21* | Pamela Gordon | 66 | US | Actress | ||
| *22* | Gordon Jump | 71 | US | Actor | ||
| *24* | Lyle Bettger | 88 | US | Actor | ||
| *25* | Herb Gardner | 68 | US | Screenwriter | ||
| *26* | George Plimpton | 76 | US | Actor | ||
| *27* | Fay Helm | 94 | US | Actress | ||
| *27* | Donald O'Connor | 78 | US | Actor, Dancer | ||
| *28* | Elia Kazan | 94 | Turkey | Director | ||
| **October** | *1* | Julie Parrish | 62 | US | Actress | |
| *3* | Florence Stanley | 79 | US | Actress | ||
| *5* | Denis Quilley | 75 | UK | Actor | ||
| *9* | Ruth Hall | 92 | US | Actress | ||
| *10* | Victoria Horne | 91 | US | Actress | ||
| *17* | Janice Rule | 72 | US | Actress | ||
| *17* | Bernard Schwartz | 85 | US | Producer | ||
| *18* | David Lodge | 82 | UK | Actor | ||
| *19* | Guy Rolfe | 91 | UK | Actor | ||
| *20* | Jack Elam | 82 | US | Actor | ||
| *29* | Steve Yaconelli | 62 | US | Cinematographer | ||
| **November** | *8* | Bob Grant | 71 | UK | Actor | |
| *9* | Fred J. Brown | 68 | US | Sound Engineer | ||
| *9* | Art Carney | 85 | US | Actor | ||
| *11* | Robert Brown | 82 | UK | Actor | ||
| *12* | Jonathan Brandis | 27 | US | Actor | ||
| *12* | Whitfield Cook | 94 | US | Screenwriter | ||
| *12* | Kay E. Kuter | 78 | US | Actor | ||
| *12* | Penny Singleton | 95 | US | Actress | ||
| *14* | Gene Anthony Ray | 41 | US | Actor | ||
| *15* | David Holt | 76 | US | Actor | ||
| *15* | Dorothy Loudon | 78 | US | Actress | ||
| *16* | Albert Nozaki | 91 | Japan | Art Director | ||
| *18* | Michael Kamen | 55 | US | Composer | ||
| *20* | Robert Addie | 87 | UK | Actor | ||
| *23* | Patricia Burke | 86 | UK | Actress | ||
| *24* | Michael Small | 64 | US | Composer | ||
| *26* | Gordon Reid | 64 | UK | Actor | ||
| *27* | Norman Burton | 79 | US | Actor | ||
| *28* | Edmund Hartmann | 92 | US | Screenwriter | ||
| *30* | Earl Bellamy | 86 | US | Director | ||
| **December** | *2* | Suzanne Cloutier | 80 | Canada | Actress, Producer | |
| *3* | Ellen Drew | 88 | US | Actress | ||
| *3* | David Hemmings | 62 | UK | Actor | ||
| *7* | Robert R. Benton | 79 | US | Set Decorator | ||
| *10* | Sean McClory | 79 | Ireland | Actor | ||
| *14* | Jeanne Crain | 78 | US | Actress | ||
| *16* | Madlyn Rhue | 68 | US | Actress | ||
| *17* | Alan Tilvern | 85 | UK | Actor | ||
| *19* | Hope Lange | 72 | US | Actress | ||
| *19* | Les Tremayne | 90 | UK | Actor | ||
| *22* | Rose Hill | 89 | UK | Actress | ||
| *27* | Alan Bates | 69 | UK | Actor | ||
| *29* | Earl Hindman | 61 | US | Actor | ||
| *29* | Bob Monkhouse | 75 | UK | Actor | ||
| *30* | John Gregory Dunne | 71 | US | Screenwriter | ||
| *30* | Anita Mui | 40 | Hong Kong | Actress, Singer | ||
| *30* | Patricia Roc | 88 | UK | Actress | ||
| *31* | Peter Donen | 50 | US | Visual Effects Artist | ||
| *31* | Paula Raymond | 79 | US | Actress |
Film debuts
- Jonathan Bennett – Season of Youth
- P.J. Byrne – Bruce Almighty
- Kelly Clarkson – From Justin to Kelly
- Rob Corddry – Old School
- Benedict Cumberbatch – To Kill a King
- Zac Efron – Melinda's World
- Matthew Goode – South from Granada
- Josh Hutcherson – American Splendor
- Zoe Kazan – Swordswallowers and Thin Men
- Anna Kendrick – Camp
- Danny McBride – All the Real Girls
- Chris O'Dowd – Conspiracy of Silence
- Chris Pratt – The Extreme Team
- Nikki Reed – Thirteen
- Rob Riggle – Pushing Tom
- Britt Robertson – The Ghost Club
- John Robinson – Elephant
- Alyson Stoner – Cheaper by the Dozen
- Mike Vogel – Grind
- Kristen Wiig – Melvin Goes to Dinner
References
References
- "2003 Worldwide Box Office". [[IMDb]].
- "Finding Nemo (2003)". [[Box Office Mojo]].
- Broder, John M.. (2003-11-17). "Schwarzenegger Is Sworn In as Governor of California". The New York Times.
- Bradley, Faye. (May 10, 2025). "Meet Kate Winslet’s 21-year-old son, Joe Anders, who has scripted her Netflix directorial debut – the Titanic actress’ child with ex-husband Sam Mendes wrote forthcoming film Goodbye June".
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