2003 in film

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

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Highest-grossing films of 2003

Rank	Title	Distributor	Worldwide gross
1	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King	New Line	$1,118,887,224
2	Finding Nemo	Buena Vista	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
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

• 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.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 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

• 8th Empire Awards

Awards

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	Template:N/a	Template:N/a	Template:N/a	Template:N/a	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	Template:N/a	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		Template:N/a	Template:N/a	"Into the West" The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Best Foreign Language Film	The Barbarian Invasions	Osama		In This World	Template:N/a	The Barbarian Invasions

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 – Wyatt Oleff, American actor
• August 18 – Max Charles, American actor
• August 25 – Iñaki Godoy, Mexican 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<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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Deaths

Month	Date	Name	Age	Country	Profession	Notable films
January	1	Royce D. Applegate	63	US	Actor	Template:Hlist
	1	Cyril Shaps	79	UK	Actor	Template:Hlist
	4	Conrad Hall	72	French Polynesia	Cinematographer	Template:Hlist
	5	Massimo Girotti	84	Italy	Actor	Template:Hlist
	8	Ron Goodwin	77	UK	Composer	Template:Hlist
	11	Anthony Havelock-Allan	98	UK	Producer	Template:Hlist
	11	Maurice Pialat	77	France	Director, Screenwriter	Template:Hlist
	11	Dick Simmons	89	US	Stuntman, Actor	Template:Hlist
	12	Maurice Gibb	53	Isle of Man	Singer, Composer, Actor	Template:Hlist
	13	Norman Panama	88	US	Screenwriter, Director	Template:Hlist
	14	Mel Bourne	79	US	Production Designer	Template:Hlist
	14	Paul Monash	85	US	Screenwriter, Producer	Template:Hlist
	14	Donald O'Brien	72	Ireland	Actor	Template:Hlist
	17	Richard Crenna	76	US	Actor	Template:Hlist
	20	David Battley	67	UK	Actor	Template:Hlist
	20	Nedra Volz	94	US	Actress	Template:Hlist
	21	John Grieve	78	UK	Actor	Template:Hlist
	23	Nell Carter	54	US	Actress	Template:Hlist
	25	Cliff Norton	84	US	Actor	Template:Hlist
	25	Leopoldo Trieste	85	Italy	Actor, Screenwriter	Template:Hlist
	29	Anthony Eisley	78	US	Actor	Template:Hlist
	30	Mary Ellis	105	US	Singer, Actress	Template:Hlist
	31	William Marlowe	72	UK	Actor	Template:Hlist
February	3	Lana Clarkson	40	US	Actress	Template:Hlist
	7	Stephen Whittaker	55	UK	Actor, Director	Template:Hlist
	9	Vera Hruba Ralston	82	Czech Republic	Actress	Template:Hlist
	13	Robert Ivers	68	US	Actor, Voice Double	Template:Hlist
	13	Stacy Keach Sr.	88	US	Actor	Template:Hlist
	18	Jack Brodsky	70	US	Producer	Template:Hlist
	22	Daniel Taradash	89	US	Screenwriter	Template:Hlist
	24	Walter Scharf	92	US	Composer, Orchestrator	Template:Hlist
	24	Alberto Sordi	82	Italy	Actor, Screenwriter, Director	Template:Hlist
March	3	Horst Buchholz	69	Germany	Actor	Template:Hlist
	8	Adam Faith	62	UK	Actor, Singer	Template:Hlist
	8	Karen Morley	93	US	Actress	Template:Hlist
	12	Lynne Thigpen	54	US	Actress	Template:Hlist
	15	Thora Hird	91	UK	Actress	Template:Hlist
	13	Christiane Schmidtmer	63	Germany	Actress	Template:Hlist
	16	Lars Passgård	62	Sweden	Actor	Template:Hlist
	18	Naomi Chance	73	UK	Actress	Template:Hlist
	19	Rick Zumwalt	51	US	Actor	Template:Hlist
	24	Philip Yordan	88	US	Screenwriter	Template:Hlist
	27	Paul Zindel	66	US	Screenwriter	Template:Hlist
	30	Michael Jeter	50	US	Actor	Template:Hlist
	31	Anne Gwynne	84	US	Actress	Template:Hlist
April	1	Jean-Yves Escoffier	52	France	Cinematographer	Template:Hlist
	2	Michael Wayne	68	US	Producer	Template:Hlist
	4	Anthony Caruso	86	US	Actor	Template:Hlist
	7	David Greene	82	UK	Director	Template:Hlist
	8	Kathie Browne	72	US	Actress	Template:Hlist
	8	Bing Russell	76	US	Actor	Template:Hlist
	9	Vera Zorina	86	Germany	Actress	Template:Hlist
	12	Sydney Lassick	80	US	Actor	Template:Hlist
	16	Graham Jarvis	72	Canada	Actor	Template:Hlist
	22	Andrea King	82	US	Actress	Template:Hlist
	25	Jesse Nilsson	25	Canada	Actor	Template:Hlist
	26	Peter Stone	73	US	Screenwriter	Template:Hlist
	28	Ciccio Ingrassia	80	Italy	Actor	Template:Hlist
	30	Jim Connors	56	US	Actor, Stuntman	Template:Hlist
May	3	Suzy Parker	70	US	Actress	Template:Hlist
	6	Jocelyn Herbert	86	UK	Production Designer	Template:Hlist
	9	Carmen Filpi	80	US	Actor	Template:Hlist
	9	Bernard Spear	83	UK	Actor	Template:Hlist
	14	Wendy Hiller	90	UK	Actress	Template:Hlist
	14	Robert Stack	84	US	Actor	Template:Hlist
	24	Rachel Kempson	92	UK	Actress	Template:Hlist
	28	Martha Scott	90	US	Actress	Template:Hlist
	28	Marc Zuber	59	India	Actor	Template:Hlist
	30	Haskell Boggs	94	US	Cinematographer	Template:Hlist
June	2	Richard Cusack	77	US	Actor	Template:Hlist
	3	John Jympson	72	UK	Film Editor	Template:Hlist
	7	Trevor Goddard	40	UK	Actor	Template:Hlist
	11	William Marshall	78	US	Actor	Template:Hlist
	12	Gregory Peck	87	US	Actor, Producer	Template:Hlist
	15	Hume Cronyn	90	Canada	Actor	Template:Hlist
	15	Philip Stone	79	UK	Actor	Template:Hlist
	16	Carlos Rivas	78	US	Actor	Template:Hlist
	20	Fielder Cook	80	US	Director	Template:Hlist
	21	George Axelrod	81	US	Screenwriter	Template:Hlist
	21	Leon Uris	78	US	Screenwriter	Template:Hlist
	24	Barbara Weeks	89	US	Actress	Template:Hlist
	27	David Newman	66	US	Screenwriter	Template:Hlist
	29	Rod Amateau	79	US	Director, Screenwriter	Template:Hlist
	29	Katharine Hepburn	96	US	Actress	Template:Hlist
	30	Buddy Hackett	78	US	Actor	Template:Hlist
	30	Constance Smith	75	Ireland	Actress	Template:Hlist
July	6	Buddy Ebsen	95	US	Actor, Dancer	Template:Hlist
	7	Elisabeth Welch	99	US	Actress	Template:Hlist
	8	Marjorie Fowler	82	US	Film Editor	Template:Hlist
	9	Elliott Marks	61	US	Still Photographer	Template:Hlist
	21	Robert F. Blumofe	93	US	Producer, Executive	Template:Hlist
	23	Sheila Bromley	91	US	Actress	Template:Hlist
	25	John Schlesinger	77	UK	Director	Template:Hlist
	27	Karin Booth	87	US	Actress	Template:Hlist
	27	Bob Hope	100	US	Actor	Template:Hlist
	30	Marian Carr	77	US	Actress	Template:Hlist
	31	Frederick Coffin	60	US	Actor	Template:Hlist
August	2	Don Estelle	70	UK	Actor	Template:Hlist
	6	Larry Taylor	85	UK	Actor, Stuntman	Template:Hlist
	9	Gregory Hines	57	US	Actor, Dancer	Template:Hlist
	10	Jacques Deray	74	France	Director, Screenwriter	Template:Hlist
	30	Charles Bronson	81	US	Actor	Template:Hlist
September	1	Jack Smight	78	US	Director	Template:Hlist
	3	David King-Wood	89	Iran	Actor	Template:Hlist
	4	Ben Aris	66	UK	Actor	Template:Hlist
	6	Louise Platt	88	US	Actress	Template:Hlist
	8	Leni Riefenstahl	101	Germany	Director	Template:Hlist
	11	John Ritter	54	US	Actor	Template:Hlist
	12	Johnny Cash	71	US	Singer, Actor	Template:Hlist
	14	Jerry Fleck	55	US	Production Manager	Template:Hlist
	16	Sheb Wooley	82	US	Actor	Template:Hlist
	20	Tom Busby	66	Canada	Actor	Template:Hlist
	21	Pamela Gordon	66	US	Actress	Template:Hlist
	22	Gordon Jump	71	US	Actor	Template:Hlist
	24	Lyle Bettger	88	US	Actor	Template:Hlist
	25	Herb Gardner	68	US	Screenwriter	Template:Hlist
	26	George Plimpton	76	US	Actor	Template:Hlist
	27	Fay Helm	94	US	Actress	Template:Hlist
	27	Donald O'Connor	78	US	Actor, Dancer	Template:Hlist
	28	Elia Kazan	94	Turkey	Director	Template:Hlist
October	1	Julie Parrish	62	US	Actress	Template:Hlist
	3	Florence Stanley	79	US	Actress	Template:Hlist
	5	Denis Quilley	75	UK	Actor	Template:Hlist
	9	Ruth Hall	92	US	Actress	Template:Hlist
	10	Victoria Horne	91	US	Actress	Template:Hlist
	17	Janice Rule	72	US	Actress	Template:Hlist
	17	Bernard Schwartz	85	US	Producer	Template:Hlist
	18	David Lodge	82	UK	Actor	Template:Hlist
	19	Guy Rolfe	91	UK	Actor	Template:Hlist
	20	Jack Elam	82	US	Actor	Template:Hlist
	29	Steve Yaconelli	62	US	Cinematographer	Template:Hlist
November	8	Bob Grant	71	UK	Actor	Template:Hlist
	9	Fred J. Brown	68	US	Sound Engineer	Template:Hlist
	9	Art Carney	85	US	Actor	Template:Hlist
	11	Robert Brown	82	UK	Actor	Template:Hlist
	12	Jonathan Brandis	27	US	Actor	Template:Hlist
	12	Whitfield Cook	94	US	Screenwriter	Template:Hlist
	12	Kay E. Kuter	78	US	Actor	Template:Hlist
	12	Penny Singleton	95	US	Actress	Template:Hlist
	14	Gene Anthony Ray	41	US	Actor	Template:Hlist
	15	David Holt	76	US	Actor	Template:Hlist
	15	Dorothy Loudon	78	US	Actress	Template:Hlist
	16	Albert Nozaki	91	Japan	Art Director	Template:Hlist
	18	Michael Kamen	55	US	Composer	Template:Hlist
	20	Robert Addie	87	UK	Actor	Template:Hlist
	23	Patricia Burke	86	UK	Actress	Template:Hlist
	24	Michael Small	64	US	Composer	Template:Hlist
	26	Gordon Reid	64	UK	Actor	Template:Hlist
	27	Norman Burton	79	US	Actor	Template:Hlist
	28	Edmund Hartmann	92	US	Screenwriter	Template:Hlist
	30	Earl Bellamy	86	US	Director	Template:Hlist
December	2	Suzanne Cloutier	80	Canada	Actress, Producer	Template:Hlist
	3	Ellen Drew	88	US	Actress	Template:Hlist
	3	David Hemmings	62	UK	Actor	Template:Hlist
	7	Robert R. Benton	79	US	Set Decorator	Template:Hlist
	10	Sean McClory	79	Ireland	Actor	Template:Hlist
	14	Jeanne Crain	78	US	Actress	Template:Hlist
	16	Madlyn Rhue	68	US	Actress	Template:Hlist
	17	Alan Tilvern	85	UK	Actor	Template:Hlist
	19	Hope Lange	72	US	Actress	Template:Hlist
	19	Les Tremayne	90	UK	Actor	Template:Hlist
	22	Rose Hill	89	UK	Actress	Template:Hlist
	27	Alan Bates	69	UK	Actor	Template:Hlist
	29	Earl Hindman	61	US	Actor	Template:Hlist
	29	Bob Monkhouse	75	UK	Actor	Template:Hlist
	30	John Gregory Dunne	71	US	Screenwriter	Template:Hlist
	30	Anita Mui	40	Hong Kong	Actress, Singer	Template:Hlist
	30	Patricia Roc	88	UK	Actress	Template:Hlist
	31	Peter Donen	50	US	Visual Effects Artist	Template:Hlist
	31	Paula Raymond	79	US	Actress	Template:Hlist

References

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External links

• List of 2003 films at IMDb
• 2003 Domestic Grosses at Box Office Mojo
• List of 2003 deaths at IMDb
• List of 2003 births at IMDb