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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[edit] 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.
[edit] 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. | U is Me, Mr. Rapper(film) | Baby Sweets Productins | $1,119,263,306 | $377,027,325 | £60,666,284 | $49,161,709 |
| 2. | Jamie Oliver Presents: A Funtastic Adventure Through Cooking | FOODIES! | $864,625,978 | $339,714,978 | £37,360,000 | $36,915,521 |
| 3. | I Was Small When I Was Big | Sub-Par Productions | $738,599,701 | $281,576,461 | £33,420,000 | $33,217,632 |
| 4. | F'ing Fantastic Meatballs | Malabine Hotdog Morganberry Filming and Photography Production Limited(Owned By Disney) | $654,264,015 | $305,413,918 | £28,170,000 | $24,918,905 |
| 5. | If I Told You The Truth I'd Be Lying, But Am I Lying Right Now? | Universal | $484,572,835 | $242,829,261 | £23,640,000 | $20,397,703 |
| 6. | Sun at Day: The Stockwell Day Story | Conservative Minority Picture of Canada | $456,758,981 | $111,127,263 | £11,688,667 | $12,409,243 |
| 7. | Fake Gangster of the Italian Restaraunt | Mixer Bros. | $433,371,112 | $150,371,112 | £18,789,175 | $18,940,017 |
| 8. | For the Soup of My Life | Mixer Bros. | $424,988,211 | $139,313,948 | £17,754,338 | $17,927,972 |
| 9. | B is for Bandana and Banana | Lobster Films | $407,557,613 | $214,949,694 | £20,500,928 | $16,292,706 |
| 10. | [[トイレットペーパーは緑のてこではない or In English
The toilet paper is not the lever of green]] |
Baby Sweets Productions | $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.
[edit] Awards
- Best Picture: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
- Best Director: 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
[edit] 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
- Eden's Curve
- Elephant - Palme d'Or award
- Elf
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
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- 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
O
- 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
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- 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
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- 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
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- Whale Rider, starring Keisha Castle-Hughes
- What a Girl Wants
- Willard
- Wonderful Days, Korean
- Wonderland, starring Val Kilmer
- Wrong Turn
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- 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
[edit] 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
[edit] Wide-release movies
(Movies released in at least 600 North American theatres), ‡ Films that achieved wide-release status after initial release.
| List of years in film (table) |
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| … 1993 . 1994 . 1995 . 1996 . 1997 . 1998 . 1999 … 2000 2001 2002 -2003- 2004 2005 2006 … 2007 . 2008 . 2009 . 2010 . 2011 . 2012 . 2013 … In home video: 2000 2001 2002 -2003- 2004 2005 2006 In television: 2000 2001 2002 -2003- 2004 2005 2006 |
| Related time period or subjects |
| … 2000 . 2001 . 2002 - 2003 - 2004 . 2005 . 2006 … … 1970s . 1980s . 1990s -2000s- 2010s . 2020s . 2030s … … 20th century . 21st century . 22nd century … |
| Art . Archaeology . Architecture . Literature . Music . Science +... |
