2003 in film

none 2003 film radio television music 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 Lists of box office number-one films#2003 The top 10 films released in 2003 by worldwide gross are as follows:https://www.boxofficemojo.com/year/world/2003/?ref_=bo_cso_table_1 2003 Worldwide Box Office Box Office Mojo IMDb March 7, 2020 + 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 Walt Disney Pictures $871,014,978Finding Nemo (2003) Box Office Mojo https://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=findingnemo.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20120831031932/https://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=findingnemo.htm August 31, 2012 3 The Matrix Reloaded Warner Bros. $739,412,035 4 Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl Walt Disney Pictures $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 / 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 / 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 Original 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.Broder John M. 2003-11-17 Schwarzenegger Is Sworn In as Governor of California https://www.nytimes.com/2003/11/17/national/schwarzenegger-is-sworn-in-as-governor-of-california.html 2024-06-24 The New York Times en-US 0362-4331 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 AwardsJanuary 25, 2004 57th BAFTA AwardsFebruary 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 JacksonThe Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Peter WeirMaster and Commander: The Far Side of the World Peter JacksonThe Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Best Actor Sean PennMystic River Bill MurrayLost in Translation Johnny DeppPirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl Sean PennMystic River Best Actress Charlize TheronMonster Diane KeatonSomething's Gotta Give Scarlett JohanssonLost in Translation Charlize TheronMonster Best Supporting Actor Tim RobbinsMystic River Bill NighyLove Actually Tim RobbinsMystic River Best Supporting Actress Renée ZellwegerCold Mountain Best Screenplay, Adapted Jim Sheridan, Kirsten Sheridan and Naomi SheridanIn America Sofia CoppolaLost in Translation Philippa Boyens, Peter Jackson and Fran WalshThe Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Shari Springer Berman and Robert PulciniAmerican Splendor Philippa Boyens, Peter Jackson and Fran WalshThe Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Best Screenplay, Original Tom McCarthyThe Station Agent Sofia CoppolaLost in Translation Best Animated Film Finding Nemo Finding Nemo Best Original Score The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the KingHoward Shore Cold MountainT-Bone Burnett and Gabriel Yared The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the KingHoward 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 November 26 - Asha Banks, English actress and singer December 22 – Joe Anders, American-British actorBradley 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 https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/entertainment/article/3309563/meet-kate-winslets-21-year-old-son-joe-anders-who-has-scripted-her-netflix-directorial-debut-titanic South China Morning Post Deaths Month Date Name Age Country Profession Notable films January 1 Royce D. Applegate 63 US Actor O Brother, Where Art Thou? Gettysburg 1 Cyril Shaps 79 UK Actor The Spy Who Loved Me Erik the Viking 4 Conrad Hall 72 French Polynesia Cinematographer American Beauty Cool Hand Luke 5 Massimo Girotti 84 Italy Actor Senso Last Tango in Paris 8 Ron Goodwin 77 UK Composer Where Eagles Dare Frenzy 11 Anthony Havelock-Allan 98 UK Producer Romeo and Juliet Great Expectations 11 Maurice Pialat 77 France Director, Screenwriter À Nos Amours Under the Sun of Satan 11 Dick Simmons 89 US Stuntman, Actor Rear Window Sergeant York 12 Maurice Gibb 53 Isle of Man Singer, Composer, Actor Saturday Night Fever Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band 13 Norman Panama 88 US Screenwriter, Director White Christmas The Court Jester 14 Mel Bourne 79 US Production Designer The Fisher King The Natural 14 Paul Monash 85 US Screenwriter, Producer The Friends of Eddie Coyle The Front Page 14 Donald O'Brien 72 Ireland Actor Grand Prix Run, Man, Run 17 Richard Crenna 76 US Actor First Blood The Sand Pebbles 20 David Battley 67 UK Actor Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory Krull 20 Nedra Volz 94 US Actress 10 Earth Girls Are Easy 21 John Grieve 78 UK Actor Eye of the Needle The Thirty Nine Steps 23 Nell Carter 54 US Actress The Grass Harp Modern Problems 25 Cliff Norton 84 US Actor Harry and Tonto Kiss Me, Stupid 25 Leopoldo Trieste 85 Italy Actor, Screenwriter The Godfather: Part II Cinema Paradiso 29 Anthony Eisley 78 US Actor The Naked Kiss Star! 30 Mary Ellis 105 US Singer, Actress Paris in Spring Fatal Lady 31 William Marlowe 72 UK Actor Cry Freedom The Heroes of Telemark February 3 Lana Clarkson 40 US Actress Scarface Fast Times at Ridgemont High 7 Stephen Whittaker 55 UK Actor, Director To Sir, with Love The Keep 9 Vera Hruba Ralston 82 Czech Republic Actress The Fighting Kentuckian Dakota 13 Robert Ivers 68 US Actor, Voice Double Broken Lance A Kiss Before Dying 13 Stacy Keach Sr. 88 US Actor Pretty Woman Saturday the 14th 18 Jack Brodsky 70 US Producer Romancing the Stone Daddy Day Care 22 Daniel Taradash 89 US Screenwriter From Here to Eternity Hawaii 24 Walter Scharf 92 US Composer, Orchestrator Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory Winchester '73 24 Alberto Sordi 82 Italy Actor, Screenwriter, Director The Great War I Vitelloni March 3 Horst Buchholz 69 Germany Actor The Magnificent Seven Life is Beautiful 8 Adam Faith 62 UK Actor, Singer McVicar Stardust 8 Karen Morley 93 US Actress Gabriel Over the White House Scarface 12 Lynne Thigpen 54 US Actress The Warriors Lean on Me 15 Thora Hird 91 UK Actress One Good Turn The Quatermass Xperiment 13 Christiane Schmidtmer 63 Germany Actress Ship of Fools The Big Doll House 16 Lars Passgård 62 Sweden Actor Through a Glass Darkly The Fuller Report 18 Naomi Chance 73 UK Actress The Trials of Oscar Wilde The Gambler and the Lady 19 Rick Zumwalt 51 US Actor Batman Returns Over the Top 24 Philip Yordan 88 US Screenwriter The Harder They Fall El Cid 27 Paul Zindel 66 US Screenwriter Runaway Train Mame 30 Michael Jeter 50 US Actor The Green Mile Jurassic Park III 31 Anne Gwynne 84 US Actress House of Frankenstein Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome April 1 Leslie Cheung 46 Hong Kong Actor, Singer A Better Tomorrow Farewell My Concubine 1 Jean-Yves Escoffier 52 France Cinematographer Good Will Hunting Nurse Betty 2 Michael Wayne 68 US Producer McLintock! The Green Berets 4 Anthony Caruso 86 US Actor The Asphalt Jungle Sylvia 7 David Greene 82 UK Director Godspell Gray Lady Down 8 Kathie Browne 72 US Actress Man's Favorite Sport? Cinderfella 8 Bing Russell 76 US Actor Suicide Battalion Ride a Violent Mile 9 Vera Zorina 86 Germany Actress Follow the Boys Louisiana Purchase 12 Sydney Lassick 80 US Actor One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Carrie 16 Graham Jarvis 72 Canada Actor Misery Silkwood 22 Andrea King 82 US Actress Ride the Pink Horse Dial 1119 25 Jesse Nilsson 25 Canada Actor The Skulls Model Behavior 26 Peter Stone 73 US Screenwriter Charade The Taking of Pelham One Two Three 28 Ciccio Ingrassia 80 Italy Actor War Italian Style Kaos 30 Jim Connors 56 US Actor, Stuntman Hook Demolition Man May 3 Suzy Parker 70 US Actress Kiss Them for Me The Best of Everything 6 Lowell S. Hawley 94 US Screenwriter Swiss Family Robinson Babes in Toyland 6 Jocelyn Herbert 86 UK Production Designer if.... The Hotel New Hampshire 9 Carmen Filpi 80 US Actor Ed Wood Beetlejuice 9 Bernard Spear 83 UK Actor Chitty Chitty Bang Bang The Man Who Cried 14 Wendy Hiller 90 UK Actress The Elephant Man A Man for All Seasons 14 Robert Stack 84 US Actor Written on the Wind Airplane! 21 Felice Orlandi 78 Italy Actor Bullitt The Driver 24 Rachel Kempson 92 UK Actress Out of Africa Tom Jones 28 Martha Scott 90 US Actress Ben-Hur The Ten Commandments 28 Marc Zuber 59 India Actor Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves Navy SEALs 30 Haskell Boggs 94 US Cinematographer The Bellboy Teacher's Pet June 2 Richard Cusack 77 US Actor The Fugitive High Fidelity 3 John Jympson 72 UK Film Editor A Fish Called Wanda Little Shop of Horrors 7 Trevor Goddard 40 UK Actor Mortal Kombat Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl 11 William Marshall 78 US Actor Blacula Twilight's Last Gleaming 12 Gregory Peck 87 US Actor, Producer To Kill a Mockingbird Roman Holiday 15 Hume Cronyn 90 Canada Actor Shadow of a Doubt Cocoon 15 Philip Stone 79 UK Actor The Shining Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom 16 Carlos Rivas 78 US Actor The King and I True Grit 20 Fielder Cook 80 US Director How to Save a Marriage and Ruin Your Life Prudence and the Pill 21 George Axelrod 81 US Screenwriter Breakfast at Tiffany's The Manchurian Candidate 21 Leon Uris 78 US Screenwriter Battle Cry Gunfight at the O.K. Corral 24 Barbara Weeks 89 US Actress Rusty Rides Alone The Violent Years 27 David Newman 66 US Screenwriter Bonnie and Clyde Superman 29 Rod Amateau 79 US Director, Screenwriter Hook, Line & Sinker Where Does It Hurt? 29 Katharine Hepburn 96 US Actress The Philadelphia Story On Golden Pond 30 Buddy Hackett 78 US Actor It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World The Music Man 30 Constance Smith 75 Ireland Actress Impulse Treasure of the Golden Condor July 6 Buddy Ebsen 95 US Actor, Dancer Breakfast at Tiffany's Born to Dance 7 Elisabeth Welch 99 US Actress Cleopatra Revenge of the Pink Panther 8 Marjorie Fowler 82 US Film Editor Doctor Dolittle Conquest of the Planet of the Apes 9 Elliott Marks 61 US Still Photographer Annie Rocky 21 Robert F. Blumofe 93 US Producer, Executive Bound for Glory Yours, Mine and Ours 23 Sheila Bromley 91 US Actress Idol of the Crowds Women in the Wind 25 John Schlesinger 77 UK Director Midnight Cowboy Marathon Man 27 Karin Booth 87 US Actress Cripple Creek Juke Box Rhythm 27 Bob Hope 100 US Actor The Paleface Road to Morocco 30 Marian Carr 77 US Actress Kiss Me Deadly Nightmare 31 Frederick Coffin 60 US Actor Wayne's World Hard to Kill August 2 Don Estelle 70 UK Actor Santa Claus: The Movie A Private Function 6 Larry Taylor 85 UK Actor, Stuntman Zulu Chitty Chitty Bang Bang 9 Gregory Hines 57 US Actor, Dancer The Cotton Club Running Scared 10 Jacques Deray 74 France Director, Screenwriter Borsalino Three Men to Kill 30 Charles Bronson 81 US Actor The Great Escape Death Wish September 1 Jack Smight 78 US Director Harper Airport 1975 3 David King-Wood 89 Iran Actor The Quatermass Xperiment Private's Progress 4 Ben Aris 66 UK Actor The Plague of the Zombies If.... 6 Louise Platt 88 US Actress Stagecoach Forgotten Girls 8 Leni Riefenstahl 101 Germany Director Olympia Tiefland 11 John Ritter 54 US Actor Problem Child Sling Blade 12 Johnny Cash 71 US Singer, Actor Five Minutes to Live A Gunfight 14 Jerry Fleck 55 US Production Manager Edward Scissorhands Beetlejuice 16 Sheb Wooley 82 US Actor Hoosiers The Outlaw Josey Wales 20 Tom Busby 66 Canada Actor The Dirty Dozen The War Lover 21 Pamela Gordon 66 US Actress Weird Science Poltergeist II: The Other Side 22 Gordon Jump 71 US Actor Conquest of the Planet of the Apes Making the Grade 24 Lyle Bettger 88 US Actor The Greatest Show on Earth Gunfight at the O.K. Corral 25 Herb Gardner 68 US Screenwriter A Thousand Clowns I'm Not Rappaport 26 George Plimpton 76 US Actor Good Will Hunting Reds 27 Fay Helm 94 US Actress Phantom Lady Dangerous Intruder 27 Donald O'Connor 78 US Actor, Dancer Singin' in the Rain There's No Business Like Show Business 28 Elia Kazan 94 Turkey Director A Streetcar Named Desire On the Waterfront October 1 Julie Parrish 62 US Actress The Nutty Professor Fireball 500 3 Florence Stanley 79 US Actress Atlantis: The Lost Empire Bulworth 5 Denis Quilley 75 UK Actor King David Murder on the Orient Express 9 Ruth Hall 92 US Actress The Man from Monterey Local Boy Makes Good 10 Victoria Horne 91 US Actress Harvey The Ghost and Mrs. Muir 17 Janice Rule 72 US Actress Invitation to a Gunfighter The Ambushers 17 Bernard Schwartz 85 US Producer Coal Miner's Daughter St. Elmo's Fire 18 David Lodge 82 UK Actor A Shot in the Dark The Return of the Pink Panther 19 Guy Rolfe 91 UK Actor Ivanhoe The Fall of the Roman Empire 20 Jack Elam 82 US Actor The Cannonball Run Once Upon a Time in the West 29 Steve Yaconelli 62 US Cinematographer The Karate Kid Part III Blue Sky November 8 Bob Grant 71 UK Actor On the Buses Mutiny on the Buses 9 Fred J. Brown 68 US Sound Engineer The Exorcist First Blood 9 Art Carney 85 US Actor Harry and Tonto The Late Show 11 Robert Brown 82 UK Actor James Bond The Message 12 Jonathan Brandis 27 US Actor The NeverEnding Story II: The Next Chapter Ladybugs 12 Whitfield Cook 94 US Screenwriter Stage Fright Strangers on a Train 12 Kay E. Kuter 78 US Actor Sabrina The Last Starfighter 12 Penny Singleton 95 US Actress Blondie Jetsons: The Movie 14 Gene Anthony Ray 41 US Actor Fame Austin Powers in Goldmember 15 David Holt 76 US Actor The Pride of the Yankees Battleground 15 Dorothy Loudon 78 US Actress Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil Garbo Talks 16 Albert Nozaki 91 Japan Art Director The Ten Commandments The War of the Worlds 18 Michael Kamen 55 US Composer Die Hard Mr. Holland's Opus 20 Robert Addie 87 UK Actor Excalibur Another Country 23 Patricia Burke 86 UK Actress Lisbon Story Forbidden 24 Michael Small 64 US Composer Klute Marathon Man 26 Gordon Reid 64 UK Actor Leon the Pig Farmer The Others 27 Norman Burton 79 US Actor Planet of the Apes The Towering Inferno 28 Edmund Hartmann 92 US Screenwriter The Lemon Drop Kid The Caddy 30 Earl Bellamy 86 US Director Munster, Go Home! Walking Tall Part 2 December 2 Suzanne Cloutier 80 Canada Actress, Producer Othello Doctor in the House 3 Ellen Drew 88 US Actress The Man from Colorado The Baron of Arizona 3 David Hemmings 62 UK Actor Blow-Up Gladiator 7 Robert R. Benton 79 US Set Decorator Top Gun White Men Can't Jump 10 Sean McClory 79 Ireland Actor Mary Poppins The Quiet Man 14 Jeanne Crain 78 US Actress State Fair Leave Her to Heaven 16 Madlyn Rhue 68 US Actress It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World A Majority of One 17 Alan Tilvern 85 UK Actor Who Framed Roger Rabbit Superman 19 Hope Lange 72 US Actress The Best of Everything Peyton Place 19 Les Tremayne 90 UK Actor The War of the Worlds North by Northwest 22 Rose Hill 89 UK Actress A Shot in the Dark House of Whipcord 27 Alan Bates 69 UK Actor Women in Love The Fixer 29 Earl Hindman 61 US Actor Three Men and a Baby Silverado 29 Bob Monkhouse 75 UK Actor Thunderbirds Are Go Carry On Sergeant 30 John Gregory Dunne 71 US Screenwriter A Star is Born Up Close and Personal 30 Anita Mui 40 Hong Kong Actress, Singer Rumble in the Bronx Drunken Master II 30 Patricia Roc 88 UK Actress Canyon Passage The Brothers 31 Peter Donen 50 US Visual Effects Artist L.A. Confidential The Bourne Identity 31 Paula Raymond 79 US Actress Crisis The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms Film debuts Jonathan Bennett – Season of Youth P.J. Byrne – Bruce Almighty Miley Cyrus - Big Fish Rob Corddry – Old School Benedict Cumberbatch – To Kill a King Zac Efron – Melinda's World Selena Gomez - Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over Matthew Goode – South from Granada Ari Graynor – Mystic River Vanessa Hudgens – Thirteen 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 Ahna O'Reilly – Bill the Intern Chris Pratt – The Extreme Team Kelly Rowland – Freddy vs. Jason Nikki Reed – Thirteen Rob Riggle – Pushing Tom Britt Robertson – The Ghost Club John Robinson – Elephant Mike Vogel – Grind Kristen Wiig – Melvin Goes to Dinner References 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 Category:Film by year