2003 in film
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2003 in filmis 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[edit]
The top 10 films released in 2003 by worldwide gross are as follows:[1]
Rank | Title | Distributor | Worldwide gross |
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1 | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | New Line | $1,140,682,011 |
2 | Finding Nemo | Buena Vista | $871,014,978[2] |
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 Kinggrossed more than $1.14 billion, making it the highest-grossing film in 2003 worldwide and in North America and thesecond-highest-grossing filmup to that time. It was also the second film to surpass the billion-dollar milestone afterTitanicin 1997.
Finding Nemowas the highest-grossing animated movie of all time until being overtaken byShrek 2in 2004.
Events[edit]
- February 24:The Pianist,directed byRoman Polanski,wins 7César Awards:Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Sound, Best Production Design, Best Music and Best Cinematography.
- June 12:Gregory Peckdies ofbronchopneumonia.
- June 29:Katharine Hepburndies ofcardiac arrest.
- November 17:Arnold Schwarzeneggersworn in asGovernor of California.[3]
- December 22: Both of the movies from theMatrixtrilogyreleased in 2003 were shut out ofvisual effectsOscarconsideration by the Visual Effects Award Nominating Committee.
- December 31: TheAcademy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciencesmails nomination ballots in which it qualifies 254 films released in 2003 as eligible forOscarconsideration.
Award ceremonies[edit]
Awards[edit]
2003 films[edit]
By country/region[edit]
- 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 French films of 2003
- List of Hong Kong films of 2003
- List of Indian 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[edit]
- 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[edit]
- 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
- 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 –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
- November 7
- Lara McDonnell,Irish actress
- Park Ji-hu,South Korean actress
Deaths[edit]
Month | Date | Name | Age | Country | Profession | Notable films |
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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[edit]
- Raúl Arévalo–With George Bush on My Mind
- Jonathan Bennett–Season of Youth
- P.J. Byrne–Bruce Almighty
- Rob Corddry–Old School
- Benedict Cumberbatch–To Kill a King
- Zac Efron–Melinda's World
- Matthew Goode–South from Granada
- Teresa Hurtado de Ory−Astronauts
- Josh Hutcherson–American Splendor
- Zoe Kazan–Swordswallowers and Thin Men
- Anna Kendrick–Camp
- George MacKay–Peter Pan
- Danny McBride–All the Real Girls
- Chris O'Dowd–Conspiracy of Silence
- Glen Powell–Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over
- Chris Pratt–The Extreme Team
- Nikki Reed–Thirteen
- Rob Riggle–Pushing Tom
- Britt Robertson–The Ghost Club
- Verónica Sánchez–South from Granada
- María Valverde–The Weakness of the Bolshevik
- Mike Vogel–Grind
- Leigh Whannell–The Matrix Reloaded
- Kristen Wiig–Melvin Goes to Dinner
References[edit]
- ^"2003 Worldwide Box Office".Box Office Mojo.IMDb.RetrievedMarch 7,2020.
- ^"Finding Nemo (2003)".Box Office Mojo.Archived fromthe originalon August 31, 2012.
- ^Broder, John M. (2003-11-17)."Schwarzenegger Is Sworn In as Governor of California".The New York Times.ISSN0362-4331.Retrieved2024-06-24.