2003 in film

Highest-grossing films

The top 10 films released in 2003 by worldwide gross are as follows:

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

• 8th Empire Awards

Awards

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

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

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