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The year 2003 in film involved some significant events. Releases of sequels took place with movies like The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, 2 Fast 2 Furious, Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle, The Matrix Reloaded, The Matrix Revolutions, Pokémon Heroes, Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, Freddy vs. Jason, X2: X-Men United, Bad Boys II, Scary Movie 3, and Final Destination 2.

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Highest-grossing films [edit]

See also: List of 2003 box office number-one films in Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United States

These are the top grossing films that were first released in 2003. The top ten films of 2003, by worldwide gross in United States dollars, as well as the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, and Australia grosses, are as follows:

Highest-grossing films of 2003[1]
Rank Title Studio Director(s) Worldwide North America United Kingdom Australia
1 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King New Line Peter Jackson $1,119,110,941 $377,027,325 $106,643,712 $36,550,919
2 Finding Nemo Disney/Pixar Andrew Stanton $867,893,978 $339,714,978 $67,117,404 $26,820,431
3 The Matrix Reloaded Warner Bros. Andy and Larry Wachowski $742,128,461 $281,576,461 $53,880,216 $22,070,814
4 Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl Disney Gore Verbinski $654,264,015 $305,413,918 $47,531,328 $18,476,252
5 Bruce Almighty Universal Tom Shadyac $484,592,874 $242,829,261 $37,412,900 $13,558,467
6 The Last Samurai Warner Bros. Edward Zwick $456,758,981 $111,127,263 $21,993,151 $9,617,283
7 Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines Warner Bros. Jonathan Mostow $433,371,112 $150,371,112 $31,289,575 $12,352,558
8 The Matrix Revolutions Warner Bros. Andy and Larry Wachowski $427,343,298 $139,313,948 $31,020,318 $13,015,662
9 X2 Fox Bryan Singer $407,711,549 $214,949,694 $33,549,569 $10,654,741
10 Bad Boys II Columbia Michael Bay $273,339,556 $138,608,444 $14,920,239 $7,680,900

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King grossed more than $1.19 billion, making it the highest-grossing film in 2004 and (at the time) the second-highest-grossing film of all time. It is now, unadjusted, the sixth-highest-grossing film of all time.

Finding Nemo was the highest grossing animated movie of all time but it has since been overtaken and it is currently the 5th highest grossing animated film of all time and the 25th highest grossing film of all time (it was once the 9th highest grossing film).

The other film, The Matrix Reloaded is also in the list of the fifty highest-grossing films.

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Awards [edit]

Category/Organization 9th Critics' Choice Awards
January 10, 2004		 61st Golden Globe Awards
January 25, 2004		 57th BAFTA Awards
February 15, 2004		 10th Screen Actors Guild Awards
February 22, 2004		 76th Academy Awards
February 29, 2004
Drama Musical or Comedy
Best Film The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Lost in Translation The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (cast) 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 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		 Sean Penn
Mystic River		 Bill Murray
Lost in Translation		 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		 Charlize Theron
Monster		 Diane Keaton
Something's Gotta Give		 Scarlett Johansson
Lost in Translation		 Charlize Theron
Monster		 Charlize Theron
Monster
Best Supporting Actor Tim Robbins
Mystic River		 Tim Robbins
Mystic River		 Bill Nighy
Love Actually		 Tim Robbins
Mystic River		 Tim Robbins
Mystic River
Best Supporting Actress Renée Zellweger
Cold Mountain		 Renée Zellweger
Cold Mountain		 Renée Zellweger
Cold Mountain		 Renée Zellweger
Cold Mountain		 Renée Zellweger
Cold Mountain
Best Screenplay (Adapted) 'In America'
Jim Sheridan, Kirsten Sheridan and Naomi Sheridan		 Lost in Translation
Sofia Coppola		 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Philippa Boyens, Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh		 — The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Philippa Boyens, Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh
Best Screenplay (Original) The Station Agent
Thomas McCarthy		 — Lost in Translation
Sofia Coppola
Best Score The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Howard Shore		 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Howard Shore		 Cold Mountain
T-Bone Burnett and Gabriel Yared		 — The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Howard Shore
Best Foreign Language Film The Barbarian Invasions
(Les Invasions barbares)		 Osama In This World — The Barbarian Invasions
(Les Invasions barbares)
Best Animated Film Finding Nemo — — — Finding Nemo

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

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Month Date Name Age Country Profession Notable films
January 1 Cyril Shaps 79 UK Actor The Spy Who Loved Me • Erik the Viking
1 Royce D. Applegate 63 USA Actor O Brother, Where Art Thou? • Seabiscuit • Rain Man • Splash • Gods and Generals • The Rookie • Under Siege 2: Dark Territory • Dr. Dolittle
4 Conrad Hall 72 Tahiti Cinematographer American Beauty • Cool Hand Luke • Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid • Road to Perdition • Marathon Man • Sleepy Hollow • In Cold Blood
8 Ron Goodwin 77 UK Composer Where Eagles Dare • Frenzy • Battle of Britain
11 Anthony Havelock-Allan 98 UK Producer Romeo and Juliet • Great Expectations • Ryan's Daughter • Othello
12 Maurice Gibb 53 Isle of Man Singer, Composer, Actor Saturday Night Fever • Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
13 Norman Panama 88 USA Screenwriter White Christmas • The Court Jester • Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
18 Richard Crenna 76 USA Actor First Blood • Summer Rental • Sabrina • Leviathan • Hot Shots! Part Deux • The Flamingo Kid
20 David Battley 67 UK Actor Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory • Krull • The Waiter • The London Connection
20 Nedra Volz 94 USA Actress 10 • Earth Girls Are Easy • National Lampoon's Movie Madness
23 Nell Carter 54 USA Actress The Grass Harp • Bébé's Kids • Modern Problems
25 Leopoldo Trieste 85 Italy Actor, Screenwriter The Godfather: Part II • Cinema Paradiso • The Name of the Rose • Don't Look Now • Caligula • I Vitelloni • The Black Stallion • Divorce, Italian Style
February ? William Marlowe 72 UK Actor Cry Freedom
3 Lana Clarkson 40 USA Actress Scarface • Fast Times at Ridgemont High • Barbarian Queen
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 • The Wild Blue Yonder • Jubilee Trail
13 Stacy Keach, Sr. 88 USA Actor Pretty Woman • Saturday the 14th • The Parallax View • Armed and Dangerous • Brewster McCloud
14 Neil Seiler 77 UK Actor Captain Kronos - Vampire Hunter
22 Daniel Taradash 89 USA Screenwriter From Here to Eternity • Hawaii • Castle Keep • Storm Center
27 Fred Rogers 74 USA Actor, Mr. Rogers Casper
March 3 Horst Buchholz 69 Germany Actor The Magnificent Seven • Life is Beautiful • Nine Hours to Rama • One, Two, Three
8 Adam Faith 62 UK Actor, Singer McVicar • Stardust
12 Lynne Thigpen 54 USA Actress Anger Management • The Insider • Shaft • Tootsie • The Paper • Just Cause • Blankman • Bicentennial Man • Novocaine
15 Thora Hird 91 UK Actress One Good Turn • The Quatermass Xperiment
19 Rick Zumwalt 51 USA Actor Batman Returns • Over the Top • Father Hood • The Presidio
24 Phillip Yordan 88 USA Screenwriter Broken Lance • El Cid • Johnny Guitar • Battle of the Bulge • Detective Story • Dillinger
31 Michael Jeter 50 USA Actor The Green Mile • Jurassic Park III • Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas • Air Bud • Waterworld • Patch Adams • Tango & Cash • Open Range • MouseHunt • Drop Zone • The Fisher King
April 2 Michael Wayne 68 USA Producer McLintock! • The Green Berets • Brannigan
8 Bing Russell 76 USA Actor The Magnificent Seven • Tango & Cash • Brannigan • Dick Tracy • The Apple Dumpling Gang
12 Sydney Lassick 80 USA Actor One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest • Carrie • Cool as Ice • Man on the Moon • History of the World, Part I • Tom and Jerry: The Movie
16 Graham Jarvis 72 USA Actor Misery • Silkwood • Mr. Mom
25 Jesse Nilsson 25 Canada Actor The Skulls • Model Behaviour
26 Peter Stone 73 USA Screenwriter Charade • The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
May 3 Suzy Parker 70 USA Actress Funny Face • The Best of Everything • The Interns
9 Carmen Filpi 80 USA Actor Ed Wood • Beetlejuice • The Wedding Singer • Wayne's World • The Beverly Hillbillies
9 Bernard Spear 83 UK Actor Chitty Chitty Bang Bang • The Man Who Cried • Yentl • Bedazzled
14 Wendy Hiller 90 UK Actress The Elephant Man • A Man for All Seasons • Murder on the Orient Express • Separate Tables • Pygmalion • Sons and Lovers • Toys in the Attic
14 Robert Stack 84 USA Actor Written on the Wind • Airplane! • The High and the Mighty • Is Paris Burning? • Bwana Devil • Beavis and Butthead Do America • House of Bamboo • Bullfighter and the Lady • Uncommon Valor • The Last Voyage • John Paul Jones • 1941 • Joe vs. The Volcano • The Tarnished Angels • A Date with Judy • Caddyshack II • The Mortal Storm • The Transformers: The Movie
24 Rachel Kempson 92 UK Actress Out of Africa • Tom Jones • Georgy Girl
28 Martha Scott 90 USA Actress Ben-Hur • The Ten Commandments • Airport 1975
June 2 Richard Cusack 77 USA Actor The Fugitive • High Fidelity • Eight Men Out • Chain Reaction • While You Were Sleeping • Return to Me
7 Trevor Goddard 40 UK Actor Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl • Mortal Kombat • Deep Rising
11 William Marshall 78 USA Actor Blacula • Maverick • Skullduggery • Curtain
12 Gregory Peck 85 USA Producer To Kill a Mockingbird • Roman Holiday • The Omen • Cape Fear • The Guns of Navarone • Twelve O'Clock High • The Million Pound Note • How the West Was Won • Moby Dick • Pork Chop Hill • MacArthur
15 Hume Cronyn 90 USA Singer, Actor The Seventh Cross • Cocoon • Shadow of a Doubt • Cleopatra • The Pelican Brief • Hamlet • The Postman Always Rings Twice • Marvin's Room
15 Philip Stone 79 UK Actor The Shining • Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom • A Clockwork Orange • Flash Gordon • Barry Lyndon • Hitler: The Last Ten Days
29 Katharine Hepburn 96 USA Actress The Lion in Winter • On Golden Pond • Bringing Up Baby • The Philadelphia Story • Guess Who's Coming to Dinner • The African Queen • Morning Glory • Summertime • The Rainmaker • Rooster Cogburn • Little Women • Adam's Rib • Love Affair • Song of Love • Desk Set • Suddenly, Last Summer • Pat and Mike
30 Buddy Hackett 78 USA Actor It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World • The Little Mermaid • The Love Bug • Scrooged • The Music Man
July ?? H.A.R Thomson 92 Namibia Camera Operator Where Eagles Dare • Kelly's Heroes • Odd Man Out • Khartoum • Carry On... Up the Khyber • The Browning Version • Victim • Ten Little Indians • The Quiller Memorandum • The League of Gentleman • North West Frontier
1 N!xau 58 Namibia Actor The Gods Must Be Crazy
6 Buddy Ebsen 95 USA Actor Breakfast at Tiffany's • The Beverly Hillbillies • Mail Order Bride
25 Michael Mundell 61 Actor The Blood Beast Terror • Straw Dogs
25 John Schlesinger 77 UK Director Midnight Cowboy • Pacific Heights • Marathon Man • The Next Best Thing • Sunday Bloody Sunday • A Kind of Loving • Billy Liar
27 Bob Hope 100 USA Actor Road to Singapore • Road to Morocco • Road to Hong Kong • Road to Rio • Road to Zanzibar • Road to Utopia • Road to Bali • My Favorite Blonde • The Muppet Movie • I'll Take Sweden • Spies Like Us
31 Frederick Coffin 60 USA Actor Wayne's World • Hard to Kill • Identity • Mother's Day
August 2 Don Estelle 70 UK Actor Santa Claus • A Private Function
9 Gregory Hines 57 USA Actor The Cotton Club • Running Scared • Renaissance Man • The Preacher's Wife
12 Anne Tirard 86 UK Actress Witchfinder General • Tess • The Witches
30 Charles Bronson 81 USA Actor The Great Escape • Death Wish • The Dirty Dozen • Once Upon a Time in the West • Murphy's Law • The Indian Runner • The White Buffalo
30 Reg Thomason 84 UK Actor Battle of Britain
September 4 Ben Aris 66 UK Actor The Plague of the Zombies • If.... • Get Carter • Tommy
9 Larry Hovis 67 USA Actor Lone Star State of Mind
11 John Ritter 54 USA Actor Sling Blade • Bad Santa • North • Clifford's Really Big Movie • It • Problem Child
12 Johnny Cash 71 USA Singer, Actor Five Minutes to Live • The Hunted • A Gunfight
16 Sheb Wooley 82 USA Actor Hoosiers • The Outlaw Josey Wales • High Noon • Silverado • Giant
22 Gordon Jump 71 USA Actor Conquest of the Planet of the Apes • Making the Grade • The Fury
26 George Plimpton 76 USA Actor Good Will Hunting • Reds • Nixon • EDtv • When We Were Kings • Just Cause • The Bonfire of the Vanities • Rio Lobo • Just Visiting
27 Donald O'Connor 78 USA Actor Singin' in the Rain • Toys • That's Entertainment! • Tom Sawyer, Detective
28 Elia Kazan 94 Turkey Director A Streetcar Named Desire • On the Waterfront • East of Eden • Splendor in the Grass • America, America • Viva Zapata! • Gentleman's Agreement
October 3 Florence Stanley 79 USA Actress Atlantis: The Lost Empire • Bulworth • Trapped in Paradise • The Odd Couple II • A Goofy Movie • The Brainiacs.com
5 Denis Quilley 75 UK Actor King David • Mister Johnson
18 David Lodge 82 UK Actor A Shot in the Dark • The Return of the Pink Panther • Ice Cold in Alex • After the Fox • The Magic Christian • The Railway Children • I'm All Right Jack • The Wrong Box • The League of Gentleman • Scream and Scream Again • Oh! What a Lovely War • Carry On Girls • The Long Ships
20 Jack Elam 82 USA Actor The Cannonball Run • Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid • Rio Lobo • Support Your Local Sheriff! • The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again
November 6 Walter Alford 90 USA Publicist Supervisor The Godfather: Part III • Caligula • The Tenant • La Luna • Saving Grace
9 Art Carney 85 USA Actor Harry and Tonto • Last Action Hero • Firestarter • Take This Job and Shove It • The Muppets Take Manhattan • The Yellow Rolls-Royce
11 Robert Brown 82 UK Actor Octopussy • Licence to Kill • The Third Man • The Living Daylights • A View to a Kill • The Spy Who Loved Me
11 Jack Riedel  ??  ?? Visual Effects Star Trek V: The Final Frontier
12 Jonathan Brandis 27 USA Actor The Neverending Story II: The Next Chapter • Oliver & Company • Sidekicks • Ghost Dad • Fatal Attraction • Ride with the Devil
12 Penny Singleton 95 USA Actress, Voice of Jane Jetson Blondie • Jetsons: The Movie • After the Thin Man
14 Gene Anthony Ray 41 USA Actor Fame • Austin Powers in Goldmember • Eddie
15 Dorothy Loudon 70 USA Actress Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil • Garbo Talks
18 Michael Kamen 55 USA Composer Die Hard • Lethal Weapon • X-Men • Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves • Highlander • The Iron Giant • Road House • Brazil • Hudson Hawk • Against the Ropes • The Three Musketeers • Event Horizon • The Last Boy Scout • 101 Dalmatians • First Daughter • Circle of Friends
20 Robert Addie 87 USA Director Excalibur • Another Country
26 Gordon Reid 64 UK Actor Leon the Pig Farmer • The Others
27 Norman Burton 79 USA Actor Planet of the Apes • The Towering Inferno • Bloodsport • Diamonds Are Forever • The Gumball Rally
December 3 David Hemmings 62 USA Actor Gladiator • Gangs of New York • The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen • Spy Game • Camelot • Barbarella • Blowup • Last Orders
10 Sean McClory 79 USA Actor, Director Mary Poppins • The Quiet Man • Them! • Niagara • The Dead • Body Bags
14 Jeanne Crain 78 USA Actress State Fair • Leave Her to Heaven • Pinky • A Letter to Three Wives • Guns of the Timberland
16 Alfred Lynch 72 UK Actor The Krays
17 Ed Devereaux 78 Australia Actor Skippy the Bush Kangaroo
17 Alan Tilvern 85 UK Actor, Screenwriter Who Framed Roger Rabbit • Superman • Little Shop of Horrors • The Lord of the Rings • Love and Death • Firefox • Night and the City • Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N. • Khartoum
19 Hope Lange 72 USA Actress Blue Velvet • Peyton Place • Death Wish • A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy's Revenge • I Am the Cheese
19 Les Tremayne 90 UK Actor The War of the Worlds • North by Northwest • The Fortune Cookie • Goldfinger
25 David L. Ford 63 USA Producer Uphill All the Way
26 Harry Littlewood 82 UK Actor Omen III: The Final Conflict
27 Alan Bates 69 UK Actor Women in Love • Hamlet • Alexis Zorba • The Rose • The Mothman Prophecies • An Unmarried Woman • The Sum of All Fears • Gosford Park • The Statement
29 Dinsdale Landen 71 UK Actor Morons from Outer Space
30 John Gregory Dunne 71 USA Screenwriter A Star is Born • Up Close and Personal • True Confessions • The Panic in Needle Park
31 Earl Hindman 61 USA Actor Three Men and a Baby • Silverado • Taps

Wide-release movies [edit]

Movies released in at least 600 North American theatres.

January - March [edit]

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10 Just Married 20th Century Fox Ashton Kutcher, Brittany Murphy
17 A Guy Thing Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Jason Lee, Julia Stiles, Selma Blair
Dil Ka Rishta Tips Music Films Arjun Rampal, Aishwarya Rai, Priyanshu Chatterjee, Isha Koppikar, Raakhee, Paresh Rawal
Kangaroo Jack Warner Bros. Jerry O'Connell, Anthony Anderson, Estella Warren, Michael Shannon, Christopher Walken
National Security Columbia Pictures Martin Lawrence, Steve Zahn, Colm Feore, Bill Duke, Eric Roberts, Timothy Busfield, Robinne Lee
24 Darkness Falls Columbia Pictures Chaney Kley, Emma Caulfield
31 Biker Boyz DreamWorks Laurence Fishburne, Djimon Hounsou, Derek Luke, Orlando Jones, Lisa Bonet
Final Destination 2 New Line Cinema Ali Larter, A. J. Cook, Michael Landes, Keegan Connor Tracy, Jonathan Cherry, James Kirk, Lynda Boyd
The Recruit Touchstone Pictures Dir: Roger Donaldson; Al Pacino, Colin Farrell, Bridget Moynahan
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How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days Paramount Pictures Dir: Donald Petrie; Kate Hudson, Matthew McConaughey, Kathryn Hahn, Annie Parisse, Adam Goldberg, Thomas Lennon
Shanghai Knights Touchstone Pictures Jackie Chan, Owen Wilson, Fann Wong
14 Daredevil 20th Century Fox Dir: Mark Steven Johnson; Ben Affleck, Jennifer Garner, Michael Clarke Duncan, Colin Farrell
The Jungle Book 2 Walt Disney Pictures John Goodman, Haley Joel Osment, Mae Whitman, Bob Joles, Tony Jay, Phil Collins, John Rhys-Davies
21 Dark Blue United Artists Kurt Russell, Scott Speedman, Michael Michele, Brendan Gleeson, Ving Rhames, Dash Mihok, Kurupt
Gods and Generals Warner Bros. Jeff Daniels, Robert Duvall, Kevin Conway, C. Thomas Howell, Stephen Lang, Brian Mallon, Mira Sorvino
The Life of David Gale Universal Studios Dir: Alan Parker; Kevin Spacey, Kate Winslet, Laura Linney, Gabriel Mann, Matt Craven
Old School DreamWorks Dir: Todd Phillips; Luke Wilson, Will Ferrell, Vince Vaughn, Ellen Pompeo, Jeremy Piven, Juliette Lewis
28 Cradle 2 the Grave Warner Bros. Jet Li, DMX, Anthony Anderson, Kelly Hu, Tom Arnold
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Tears of the Sun Columbia Pictures Bruce Willis, Monica Bellucci, Cole Hauser
12 Bend It Like Beckham ‡ Fox Searchlight Pictures Parminder Nagra, Keira Knightley, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Anupam Kher, Shaznay Lewis, Archie Panjabi
14 Agent Cody Banks Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Frankie Múñiz, Hilary Duff, Angie Harmon, Keith David, Cynthia Stevenson, Darrell Hammond
The Hunted Paramount Pictures Dir: William Friedkin; Tommy Lee Jones, Benicio del Toro, Connie Nielsen
Willard New Line Cinema Crispin Glover, R. Lee Ermey, Laura Harring, Jackie Burroughs
21 Boat Trip Artisan Entertainment Dir: Mort Nathan; Cuba Gooding, Jr., Horatio Sanz, Roselyn Sánchez, Vivica A. Fox, Maurice Godin
Dreamcatcher Warner Bros. Dir: Lawrence Kasdan; Thomas Jane, Jason Lee, Timothy Olyphant, Damian Lewis, Morgan Freeman
Piglet's Big Movie Walt Disney Pictures Peter Cullen, Jim Cummings, John Fiedler, Nikita Hopkins, Ken Sansom, Kath Soucie, Andre Stojka
View from the Top Miramax Films Gwyneth Paltrow, Christina Applegate, Mark Ruffalo, Candice Bergen, Joshua Malina
28 Basic Columbia Pictures Dir: John McTiernan; John Travolta, Samuel L. Jackson, Connie Nielsen, Timothy Daly
The Core Paramount Pictures Aaron Eckhart, Delroy Lindo, Hilary Swank, DJ Qualls, Bruce Greenwood, Stanley Tucci
Head of State DreamWorks Chris Rock, Bernie Mac, Tracy Morgan

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Phone Booth 20th Century Fox Dir: Joel Schumacher; Colin Farrell, Kiefer Sutherland, Forest Whitaker, Radha Mitchell, Katie Holmes
What a Girl Wants Warner Bros. Amanda Bynes, Colin Firth, Kelly Preston, Oliver James
9 Flywheel Sherwood Pictures Alex Kendrick, Lisa Arnold, Steve Moore, Walter Burnett
11 Anger Management Columbia Pictures Adam Sandler, Jack Nicholson, Marisa Tomei, Luis Guzmán, Allen Covert, Lynne Thigpen
16 Bulletproof Monk Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Chow Yun-fat, Seann William Scott, Jaime King
A Mighty Wind ‡ Warner Bros. Bob Balaban, Catherine O'Hara, Eugene Levy, Christopher Guest, Michael McKean, Harry Shearer
18 Holes Walt Disney Pictures Shia LaBeouf, Jon Voight, Khleo Thomas, Tim Blake Nelson, Sigourney Weaver
Malibu's Most Wanted Warner Bros. Jamie Kennedy, Taye Diggs, Anthony Anderson, Blair Underwood, Regina Hall, Damien Dante Wayans
25 Confidence Lions Gate Entertainment Edward Burns, Rachel Weisz, Andy García, Paul Giamatti, Luis Guzmán, Donal Logue, Brian Van Holt
Identity Columbia Pictures Dir: James Mangold; John Cusack, Ray Liotta, Amanda Peet, Alfred Molina, Clea DuVall, Rebecca De Mornay
It Runs in the Family Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Michael Douglas, Kirk Douglas, Cameron Douglas, Diana Dill, Rory Culkin, Bernadette Peters
The Real Cancun New Line Cinema Dir: Rick de Oliviera; Benjamin Fletcher, Nicole Frilot, Roxanne Frilot, Brittany Brown-Hart
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X2: X-Men United 20th Century Fox Dir: Bryan Singer; Hugh Jackman, Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellen, Halle Berry, James Marsden, Famke Janssen, Brian Cox, Alan Cumming, Anna Paquin
9 Daddy Day Care Columbia Pictures Eddie Murphy, Jeff Garlin, Steve Zahn, Regina King, Anjelica Huston, Lacey Chabert
15 The Matrix Reloaded Warner Bros. Dir: The Wachowski Brothers; Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss, Hugo Weaving
16 Down with Love ‡ 20th Century Fox Ewan McGregor, Renée Zellweger, David Hyde Pierce, Sarah Paulson
23 Bruce Almighty Universal Studios Dir: Tom Shadyac; Jim Carrey, Morgan Freeman, Jennifer Aniston, Lisa Ann Walter, Steve Carell
The In-Laws Warner Bros. Michael Douglas, Albert Brooks, Candice Bergen, Ryan Reynolds
30 Finding Nemo Walt Disney Pictures
Pixar Animation Studios		 Albert Brooks, Ellen DeGeneres, Alexander Gould, Willem Dafoe, Brad Garrett, Joe Ranft, Allison Janney
The Italian Job Paramount Pictures Mark Wahlberg, Charlize Theron, Edward Norton, Seth Green, Jason Statham, Mos Def, Donald Sutherland
Wrong Turn 20th Century Fox Desmond Harrington, Eliza Dushku
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13 Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd New Line Cinema Derek Richardson, Eric Christian Olsen, Eugene Levy
Hollywood Homicide Columbia Pictures Harrison Ford, Josh Hartnett, Lena Olin, Bruce Greenwood, Isaiah Washington, Lolita Davidovich, Master P
Rugrats Go Wild Paramount Pictures Elizabeth Daily, Nancy Cartwright, Kath Soucie, Dionne Quan, Cheryl Chase, Tim Curry, Lacey Chabert
20 Alex & Emma Warner Bros. Dir: Rob Reiner; Kate Hudson, Luke Wilson, Sophie Marceau
From Justin to Kelly 20th Century Fox Dir: Robert Iscove; Kelly Clarkson, Justin Guarini
The Hulk Universal Studios Dir: Ang Lee; Eric Bana, Jennifer Connelly, Sam Elliott, Nick Nolte, Josh Lucas
27 28 Days Later Fox Searchlight Pictures Dir: Danny Boyle; Cillian Murphy, Naomie Harris, Noah Huntley, Christopher Eccleston, Brendan Gleeson
Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle Columbia Pictures Dir: McG; Cameron Diaz, Drew Barrymore, Lucy Liu, Demi Moore, Bernie Mac, Luke Wilson, Matt LeBlanc

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Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines Warner Bros. Arnold Schwarzenegger, Nick Stahl, Claire Danes, Kristanna Loken
Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas DreamWorks Animation Brad Pitt, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Michelle Pfeiffer, Joseph Fiennes
9 Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl Walt Disney Pictures Dir: Gore Verbinski; Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightley, Geoffrey Rush, Jack Davenport, Jonathan Pryce, Guy Siner, Mackenzie Crook, Zoe Saldana
11 The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen 20th Century Fox Sean Connery, Naseeruddin Shah, Peta Wilson, Tony Curran, Stuart Townsend, Shane West
18 Bad Boys II Columbia Pictures Dir: Michael Bay; Martin Lawrence, Will Smith, Jordi Mollà, Gabrielle Union, Peter Stormare, Joe Pantoliano
How to Deal New Line Cinema Mandy Moore, Allison Janney, Trent Ford
Johnny English Universal Studios Rowan Atkinson, John Malkovich, Ben Miller, Natalie Imbruglia
25 Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life Paramount Pictures Dir: Jan de Bont; Angelina Jolie, Gerard Butler, Ciarán Hinds, Chris Barrie, Noah Taylor, Djimon Hounsou
Seabiscuit Universal Studios / DreamWorks Pictures Dir: Gary Ross; Tobey Maguire, Jeff Bridges, Chris Cooper, Royce D. Applegate, William H. Macy
Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over Dimension Films Dir: Robert Rodriguez; Alexa Vega, Daryl Sabara, Antonio Banderas, Carla Gugino, Ricardo Montalbán, Sylvester Stallone
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Gigli Columbia Pictures Dir: Martin Brest; Ben Affleck, Jennifer Lopez, Justin Bartha, Al Pacino, Christopher Walken, Lainie Kazan
6 Freaky Friday Walt Disney Pictures Jamie Lee Curtis, Lindsay Lohan, Chad Michael Murray, Mark Harmon, Ryan Malgarini, Harold Gould
8 Le Divorce ‡ Fox Searchlight Pictures Dir: James Ivory; Kate Hudson, Naomi Watts, Glenn Close, Matthew Modine
S.W.A.T. Columbia Pictures Colin Farrell, Samuel L. Jackson, Michelle Rodriguez, LL Cool J, Olivier Martinez
15 Freddy vs. Jason New Line Cinema Monica Keena, Kelly Rowland, Jason Ritter, Christopher Marquette, Lochlyn Munro, Katharine Isabelle
Grind Warner Bros. Mike Vogel, Adam Brody, Vince Vieluf, Joey Kern, Jennifer Morrison, Bam Margera
Open Range Touchstone Pictures Dir: Kevin Costner; Robert Duvall, Kevin Costner, Annette Bening
Uptown Girls Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Dakota Fanning, Brittany Murphy, Marley Shelton, Donald Faison, Jesse Spencer, Heather Locklear
22 Marci X Paramount Pictures Dir: Richard Benjamin; Lisa Kudrow, Damon Wayans
The Medallion Screen Gems Jackie Chan, Lee Evans, Claire Forlani, Julian Sands
My Boss's Daughter Dimension Films Ashton Kutcher, Tara Reid, Molly Shannon, Terence Stamp, Andy Richter
29 Jeepers Creepers II United Artists Jonathan Breck, Ray Wise, Luke Edwards, Eric Nenninger
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R		 5 Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star Paramount Pictures David Spade, Mary McCormack, Craig Bierko, Rob Reiner
The Order 20th Century Fox Heath Ledger, Shannyn Sossamon, Benno Fürmann, Mark Addy, Peter Weller
12 Cabin Fever Lions Gate Entertainment Rider Strong, Jordan Ladd, James DeBello, Cerina Vincent, Joey Kern, Jeff Hoffman
Lost in Translation ‡ Focus Features Dir: Sofia Coppola; Bill Murray, Scarlett Johansson
Matchstick Men Warner Bros. Dir: Ridley Scott; Nicolas Cage, Alison Lohman, Sam Rockwell, Bruce Altman, Bruce McGill
Once Upon a Time in Mexico Columbia Pictures Antonio Banderas, Salma Hayek, Johnny Depp, Willem Dafoe, Mickey Rourke, Eva Mendes, Danny Trejo
19 Anything Else DreamWorks Jason Biggs, Christina Ricci, Woody Allen, Erica Leerhsen, Danny DeVito
Cold Creek Manor Touchstone Pictures Dir: Mike Figgis; Dennis Quaid, Sharon Stone, Stephen Dorff, Juliette Lewis
The Fighting Temptations Paramount Pictures Cuba Gooding, Jr., Beyoncé Knowles, Mike Epps, Steve Harvey, Latanya Richardson, Faith Evans
Secondhand Lions New Line Cinema Michael Caine, Robert Duvall, Haley Joel Osment, Kyra Sedgwick
Underworld Screen Gems Kate Beckinsale, Scott Speedman, Michael Sheen, Bill Nighy, Shane Brolly
26 Duplex Miramax Films Dir: Danny DeVito; Ben Stiller, Drew Barrymore, Stuart Cornfeld
The Rundown Universal Studios Dwayne Johnson, Seann William Scott, Christopher Walken, Rosario Dawson, Ewen Bremner, Jon Gries
Under the Tuscan Sun Touchstone Pictures Diane Lane, Sandra Oh, Lindsay Duncan

October - December [edit]

‡ Films that achieved wide-release status after initial release
Opening Title Studio Cast & Crew
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R		 3 Out of Time Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Denzel Washington, Eva Mendes
School of Rock Paramount Pictures Dir: Richard Linklater; Jack Black, Joan Cusack, Mike White, Sarah Silverman, Miranda Cosgrove
8 Mystic River ‡ Warner Bros. Dir: Clint Eastwood; Sean Penn, Tim Robbins, Kevin Bacon, Laurence Fishburne, Marcia Gay Harden, Laura Linney
10 Good Boy! Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Liam Aiken, Molly Shannon, Kevin Nealon
House of the Dead Artisan Entertainment Dir: Uwe Boll; Jonathan Cherry, Tyron Leitso, Ona Grauer, Jurgen Prochnow, Ellie Cornell, Clint Howard, Enuka Okuma, Will Sanderson, Kira Clavell, Michael Eklund
Intolerable Cruelty Universal Studios George Clooney, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Geoffrey Rush, Cedric The Entertainer, Edward Hermann
Kill Bill Vol. 1 Miramax Films Dir: Quentin Tarantino; Uma Thurman, Lucy Liu, Daryl Hannah, David Carradine, Michael Madsen, Vivica A. Fox
17 Runaway Jury 20th Century Fox John Cusack, Gene Hackman, Dustin Hoffman, Rachel Weisz, Bruce Davison, Bruce McGill, Jeremy Piven
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre New Line Cinema Jessica Biel, Jonathan Tucker, Erica Leerhsen, Mike Vogel, Eric Balfour, David Dorfman, R. Lee Ermey
22 In the Cut ‡ Screen Gems Dir: Jane Campion; Meg Ryan, Mark Ruffalo, Jennifer Jason Leigh
24 Beyond Borders Paramount Pictures Dir: Martin Campbell; Angelina Jolie, Clive Owen
Brother Bear ‡ Walt Disney Pictures Joaquin Phoenix, Jeremy Suarez, Rick Moranis, Dave Thomas, Jason Raize, D. B. Sweeney
Radio Columbia Pictures Cuba Gooding, Jr., Ed Harris, S. Epatha Merkerson, Alfre Woodard, Debra Winger, Riley Smith
Scary Movie 3 Dimension Films Anna Faris, Charlie Sheen, Simon Rex, Leslie Nielsen, Regina Hall
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R		 5 The Matrix Revolutions Warner Bros. Dir: The Wachowski Brothers; Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss, Hugo Weaving
7 Elf New Line Cinema Dir: Jon Favreau; Will Ferrell, James Caan, Zooey Deschanel, Mary Steenburgen, Bob Newhart, Edward Asner
Love Actually ‡ Universal Studios Dir: Richard Curtis; Alan Rickman, Bill Nighy, Colin Firth, Emma Thompson, Hugh Grant, Liam Neeson, Rowan Atkinson, Keira Knightley, Michael Parkinson, Martine McCutcheon, Ant & Dec
14 Looney Tunes: Back in Action Warner Bros. Dir: Joe Dante; Brendan Fraser, Jenna Elfman, Heather Locklear, Steve Martin, Timothy Dalton
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World 20th Century Fox / Miramax Films / Universal Pictures Dir: Peter Weir; Russell Crowe, Paul Bettany, Billy Boyd, James D'Arcy, Edward Woodall
Tupac: Resurrection Paramount Pictures Tupac Shakur
21 The Cat in the Hat Universal Pictures / DreamWorks Pictures Dir: Bo Welch; Mike Myers, Alec Baldwin, Kelly Preston, Dakota Fanning, Spencer Breslin, Sean Hayes
Gothika Warner Bros. Halle Berry, Robert Downey, Jr., Penelope Cruz
26 Bad Santa Dimension Films Billy Bob Thornton, Tony Cox, Brett Kelly, Lauren Graham, Lauren Tom
The Haunted Mansion Walt Disney Pictures Eddie Murphy, Jennifer Tilly, Terence Stamp, Marsha Thomason, Nathaniel Parker
The Missing Columbia Pictures Dir: Ron Howard; Tommy Lee Jones, Cate Blanchett, Evan Rachel Wood, Jenna Boyd, Eric Schweig
Timeline Paramount Pictures Dir: Richard Donner; Paul Walker, Frances O'Connor, Gerard Butler, Billy Connolly, David Thewlis, Anna Friel, Matt Craven, Ethan Embry, Michael Sheen, Lambert Wilson, Marton Csokas, Rossif Sutherland
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R		 5 Honey Universal Studios Jessica Alba, Lil' Romeo, Mekhi Phifer, David Moscow, Zachary Williams
The Last Samurai Warner Bros. Dir: Edward Zwick; Tom Cruise, Timothy Spall, Billy Connolly, Tony Goldwyn, Ken Watanabe
10 Big Fish ‡ Columbia Pictures Dir: Tim Burton; Ewan McGregor, Albert Finney, Billy Crudup, Jessica Lange, Alison Lohman, Steve Buscemi, Helena Bonham Carter
12 Love Don't Cost a Thing Warner Bros. Nick Cannon, Christina Milian, Kenan Thompson, Kal Penn, Vanessa Bell Calloway, Steve Harvey
Something's Gotta Give Columbia Pictures / Warner Bros. Dir: Nancy Meyers; Jack Nicholson, Diane Keaton, Keanu Reeves, Amanda Peet, Frances McDormand
Stuck on You 20th Century Fox Dir: Peter Farrelly and Bobby Farrelly; Matt Damon, Greg Kinnear, Eva Mendes, Cher, Seymour Cassel
17 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King New Line Cinema Dir: Peter Jackson; Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Liv Tyler, Viggo Mortensen, Sean Astin, Cate Blanchett, John Rhys-Davies, Orlando Bloom, Dominic Monaghan, Billy Boyd,
19 Mona Lisa Smile Columbia Pictures Dir: Mike Newell; Julia Roberts, Kirsten Dunst, Julia Stiles, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Dominic West, Juliet Stevenson
24 Monster ‡ Newmarket Films Charlize Theron, Christina Ricci, Bruce Dern, Lee Tergesen
25 Cheaper by the Dozen 20th Century Fox Steve Martin, Bonnie Hunt, Hilary Duff, Piper Perabo, Tom Welling, Alyson Stoner, Ashton Kutcher
Cold Mountain Miramax Films Dir: Anthony Minghella; Jude Law, Nicole Kidman, Renée Zellweger, Eileen Atkins, Brendan Gleeson
Paycheck Paramount Pictures / Dreamworks Pictures Dir: John Woo; Ben Affleck, Uma Thurman, Aaron Eckhart, Paul Giamatti, Joe Morton
Peter Pan Universal Pictures / Columbia Pictures Jeremy Sumpter, Ludivine Sagnier, Rachel Hurd-Wood, Jason Isaacs

References [edit]

  1. ^ "2003 Worldwide Grosses". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved September 8, 2009. 
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