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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.
se note that following the tradition of the English-language film industry, these are the top grossing films that were first released in the United States and Canada in 2003.

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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.
Top grossing films
Please note that following the tradition of the English-language film industry, these are the top grossing films that were first released in the United States and Canada in 2003. The top ten films of 2003, by worldwide gross in $USD, as well as the US & Canada, UK, and Australia grosses, are as follows:
| 2003 Rank | Title | Studio | Worldwide Gross | U.S./Canada Gross | U.K. Gross | Australia Gross |
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| 1 | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | New Line | $1,119,110,941 | $377,027,325 | $106,643,712 | $36,550,919 | | 2 | Finding Nemo | Disney / Pixar | $864,625,978 | $339,714,978 | $67,117,404 | $26,820,431 | | 3 | The Matrix Reloaded | Warner Bros. | $738,599,701 | $281,576,461 | $53,880,216 | $22,070,814 | | 4 | Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl | Disney | $654,264,015 | $305,413,918 | $47,531,328 | $18,476,252 | | 5 | Bruce Almighty | Universal | $484,592,874 | $242,829,261 | $37,412,900 | $13,558,467 | | 6 | The Last Samurai | Warner Bros. | $456,758,981 | $111,127,263 | $21,993,151 | $9,617,283 | | 7 | Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines | Warner Bros. | $433,371,112 | $150,371,112 | $31,289,575 | $12,352,558 | | 8 | The Matrix Revolutions | Warner Bros. | $424,988,211 | $139,313,948 | $31,020,318 | $13,015,662 | | 9 | X2 | 20th Century Fox | $407,711,549 | $214,949,694 | $33,549,569 | $10,654,741 | | 10 | Bad Boys II | Columbia | $273,339,556 | $138,608,444 | $14,920,239 | $7,680,900 |
These numbers are taken from Box Office Mojo, including their .
2003 produced fifty-two films that have grossed more than $100 million, reaching blockbuster status. Nine films have grossed more than $400 million, reaching "international blockbuster" status.
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King has grossed $1.1 billion, making it the second highest grossing film in history.
Events
Awards
Academy 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
Golden Globe Awards:
- 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
BAFTA Awards:
- 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
Films released in 2003
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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
Wide-release movies
(Movies released in at least 600 North American theatres), ‡ Films that achieved wide-release status after initial release.
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