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2003 in film
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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
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The top 10 films released in 2003 by worldwide gross are as follows:[1]
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.
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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.[3]
- 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
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Awards
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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 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
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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 – 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[4]
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Deaths
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Film debuts
- 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
- Seamus Davey-Fitzpatrick - The Paper Mache Chase
- 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
- Mitchel Musso – Secondhand Lions
- 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
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References
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