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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.
The top 10 films released in 2003 by worldwide gross are as follows: [1]
| Rank | Title | Distributor | Worldwide gross |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 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.
| Month | Date | Name | Age | Country | Profession | Notable films |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
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The year 1998 in film involved many significant films, including Shakespeare in Love, Saving Private Ryan, Armageddon, American History X, The Truman Show, Primary Colors, Rushmore, Rush Hour, There's Something About Mary, The Big Lebowski, and Terrence Malick's directorial return in The Thin Red Line.
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This is a list of films released in 1994. The top worldwide grosser was The Lion King, becoming the highest-grossing animated film of all-time, although it was slightly overtaken at the North American domestic box office by Forrest Gump, which won the Academy Award for Best Picture. The year is considered to be one of the best years for cinema during the post Golden Age Hollywood era and setting the standard for the movies of the modern era.
The year 1990 in film involved many significant events as shown below. Universal Pictures celebrated its 75th anniversary in 1990, despite its actual 75th anniversary taking place in 1987.
The following is an overview of events in 1988 in film, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies and festivals, a list of films released and notable deaths.
The year 1993 in film involved many significant films, including the blockbuster hits Jurassic Park, The Fugitive, and The Firm.
The year 1991 in film involved numerous significant events. Important films released this year included The Silence of the Lambs, Beauty and the Beast, Thelma & Louise, JFK and Terminator 2: Judgment Day.
The following is an overview of events in 1984 in film, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies and festivals, a list of films released and notable deaths.
The year 1979 in film involved many significant events.
2005 in film is an overview of events, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies, festivals, a list of country-specific lists of films released, notable deaths and film debuts.
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The following is an overview of events in 2007 in film, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies and festivals, a list of films released and notable deaths. The highest-grossing film of the year was Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, which was just marginally ahead of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. 2007 is often considered one of the greatest years for film in the 21st century.
The following is an overview of events in 2006, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies and festivals, a list of films released and notable deaths. Pixar celebrated its 20th anniversary in 2006 with the release of its 7th film, Cars.
The year 2008 involved many major film events. The Dark Knight was the year's highest-grossing film, while Slumdog Millionaire won the Academy Award for Best Picture.
The year 2009 saw the release of many films. Seven made the top 50 list of highest-grossing films. Also in 2009, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced that as of that year, their Best Picture category would consist of ten nominees, rather than five.