2003 in film

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
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

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 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
 * 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 28 – 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
 * November 7
 * Lara McDonnell, Irish actress
 * Park Ji-hu, South Korean actress