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.

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
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 Yearly Box Office Results.

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King has grossed $1.1 billion, making it the second-highest-grossing film in history. Three other films entered the list as well: Finding Nemo, The Matrix Reloaded, and Pirates of the Carribean: The Curse of the Black Pearl.

Events

• February 24 - The Pianist, directed by Roman Polanski, wins 7 Cesar Awards: Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Sound, Best Production Design, Best Music and Best Cinematography.
• 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.

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: The Barbarian Invasions (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

#

• 2 Fast 2 Furious
• 21 Grams, starring Sean Penn and Benicio del Toro
• 44 Minutes, starring Michael Madsen

A

• Acacia
• Agent Cody Banks
• Alex and Emma
• Alien (re-release, was originally released in 1979)
• Alien Hunter
• All the Real Girls
• American Splendor
• American Wedding
• Anger Management
• Anything Else

B

• Bad Boys II starring, Martin Lawrence, Will Smith, and Gabrielle Union
• Bad Santa
• Basic
• Beauty and the Beast
• The Best of Youth (La Meglio gioventù)
• Beyond Borders
• Beyond Re-Animator
• Big Fish
• Biker Boyz
• Blizzard
• Blueprint
• Bon Voyage
• Bright Young Things
• Bringing Down the House starring, Steve Martin, and Queen Latifah
• Brother Bear
• Bruce Almighty starring, Jim Carrey
• The Brown Bunny
• Bulletproof Monk

C

• Cabin Fever
• Calendar Girls, starring Helen Mirren and Julie Walters
• Carolina
• The Cat in the Hat
• Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle
• Cheaper by the Dozen
• Cheerleader Queens
• Code 46
• Coffee and Cigarettes
• Cold Creek Manor
• Cold Mountain
• The Company, starring Neve Campbell
• Confidence
• The Cooler, starring William H. Macy and Alec Baldwin
• The Core
• The Corporation
• Cradle 2 the Grave
• The Cunning Little Vixen, animated version of Leoš Janáček's opera by BBC -(film only mentioned in article)

D

• Daddy Day Care
• Daredevil
• Darkness Falls
• Deliver Us from Eva
• Devil's Pond
• Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star
• Le Divorce
• Dogville
• Down with Love
• Dreamcatcher
• The Dreamers
• Dumb & Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd
• Duplex
• DysFunKtional Family

E

• Eden's Curve
• Elephant - Palme d'Or award
• Elf
• Eve's Dropping In

F

• Facing Windows - Golden Space Needle award (for 2004)
• Faster
• Festival Express
• The Fighting Temptations
• Final Destination 2
• Finding Nemo - Academy Award for Best Animated Feature
• Flyin' Ryan
• Flywheel
• Foolproof, starring Ryan Reynolds and Kristin Booth
• Freaky Friday
• Freddy vs. Jason
• From Justin to Kelly

G

• Gang of Roses
• Garden of Heaven
• Gigli
• Girl with a Pearl Earring, starring Scarlett Johansson and Colin Firth
• Gods and Generals
• Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S.
• Going Greek
• Going for Broke
• Good Boy!
• Good Bye Lenin!, a German comedy, released internationally
• The Gospel of John, starring Henry Ian Cusick
• Gothika
• Grand Theft Parsons, starring Johnny Knoxville and Christina Applegate
• Grind
• A Guy Thing

H

• The Haunted Mansion
• Haute Tension (High Tension)
• Head of State
• Highwaymen
• Holes
• Hollywood Homicide
• Home Alone 4
• Honey
• House of 1000 Corpses
• House of Sand and Fog, starring Jennifer Connelly and Ben Kingsley
• House of the Dead
• How to Deal
• How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
• The Hulk
• The Human Stain, starring Anthony Hopkins and Nicole Kidman
• The Hunted

I

• I Am David
• I Capture the Castle
• I'm Not Scared
• Identity
• Imagining Argentina
• In the Cut, starring Meg Ryan and Mark Ruffalo
• The In-Laws (remake)
• Indigo
• Intermission
• Intolerable Cruelty
• Invisible Children of Love
• Les Invasions barbares (Barbarian Invasions) - Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
• It Runs in the Family
• The Italian Job, starring Mark Wahlberg, Charlize Theron, and Jason Statham

J

• Japanese Story
• Jeepers Creepers II
• Johnny English
• The Jungle Book 2
• Ju-on: The Grudge
• Just Married

K

• Kaena: The Prophecy
• Kal Ho Naa Ho
• Kangaroo Jack
• Kart Racer
• Kill Bill Vol. 1
• Kitchen Stories
• Koi... Mil Gaya
• Kontroll (Control)

L

• Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life
• The Last Samurai
• The Last Supper
• The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
• Legally Blonde 2: Red, White and Blonde
• The Life of David Gale
• The Lizzie McGuire Movie
• Looney Tunes: Back in Action
• The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, directed by Peter Jackson - Academy, Golden Globe and BAFTA Awards for Best Picture
• Lost in Translation, starring Bill Murray and Scarlett Johansson - Golden Globe Award for Best Picture (Musical or Comedy)
• Love Actually
• Love Don't Cost a Thing
• Love Me If You Dare (Jeux d'enfants)
• Luther, starring Joseph Fiennes

M

• Malibu's Most Wanted
• A Man Apart
• Manhood
• Marci X
• Masked and Anonymous
• Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
• Matchstick Men
• The Matrix Reloaded
• The Matrix Revolutions
• The Medallion
• A Mighty Wind
• Milwaukee, Minnesota[25567], starring Randy Quaid
• The Missing
• Mona Lisa Smile
• Monsieur Ibrahim
• Monster, starring Charlize Theron and Christina Ricci
• Monster Man
• The Mother
• My Boss's Daughter
• My Life Without Me, starring Sarah Polley
• Mystic River

N

• National Lampoon's Gold Diggers
• National Lampoon Presents Dorm Daze
• National Security
• Natural City
• Ned Kelly

O

• Octane
• Okkadu, directed by Gunasekhar (Tollywood film)
• Oldboy
• Old School
• Once Upon a Time in Mexico
• Ong-Bak: Muay Thai Warrior
• Open Range
• Open Water
• The Order
• Osama - Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film
• Otets i syn (Father and Son)
• Out of Time

P

• Paycheck
• Party Monster
• Peter Pan
• Pieces of April
• Piglet's Big Movie
• Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
• Pokémon Heroes
• Prey for Rock & Roll

R

• Radio
• The Real Cancun
• The Reckoning
• The Recruit
• Remember Me, My Love (Ricordati di me)
• Reversal of Fortune
• Rugrats Go Wild!
• Runaway Jury
• The Rundown

S

• Scary Movie 3
• Scent of Love
• School of Rock
• Schultze Gets the Blues
• Seabiscuit
• Secondhand Lions
• Shanghai Knights
• Shattered Glass, starring Hayden Christensen
• Shelter Dogs
• Simhadri, directed by S.S. Rajamouli (Tollywood film)
• Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas
• Singles
• The Snow Walker
• Soldados de Salamina - Spanish film
• Something's Gotta Give
• Song for a Raggy Boy
• Southlander, by Steven Hanft and Ross Harris; cast includes Rory Cochrane, Beck, and Beth Orton
• Spy Kids 3D: Game Over -(redirects to Spy Kids)
• The Station Agent, starring Peter Dinklage
• The Statement, starring Michael Caine
• The Story of the Weeping Camel
• Stuck on You
• S.W.A.T.
• Swimming Pool
• Swing, directed by Martin Guigui
• Sylvia

T

• Tagore, directed by V. V. Vinayak (Tollywood film)
• Tears of the Sun
• Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines
• The Animatrix
• The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
• Thirteen
• This Girl's Life
• A Thousand Clouds of Peace
• Till There Was You
• Timeline
• Tokyo Godfathers
• Touching the Void
• Les Triplettes de Belleville (The Triplets of Belleville)
• Tupac: Resurrection
• Twist
• Two Days

U

• Ultraman Cosmos vs. Ultraman Justice: The Final Battle
• Uncle Nino
• Under the Tuscan Sun
• Underworld
• Uptown Girls

V

• V-Day: Until the Violence Stops
• Veronica Guerin, starring Cate Blanchett
• View from the Top
• Vozvrashcheniye (The Return) - Golden Lion award

W

• Whale Rider, starring Keisha Castle-Hughes
• What a Girl Wants
• Willard
• Wonderful Days, Korean
• Wonderland, starring Val Kilmer
• Wrong Turn

X

• X2: X-Men United

Y

• The Yes Men
• Yes, You Can Go Home (Eric Burdon concert film)
• Young Adam
• Young Black Stallion

Z

• Zatoichi (The Blind Swordsman)
• Zhou Yu's Train

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
• December 30 : Earl Hindman, 61, actor (Home Improvement)

Wide-release movies

Movies released in at least 600 North American theatres.

January - March

‡ Films that achieved wide-release status after initial release

Opening		Title	Studio	Cast & Crew
J A N U A R Y
	10	Just Married	20th Century Fox	Ashton Kutcher, Brittany Murphy
	17	A Guy Thing	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer	Jason Lee, Julia Stiles, Selma Blair
		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	Revolution Studios	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	Walt Disney Pictures	Al Pacino, Colin Farrell, Bridget Moynahan
F E B R U A R Y	7	Deliver Us from Eva	Focus Features	LL Cool J, Gabrielle Union, Essence Atkins, Duane Martin, Mel Jackson, Megan Good
		How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days	Paramount Pictures	Kate Hudson, Matthew McConaughey
		Shanghai Knights	Walt Disney Pictures	Jackie Chan, Owen Wilson, Fann Wong
	14	Daredevil	20th Century Fox	Ben Affleck, Jennifer Garner, Michael Clarke Duncan, Colin Farrell
		The Jungle Book 2	Walt Disney Pictures	John Goodman, Haley Joel Osment, Mae Whitman, Connor Funk, Bob Joles, Tony Jay, Jim Cummings, 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	Kevin Spacey, Kate Winslet, Laura Linney, Gabriel Mann, Matt Craven
		Old School	DreamWorks	Luke Wilson, Will Ferrell, Vince Vaughn, Ellen Pompeo, Jeremy Piven
	28	Cradle 2 the Grave	Warner Bros.	Jet Li, DMX, Anthony Anderson, Kelly Hu, Tom Arnold
M A R C H	7	Bringing Down the House	Walt Disney Pictures	Steve Martin, Queen Latifah
		Tears of the Sun	Revolution Studios	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	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	Cuba Gooding Jr., Horatio Sanz, Roselyn Sanchez, Vivica A. Fox, Maurice Godin, Lin Shaye
		Dreamcatcher	Warner Bros.	Thomas Jane, Jason Lee, Timothy Olyphant, Damian Lewis, Morgan Freeman, Tom Sizemore
		Piglet's Big Movie	Walt Disney Pictures	Peter Cullen, Jim Cummings, John Fiedler, Nikita Hopkins, Ken Sansom, Kath Soucie, Andre Stojka, Tom Wheatley
		View from the Top	Miramax Films	Gwyneth Paltrow, Christina Applegate, Mark Ruffalo, Candice Bergen, Joshua Malina
	28	Basic	Columbia Pictures	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

April - June

‡ Films that achieved wide-release status after initial release

Opening		Title	Studio	Cast & Crew
A P R I L	4	A Man Apart	New Line Cinema	Vin Diesel, Larenz Tate, Timothy Olyphant
		Phone Booth	20th Century Fox	Colin Farrell, Kiefer Sutherland, Forest Whitaker, Radha Mitchell, Katie Holmes
		What a Girl Wants	Warner Bros.	Amanda Bynes, Colin Firth, Kelly Preston, Oliver James
	11	Anger Management	Revolution Studios	Adam Sandler, Jack Nicholson, Marisa Tomei, Luis Guzman, 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 Garcia, Paul Giamatti, Luis Guzmán, Donal Logue, Brian Van Holt
		Identity	Columbia Pictures	John Cusack, Ray Liotta, Amanda Peet, Alfred Molina, Clea DuVall, Rebecca De Mornay, John Hawkes
		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	Benjamin Fletcher, Nicole Frilot, Roxanne Frilot, Brittany Brown-Hart
M A Y	2	The Lizzie McGuire Movie	Walt Disney Pictures	Hilary Duff, Adam Lamberg, Hallie Todd, Robert Carradine, Yani Gellman, Jake Thomas, Ashlie Brillault
		X2: X-Men United	20th Century Fox	Hugh Jackman, Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellen, Famke Janssen, Brian Cox, Alan Cumming, Anna Paquin
	9	Daddy Day Care	Revolution Studios	Eddie Murphy, Jeff Garlin, Steve Zahn, Regina King, Anjelica Huston, Lacey Chabert
	15	The Matrix Reloaded	Warner Bros.	Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss, Hugo Weaving, Harold Perrineau, Randall Duk Kim
	16	Down with Love ‡	20th Century Fox	Ewan McGregor, Renée Zellweger, David Hyde Pierce, Sarah Paulson
	23	Bruce Almighty	Universal Studios	Jim Carrey, Morgan Freeman, Jennifer Aniston, Lisa Ann Walter, Catherine Bell, Steve Carell
		The In-Laws	Warner Bros.	Michael Douglas, Albert Brooks, Candice Bergen, Ryan Reynolds
	30	Finding Nemo	Pixar	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
J U N E	6	2 Fast 2 Furious	Universal Studios	Paul Walker, Tyrese Gibson, Eva Mendes, Cole Hauser, James Remar, Ludacris, Devon Aoki
	13	Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd	New Line Cinema	Derek Richardson, Eric Christian Olsen, Eugene Levy
		Hollywood Homicide	Revolution Studios	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.	Kate Hudson, Luke Wilson, Sophie Marceau
		From Justin to Kelly	20th Century Fox	Justin Guarini, Kelly Clarkson
		The Hulk	Universal Studios	Eric Bana, Jennifer Connelly, Sam Elliott, Nick Nolte, Josh Lucas
	27	28 Days Later	Fox Searchlight Pictures	Cillian Murphy, Naomie Harris, Noah Huntley, Christopher Eccleston, Brendan Gleeson
		Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle	Columbia Pictures	Cameron Diaz, Drew Barrymore, Lucy Liu, Luke Wilson, Matt LeBlanc, John Cleese, Robert Patrick

July - September

‡ Films that achieved wide-release status after initial release

Opening		Title	Studio	Cast & Crew
J U L Y	2	Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer	Reese Witherspoon, Sally Field, Regina King, Jennifer Coolidge, Bruce McGill, Dana Ivey
		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	Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightley, Geoffrey Rush, Jack Davenport, Jonathan Pryce
	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	Martin Lawrence, Will Smith, Jordi Mollà, Gabrielle Union, Peter Stormare, Theresa Randle, 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	Angelina Jolie, Gerard Butler, Ciarán Hinds, Chris Barrie, Noah Taylor, Til Schweiger, Djimon Hounsou
		Seabiscuit	Universal Studios	Tobey Maguire, Jeff Bridges, Chris Cooper, Royce D. Applegate, William H. Macy, David McCullough
		Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over	Dimension Films	Alexa Vega, Daryl Sabara, Antonio Banderas, Carla Gugino, Ricardo Montalbán, Sylvester Stallone
A U G U S T	1	American Wedding	Universal Studios	Jason Biggs, Seann William Scott, Alyson Hannigan, Eugene Levy
		Gigli	Revolution Studios	Ben Affleck, Jennifer Lopez, 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	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	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	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
S E P T E M B E 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	Bill Murray, Scarlett Johansson
		Matchstick Men	Warner Bros.	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	Dennis Quaid, Sharon Stone, Stephen Dorff
		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	Drew Barrymore, Stuart Cornfeld, Ben Stiller
		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

‡ Films that achieved wide-release status after initial release

Opening		Title	Studio	Cast & Crew
O C T O B E R	3	Out of Time	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer	Denzel Washington, Eva Mendes
		School of Rock	Paramount Pictures	Jack Black, Joan Cusack, Mike White, Sarah Silverman, Miranda Cosgrove
	8	Mystic River ‡	Warner Bros.	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	Jonathan Cherry, Tyron Leitso, Clint Howard, Ona Grauer
		Intolerable Cruelty	Universal Studios	George Clooney, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Geoffrey Rush, Cedric The Entertainer, Edward Hermann
		Kill Bill Vol. 1	Miramax Films	Uma Thurman, Lucy Liu, Daryl Hannah, David Carradine, Vivica A. Fox, Michael Madsen, Julie Dreyfus
	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	Meg Ryan, Mark Ruffalo, Jennifer Jason Leigh
	24	Beyond Borders	Paramount Pictures	Angelina Jolie, Clive Owen
		Brother Bear ‡	Walt Disney Pictures	Joaquin Phoenix, Jeremy Suarez, Rick Moranis, Dave Thomas, Jason Raize, D.B. Sweeney
		Radio	Revolution Studios	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
N O V E M B E R	5	The Matrix Revolutions	Warner Bros.	Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss, Hugo Weaving, Clayton Watson, Nathaniel Lees
	7	Elf	New Line Cinema	Will Ferrell, Artie Lange, James Caan, Zooey Deschanel, Mary Steenburgen, Daniel Tay
		Love Actually ‡	Universal Studios	Alan Rickman, Bill Nighy, Colin Firth, Emma Thompson, Hugh Grant, Liam Neeson, Keira Knightley
	14	Looney Tunes: Back in Action	Warner Bros.	Brendan Fraser, Jenna Elfman, Heather Locklear, Steve Martin
		Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World	20th Century Fox	Russell Crowe, Paul Bettany, Billy Boyd, James D'Arcy, Edward Woodall
		Tupac: Resurrection	Paramount Pictures	Tupac Shakur
	21	The Cat in the Hat	Universal Studios	Mike Myers, Alec Baldwin, Kelly Preston, Dakota Fanning, Spencer Breslin, Amy Hill, Sean Hayes
		Gothika	Warner Bros.	Halle Berry, Robert Downey Jr.
	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	Revolution Studios	Tommy Lee Jones, Cate Blanchett, Evan Rachel Wood, Jenna Boyd, Eric Schweig
		Timeline	Paramount Pictures	Paul Walker, Frances O'Connor, Gerard Butler, Billy Connolly
D E C E M B E R	5	Honey	Universal Studios	Jessica Alba, Lil' Romeo, Mekhi Phifer, David Moscow, Zachary Williams
		The Last Samurai	Warner Bros.	Tom Cruise, Timothy Spall, Billy Connolly, Tony Goldwyn, Ken Watanabe, Hiroyuki Sanada, Koyuki
	10	Big Fish ‡	Columbia Pictures	Ewan McGregor, Albert Finney, Billy Crudup, Jessica Lange, Alison Lohman, Steve Buscemi
	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	Jack Nicholson, Diane Keaton, Keanu Reeves, Amanda Peet
		Stuck on You	20th Century Fox	Matt Damon, Greg Kinnear, Eva Mendes, Cher, Seymour Cassel, Wen Yann Shih
	17	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King	New Line Cinema	Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Liv Tyler, Viggo Mortensen, Sean Astin, Cate Blanchett, John Rhys-Davies
	19	Mona Lisa Smile	Revolution Studios	Julia Roberts, Kirsten Dunst, Julia Stiles, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Dominic West, Juliet Stevenson
	23	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	Jude Law, Nicole Kidman, Renée Zellweger, Eileen Atkins, Kathy Baker, Brendan Gleeson
		Peter Pan	Universal Studios	Jeremy Sumpter, Ludivine Sagnier, Rachel Hurd-Wood, Jason Isaacs
		24	Monster ‡	Newmarket Films	Charlize Theron, Christina Ricci, Bruce Dern, Lee Tergesen	25	Paycheck	Paramount Pictures	Ben Affleck, Uma Thurman