2003 in film

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The year 2003 in film involved some significant events.
Contents[hide]
1 Events
2 Top grossing films
3 Awards
4 Films released in 2003
4.1 Films released in 2003 by country
5 Births
6 Deaths
7 Wide-release movies
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[edit] 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: Russell Crowe attended the London premiere of his movie Master and Commander. [1]
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.

[edit] Top grossing films
Please note that these are the top grossing films that were first released in 2003; because they may have made most of their income in a later year, they may not be the top-grossing films for calendar year 2003.
Movies reaching blockbuster motion picture status were led by New Line's The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, which topped $1 billion in box office receipts worldwide. Other major films included Disney's Finding Nemo. These are the worldwide top 10 grossing films as of June 3, 2004:
International and U.S. & Canada combined box office gross figures are listed in U.S. dollars, British results in pounds sterling and Australian results in Australian dollars.
2003Rank
Title
Studio
Box Office Gross
Total Int.l
U.S./Canada
U. K.
Australia
1.
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
New Line Cinema
$1,118,888,979
$377,027,325
£60,666,284
$49,161,709
2.
Finding Nemo
Pixar/Walt Disney Pictures
$864,625,978
$339,714,978
£37,360,000
$36,915,521
3.
The Matrix Reloaded
Warner Bros.
$738,599,701
$281,576,461
£33,420,000
$33,217,632
4.
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Walt Disney Pictures
$653,913,918
$305,413,918
£28,170,000
$24,918,905
5.
Bruce Almighty
Universal Pictures
$484,572,835
$242,829,261
£23,640,000
$20,397,703
6.
The Last Samurai
Warner Bros.
$456,758,981
$111,127,263
£11,688,667
$12,409,243
7.
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines
Warner Bros. (U.S.)Columbia Pictures (non-U.S.)
$433,371,112
$150,371,112
£18,789,175
$18,940,017
8.
The Matrix Revolutions
Warner Bros.
$424,988,211
$139,313,948
£17,754,338
$17,927,972
9.
X2: X-Men United
20th Century Fox
$407,557,613
$214,949,694
£20,500,928
$16,292,706
10.
Bad Boys II
Columbia Pictures
$273,339,556
$138,608,444
£8,575,654
$10,519,208
Worldwide, 52 films grossed more than $100 million, achieving blockbuster status, of those, 21 films grossed more than $200 million, nine films grossed more than $400 million, four films more than $600 million, three films more than $700 million, two films more than $800 million and one film, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King passed $1.1 billion, becoming the second-highest grossing film in history.
Nine films grossed more than $400 million, reaching international blockbuster motion picture status. This is the current record to date, and as of 2007, it has been unbeaten.

For a complete list of 2003's top-grossing films, follow this link: Boxofficemojo-2003.


[edit] Awards
Academy Awards:

Best Picture: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Award for Directing: 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

[edit] 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
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
Brother Bear
Bruce Almighty
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
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 - Palm d'Or award
Elf
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
Flywheel
Foolproof, starring Ryan Reynolds and Kristin Booth
Freaky Friday
Freddy vs. Jason
From Justin to Kelly
G

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'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
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
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
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

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
Peter Pan
Piglet's Big Movie
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
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
Simhadri, directed by S.S. Rajamouli (Tollywood film)
Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas
Singles
Soldados de Salamina - Spanish film
Something's Gotta Give
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 Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Timeline
Tokyo Godfathers
Touching the Void
Les Triplettes de Belleville (The Triplets of Belleville)
Tupac: Resurrection
Twist
U

Uncle Nino
Under the Tuscan Sun
Underworld
Uptown Girls
V

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
Young Adam
Young Black Stallion
Z

Zatoichi (The Blind Swordsman)
Zhou Yu's Train

[edit] Films released in 2003 by country
[[List of CANADIAN
films:2003]]

[edit] Births

[edit] 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 27 Sir Alan Bates, British actor
December 30 : Anita Mui, 40, Hong Kong actress
December 30 : John Gregory Dunne, 71, screenwriter

[edit] Wide-release movies
(Movies released in at least 600 North American theatres), ‡ Films that achieved wide-release status after initial release.

North American
Release Date Title Studio/Distributor North American
Box Office Gross Notable Cast/Crew
January 10 Just Married 20th Century Fox $56,127,162 Ashton Kutcher, Brittany Murphy
January 17 Kangaroo Jack Warner Brothers $66,924,790 Jerry O'Connell, Anthony Anderson
January 17 National Security Sony Pictures $36,288,951 Martin Lawrence, Steve Zahn
January 17 A Guy Thing MGM $15,545,431 Jason Lee, Julia Stiles, Selma Blair
January 24 Darkness Falls Revolution Studios $32,539,681 Chaney Kley, Emma Caulfield
January 31 The Recruit Walt Disney Pictures $52,802,140 Al Pacino, Colin Farrell
January 31 Final Destination 2 New Line Cinema $46,961,214 A. J. Cook, Michael Landes
January 31 Biker Boyz DreamWorks $21,989,492 Laurence Fishburne, Orlando Jones, Kid Rock
February 7 How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days Paramount Pictures $105,813,373 Kate Hudson, Matthew McConaughey
February 7 Shanghai Knights Walt Disney Pictures $60,476,872 Jackie Chan, Owen Wilson, Fann Wong
February 7 Deliver Us from Eva Focus Features $17,573,594 LL Cool J, Gabrielle Union
February 14 Daredevil 20th Century Fox $102,543,518 Ben Affleck, Jennifer Garner, Michael Clarke Duncan, Colin Farrell
February 14 The Jungle Book 2 Walt Disney Pictures $47,901,582 Voice of Haley Joel Osment, John Goodman
February 21 Old School DreamWorks $75,585,093 Luke Wilson, Will Ferrell, Vince Vaughn
February 21 The Life of David Gale Universal Studios $19,955,598 Kevin Spacey, Kate Winslet
February 21 Gods and Generals Warner Brothers $12,882,934
February 21 Dark Blue United Artists $9,245,932 Kurt Russell, Scott Speedman
February 28 Cradle 2 the Grave Warner Bros. $34,612,814 Jet Li, DMX, Kelly Hu
March 7 Bringing Down the House Walt Disney Pictures $132,716,677 Steve Martin, Queen Latifah
March 7 Tears of the Sun Sony Pictures $43,632,458 Bruce Willis, Monica Bellucci
March 12 Bend It Like Beckham ‡ Fox Searchlight Pictures $32,543,449 Parminder Nagra, Keira Knightley
March 14 Agent Cody Banks MGM $47,810,938 Frankie Muñiz, Hilary Duff
March 14 The Hunted Paramount Pictures $34,244,097 Tommy Lee Jones, Benicio del Toro
March 14 Willard New Line $6,882,696 Crispin Glover, Laura Harring
March 21 Dreamcatcher Warner Bros. $33,700,070 Morgan Freeman, Thomas Jane, Jason Lee
March 21 View from the Top Miramax $15,614,000 Gwyneth Paltrow, Christina Applegate, Kelly Preston
March 21 Piglet's Big Movie Walt Disney Pictures $23,103,423 Voice of John Fiedler, Jim Cummings
March 21 Boat Trip Artisan $8,600,126 Cuba Gooding Jr., Horatio Sanz, Vivica A. Fox
March 28 Head of State DreamWorks $38,111,412 Chris Rock, Bernie Mac
March 28 The Core Paramount Pictures $31,118,819 Christopher Shyer, Ray Galletti
March 28 Basic Sony Pictures $26,599,248 John Travolta, Samuel L. Jackson
April 4 Phone Booth 20th Century Fox $46,566,212 Colin Farrell, Forest Whitaker, Katie Holmes
April 4 DysFunKtional Family Miramax $2,255,000 Theo Van de Sande
April 4 What a Girl Wants Warner Bros. $36,093,584 Amanda Bynes, Colin Firth
April 4 A Man Apart New Line $26,671,549 Alice Amter, Vin Diesel
April 11 Anger Management Revolution Studios $135,645,823 Adam Sandler, Jack Nicholson
April 11 House of 1000 Corpses ‡ Lions Gate Films $12,634,962 Sid Haig, Bill Moseley
April 16 Bulletproof Monk MGM $23,346,068 Chow Yun-Fat
April 11 A Mighty Wind ‡ Warner Bros. $17,781,006 Bob Balaban, Christopher Guest
April 18 Holes Walt Disney Pictures $67,383,924 Shia LaBeouf, Sigourney Weaver
April 18 Malibu's Most Wanted Warner Bros. $34,370,863 Jamie Kennedy, Anthony Anderson
April 25 Identity Sony Pictures $52,138,971 John Cusack, Ray Liotta, Amanda Peet, Alfred Molina
April 25 Confidence Lions Gate $12,217,840 Edward Burns, Rachel Weisz
April 25 It Runs in the Family MGM $7,488,566 Michael Douglas, Rory Culkin
April 25 The Real Cancun New Line $3,816,594 Brittany Brown-Hart, Benjamin Fletcher
May 2 X2: X-Men United 20th Century Fox $214,949,694 Patrick Stewart, Hugh Jackman, Ian McKellen, Halle Berry, Famke Janssen, Rebecca Romijn
May 2 The Lizzie McGuire Movie Walt Disney Pictures $42,717,939 Hilary Duff
May 9 Daddy Day Care Revolution Studios $104,148,781 Eddie Murphy, Jeff Garlin
May 16 Down with Love ‡ 20th Century Fox $20,305,251 Ewan McGregor, Renée Zellweger
May 16 The Matrix Reloaded Warner Bros. $281,576,461 Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss
May 23 Bruce Almighty Universal Studios $242,829,261 Jim Carrey, Jennifer Aniston, Morgan Freeman
May 23 The In-Laws Warner Bros. $20,453,431 Michael Douglas
May 30 Finding Nemo Walt Disney Pictures/Pixar $339,714,978 Voice of Albert Brooks, Ellen DeGeneres
May 30 The Italian Job Paramount Pictures $106,128,601 Mark Wahlberg, Charlize Theron
May 30 Wrong Turn 20th Century Fox $15,418,790 Eliza Dushku, Desmond Harrington
June 6 2 Fast 2 Furious Universal Studios $127,154,901 Paul Walker, Tyrese
June 13 Rugrats Go Wild! Paramount Pictures $39,402,572
June 13 Hollywood Homicide Revolution Studios $30,207,785
June 13 Dumb and Dumberer:
When Harry Met Lloyd New Line $26,214,846
June 20 The Hulk Universal Studios $132,177,234 Eric Bana, Jennifer Connelly
June 20 Alex and Emma Warner Bros. $14,218,698 Kate Hudson, Luke Wilson
June 20 From Justin to Kelly 20th Century Fox $4,928,883
June 27 Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle Sony Pictures $100,814,328
June 27 28 Days Later Fox Searchlight $45,064,915
July 2 Terminator 3:
Rise of the Machines Warner Bros. $150,371,112 Arnold Schwarzenegger, Nick Stahl, Claire Danes, Kristanna Loken
July 2 Legally Blonde 2
Red, White and Blonde MGM $90,168,825 Reese Witherspoon
July 2 Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas DreamWorks $26,466,286 Brad Pitt, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Michelle Pfeiffer, Joseph Fiennes
July 9 Pirates of the Caribbean:
The Curse of the Black Pearl Walt Disney Pictures $305,388,685* Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightley
July 11 The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen 20th Century Fox $66,465,204 Sean Connery
July 18 Bad Boys 2 Sony Pictures $138,608,444 Martin Lawrence, Will Smith
July 18 Johnny English Universal Studios $28,082,366 Rowan Atkinson
July 18 How to Deal New Line $14,144,112 Mandy Moore
July 25 Spy Kids 3D: Game Over Dimension $111,610,328
July 25 Lara Croft Tomb Raider:
The Cradle of Life Paramount Pictures $65,660,198 Angelina Jolie
July 25 Seabiscuit Universal Studios $120,211,436 Tobey Maguire
August 1 American Wedding Universal Studios $104,492,461 Jason Biggs, Seann William Scott, Alyson Hannigan
August 1 Gigli Revolution Studios $6,068,735
August 6 Freaky Friday Walt Disney Pictures $110,042,380 Jamie Lee Curtis, Lindsay Lohan
August 8 Le Divorce ‡ Fox Searchlight Pictures $9,081,057 Kate Hudson, Naomi Watts
August 8 S.W.A.T. Sony Pictures $116,934,650 Samuel L. Jackson, Colin Farrell
August 15 Freddy vs. Jason New Line $82,556,855 Robert Englund, Ken Kirzinger
August 15 Open Range Walt Disney Pictures $58,331,254
August 15 Uptown Girls MGM $37,095,657 Brittany Murphy, Dakota Fanning
August 15 Grind Warner Bros. $5,123,696
August 22 The Medallion Screen Gems $22,108,977 Jackie Chan
August 22 My Boss's Daughter Dimension $15,550,605
August 22 Marci X Paramount Pictures $1,648,818 Lisa Kudrow, Damon Wayans
August 29 Jeepers Creepers II United Artists $35,623,801 Ray Wise, Jonathan Breck
September 5 Dickie Roberts:
Former Child Star Paramount Pictures $22,741,671 David Spade
September 5 The Order 20th Century Fox $7,660,806
September 12 Cabin Fever Lions Gate $21,158,188
September 12 Lost in Translation ‡ Focus Features $44,585,453 Bill Murray, Scarlett Johansson
September 12 Matchstick Men Warner Bros. $36,886,006
September 12 Once Upon a Time in Mexico Sony Pictures $56,292,921
September 19 Underworld Screen Gems $51,741,634 Kate Beckinsale, Scott Speedman
September 19 The Fighting Temptations Paramount Pictures $30,221,738 Cuba Gooding, Jr., Beyoncé Knowles, Jonathan Lynn (director)
September 19 Secondhand Lions New Line $41,988,596 Michael Caine, Haley Joel Osment
September 19 Cold Creek Manor Walt Disney Pictures $21,386,011 Dennis Quaid, Sharon Stone
September 19 Anything Else DreamWorks $3,212,310
September 26 The Rundown Universal Studios $47,726,342 The Rock (Dwayne Johnson), Seann William Scott
September 26 Under the Tuscan Sun Walt Disney Pictures $43,610,723 Diane Lane, Sandra Oh
September 26 Duplex Miramax $9,692,135 Ben Stiller, Drew Barrymore
October 3 School of Rock Paramount Pictures $81,261,177 Jack Black
October 3 Out of Time MGM $41,088,845 Denzel Washington
October 8 Mystic River ‡ Warner Bros. $90,135,191 Sean Penn, Tim Robbins, Kevin Bacon, Clint Eastwood (director)
October 10 Kill Bill Vol. 1 Miramax $70,099,045 Uma Thurman, Quentin Tarantino (writer, director)
October 10 House of the Dead Artisan Entertainment $10,249,719
October 10 Good Boy! MGM $37,667,746
October 10 Intolerable Cruelty Universal Studios $35,327,628 George Clooney, Catherine Zeta-Jones
October 17 The Texas Chain Saw Massacre New Line $80,571,655 Jessica Biel, Jonathan Tucker
October 17 Runaway Jury 20th Century Fox $49,443,628 John Cusack, Gene Hackman, Dustin Hoffman, Rachel Weisz
October 22 In the Cut ‡ Screen Gems $4,750,602 Meg Ryan, Mark Ruffalo
October 24 Brother Bear ‡ Walt Disney Pictures $82,256,636*
October 24 Scary Movie 3 Dimension $110,003,217 Anna Faris, Charlie Sheen, Tim Stack
October 24 Radio Sony Pictures $52,333,738 Cuba Gooding, Jr., Ed Harris
October 24 Beyond Borders Paramount Pictures $4,430,101 Angelina Jolie
November 1 Brother Bear Buena Vista/Walt Disney Pictures $85,336,277
November 5 The Matrix Revolutions Warner Bros. $139,313,948 Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss
November 7 Elf New Line $173,398,518 Will Ferrell, James Caan
November 7 Love Actually ‡ Universal Studios $59,696,144 Bill Nighy, Gregor Fisher, Keira Knightley
November 14 Master and Commander:
The Far Side of the World 20th Century Fox $93,927,920 Russell Crowe
November 14 Tupac: Resurrection Paramount $7,718,961
November 14 Looney Tunes: Back in Action Warner Bros. $20,991,364 Brendan Fraser, Jenna Elfman, Heather Locklear, Steve Martin
November 21 The Cat in the Hat Universal Studios $101,149,285 Mike Myers, Spencer Breslin, Dakota Fanning, Kelly Preston
November 21 Gothika Warner Bros. $59,694,580 Halle Berry, Robert Downey Jr., Penélope Cruz
November 26 The Haunted Mansion Walt Disney Pictures $75,847,266 Eddie Murphy
November 26 Bad Santa Dimension $60,060,328 Billy Bob Thornton
November 26 The Missing Revolution Studios $27,011,180 Tommy Lee Jones, Cate Blanchett
November 26 Timeline Paramount Pictures $19,052,570 Paul Walker, Frances O'Connor
December 5 The Last Samurai Warner Bros. $111,127,263 Tom Cruise, Ken Watanabe
December 5 Honey Universal Studios $30,308,417 Jessica Alba, Lil' Romeo, Mekhi Phifer
December 10 Big Fish‡ Sony Pictures $66,809,693 Billy Crudup, Albert Finney, Ewan McGregor, Tim Burton (director)
December 12 Something's Gotta Give Sony Pictures $124,728,738 Jack Nicholson, Diane Keaton, Keanu Reeves
December 12 Stuck on You 20th Century Fox $33,832,741 Matt Damon, Greg Kinnear
December 12 Love Don't Cost a Thing Warner Bros. $21,924,226 Nick Cannon, Christina Milian
December 17 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King New Line $377,027,325 Elijah Wood, Sean Astin, Ian McKellen, Orlando Bloom, Liv Tyler, Peter Jackson (director)
December 19 Calendar Girls ‡ Buena Vista $31,041,759 Helen Mirren, Julie Walters
December 19 Mona Lisa Smile Sony Pictures $63,860,942 Julia Roberts
December 24 Monster ‡ Newmarket Pictures $34,469,210 Charlize Theron, Christina Ricci
December 25 Cheaper by the Dozen 20th Century Fox $138,614,544 Steve Martin, Bonnie Hunt
December 25 Cold Mountain Miramax $95,636,509 Nicole Kidman, Jude Law, Renée Zellweger
December 25 Paycheck Paramount Pictures $53,790,451 Ben Affleck, Uma Thurman
December 25 Peter Pan Universal Studios $48,462,608 Jeremy Sumpter, Ludivine Sagnier, Rachel Hurd-Wood, Jason Isaacs, P. J. Hogan (director)