2003 in film - WikiHQ

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:

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="margin:auto; margin:auto;"

|+ Highest-grossing films of 2003

! Rank!! Title !! Distributor !! Worldwide gross

! style="text-align:center;"| 1

| The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

| New Line

| $1,118,887,224

! style="text-align:center;"| 2

| Finding Nemo

| Buena Vista

| $871,014,978

! style="text-align:center;"| 3

| The Matrix Reloaded

| Warner Bros.

| $739,412,035

! style="text-align:center;"| 4

| Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl

| Buena Vista

| $654,264,015

! style="text-align:center;"| 5

| Bruce Almighty

| Universal / Buena Vista

| $484,592,874

! style="text-align:center;"| 6

| The Last Samurai

| Warner Bros.

| $454,627,263

! style="text-align:center;"| 7

| Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines

| Warner Bros. / Sony / Columbia

| $433,371,112

! style="text-align:center;"| 8

| The Matrix Revolutions

| Warner Bros.

| $427,343,298

! style="text-align:center;"| 9

| X2

| 20th Century Fox

| $407,711,549

! style="text-align:center;"| 10

| Bad Boys II

| Sony / 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.

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

Awards

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;"

! rowspan="2" style="width:20px;"| Category/Organization !! rowspan="2" style="width:250px;"| 9th Critics' Choice Awards January 10, 2004 !! colspan="2" style="width:250px;"| 61st Golden Globe Awards January 25, 2004 !! rowspan="2" style="width:250px;"| 57th BAFTA Awards February 15, 2004 !! rowspan="2" style="width:250px;"| Producers, Directors, Screen Actors, and Writers Guild Awards!! rowspan="2" style="width:250px;"| 76th Academy Awards February 29, 2004

! width=200| Drama !! style="width:200px;"| Musical or Comedy

| Best Film || colspan="2"| The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King || Lost in Translation ||colspan=3| The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

| Best Director || colspan="3"| Peter Jackson The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King || Peter Weir Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World ||colspan=2| Peter Jackson The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

| Best Actor || colspan="2"| Sean Penn Mystic River || colspan="2"| Bill Murray Lost in Translation || Johnny Depp Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl || Sean Penn Mystic River

| Best Actress || colspan="2"| Charlize Theron Monster || Diane Keaton Something's Gotta Give || Scarlett Johansson Lost in Translation || colspan="2"| Charlize Theron Monster

| Best Supporting Actor || colspan="3"| Tim Robbins Mystic River || Bill Nighy Love Actually || colspan="2"| Tim Robbins Mystic River

| Best Supporting Actress || colspan="6"| Renée Zellweger Cold Mountain

| Best Screenplay, Adapted || rowspan="2"| Jim Sheridan, Kirsten Sheridan and Naomi Sheridan In America || rowspan="2" colspan="2"| Sofia Coppola Lost in Translation || Philippa Boyens, Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King ||Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini American Splendor|| Philippa Boyens, Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

| Best Screenplay, Original || Tom McCarthy The Station Agent ||colspan=2|Sofia Coppola Lost in Translation

| Best Animated Film || Finding Nemo |||||||||| Finding Nemo

| Best Original Score || colspan="3"| The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Howard Shore || Cold Mountain T-Bone Burnett and Gabriel Yared |||| The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Howard Shore

| Best Original Song || "A Mighty Wind" A Mighty Wind || colspan="2"| "Into the West" The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King |||||| "Into the West" The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

| Best Foreign Language Film || The Barbarian Invasions || colspan="2"| Osama || In This World |||| The Barbarian Invasions

Palme d'Or (56th Cannes Film Festival):

:Elephant, directed by Gus Van Sant, United States

Golden Lion (60th Venice International Film Festival):

:The Return (Возвращение), directed by Andrey Zvyagintsev, Russia

Golden Bear (53rd Berlin International Film Festival):

:In This World, directed by Michael Winterbottom, United Kingdom

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 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
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
Hannah Cheramy, Canadian actress
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

Deaths

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:90%;"

|- style="background:#dae3e7; text-align:center;"

! Month !! Date !! Name !! Age !! Country !! Profession !! Notable films

| rowspan="23" style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| January

| style="text-align:center;"| 1 || Royce D. Applegate || style="text-align:center;"| 63 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 1 || Cyril Shaps || style="text-align:center;"| 79 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actor ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 4 || Conrad Hall || style="text-align:center;"| 72 || style="text-align:center;"| French Polynesia || style="text-align:center;"| Cinematographer ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 5 || Massimo Girotti || style="text-align:center;"| 84 || style="text-align:center;"| Italy || style="text-align:center;"| Actor ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 8 || Ron Goodwin || style="text-align:center;"| 77 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Composer ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 11 || Anthony Havelock-Allan || style="text-align:center;"| 98 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Producer ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 11 || Maurice Pialat || style="text-align:center;"| 77 || style="text-align:center;"| France || style="text-align:center;"| Director, Screenwriter ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 11 || Dick Simmons || style="text-align:center;"| 89 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Stuntman, Actor ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 12 || Maurice Gibb || style="text-align:center;"| 53 || style="text-align:center;"| Isle of Man || style="text-align:center;"| Singer, Composer, Actor ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 13 || Norman Panama || style="text-align:center;"| 88 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Screenwriter, Director ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 14 || Mel Bourne || style="text-align:center;"| 79 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Production Designer ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 14 || Paul Monash || style="text-align:center;"| 85 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Screenwriter, Producer ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 14 || Donald O'Brien || style="text-align:center;"| 72 || style="text-align:center;"| Ireland || style="text-align:center;"| Actor ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 17 || Richard Crenna || style="text-align:center;"| 76 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 20 || David Battley || style="text-align:center;"| 67 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actor ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 20 || Nedra Volz || style="text-align:center;"| 94 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 21 || John Grieve || style="text-align:center;"| 78 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actor ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 23 || Nell Carter || style="text-align:center;"| 54 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 25 || Cliff Norton || style="text-align:center;"| 84 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 25 || Leopoldo Trieste || style="text-align:center;"| 85 || style="text-align:center;"| Italy || style="text-align:center;"| Actor, Screenwriter ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 29 || Anthony Eisley || style="text-align:center;"| 78 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 30 || Mary Ellis || style="text-align:center;"| 105 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Singer, Actress ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 31 || William Marlowe || style="text-align:center;"| 72 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actor ||

| rowspan="9" style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| February

| style="text-align:center;"| 3 || Lana Clarkson || style="text-align:center;"| 40 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 7 || Stephen Whittaker || style="text-align:center;"| 55 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actor, Director ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 9 || Vera Hruba Ralston || style="text-align:center;"| 82 || style="text-align:center;"| Czech Republic || style="text-align:center;"| Actress ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 13 || Robert Ivers || style="text-align:center;"| 68 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor, Voice Double ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 13 || Stacy Keach Sr. || style="text-align:center;"| 88 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 18 || Jack Brodsky || style="text-align:center;"| 70 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Producer ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 22 || Daniel Taradash || style="text-align:center;"| 89 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Screenwriter ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 24 || Walter Scharf || style="text-align:center;"| 92 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Composer, Orchestrator ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 24 || Alberto Sordi || style="text-align:center;"| 82 || style="text-align:center;"| Italy || style="text-align:center;"| Actor, Screenwriter, Director ||

| rowspan="13" style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| March

| style="text-align:center;"| 3 || Horst Buchholz || style="text-align:center;"| 69 || style="text-align:center;"|Germany || style="text-align:center;"| Actor ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 8 || Adam Faith || style="text-align:center;"| 62 || style="text-align:center;"|UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actor, Singer ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 8 || Karen Morley || style="text-align:center;"| 93 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 12 || Lynne Thigpen || style="text-align:center;"| 54 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 15 || Thora Hird || style="text-align:center;"| 91 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actress ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 13 || Christiane Schmidtmer || style="text-align:center;"| 63 || style="text-align:center;"| Germany || style="text-align:center;"| Actress ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 16 || Lars Passgård || style="text-align:center;"| 62 || style="text-align:center;"| Sweden || style="text-align:center;"| Actor ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 18 || Naomi Chance || style="text-align:center;"| 73 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actress ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 19 || Rick Zumwalt || style="text-align:center;"| 51 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 24 || Philip Yordan || style="text-align:center;"| 88 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Screenwriter ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 27 || Paul Zindel || style="text-align:center;"| 66 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Screenwriter ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 30 || Michael Jeter || style="text-align:center;"| 50 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 31 || Anne Gwynne || style="text-align:center;"| 84 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress ||

| rowspan="14" style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| April

| style="text-align:center;"| 1 || Jean-Yves Escoffier || style="text-align:center;"| 52 || style="text-align:center;"| France || style="text-align:center;"| Cinematographer ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 2 || Michael Wayne || style="text-align:center;"| 68 || style="text-align:center;"|US || style="text-align:center;"| Producer ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 4 || Anthony Caruso || style="text-align:center;"| 86 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 7 || David Greene || style="text-align:center;"| 82 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Director ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 8 || Kathie Browne || style="text-align:center;"| 72 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 8 || Bing Russell || style="text-align:center;"| 76 || style="text-align:center;"|US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 9 || Vera Zorina || style="text-align:center;"| 86 || style="text-align:center;"| Germany || style="text-align:center;"| Actress ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 12 || Sydney Lassick || style="text-align:center;"| 80 || style="text-align:center;"|US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 16 || Graham Jarvis || style="text-align:center;"| 72 || style="text-align:center;"| Canada || style="text-align:center;"| Actor ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 22 || Andrea King || style="text-align:center;"| 82 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 25 || Jesse Nilsson || style="text-align:center;"| 25 || style="text-align:center;"| Canada || style="text-align:center;"| Actor ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 26 || Peter Stone || style="text-align:center;"| 73 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Screenwriter ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 28 || Ciccio Ingrassia || style="text-align:center;"| 80 || style="text-align:center;"| Italy || style="text-align:center;"| Actor ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 30 || Jim Connors || style="text-align:center;"| 56 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor, Stuntman ||

| rowspan="10" style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| May

| style="text-align:center;"| 3 || Suzy Parker || style="text-align:center;"| 70 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 6 || Jocelyn Herbert || style="text-align:center;"| 86 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Production Designer ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 9 || Carmen Filpi || style="text-align:center;"| 80 || style="text-align:center;"|US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 9 || Bernard Spear || style="text-align:center;"| 83 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actor ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 14 || Wendy Hiller || style="text-align:center;"| 90 || style="text-align:center;"|UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actress ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 14 || Robert Stack || style="text-align:center;"| 84 || style="text-align:center;"|US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 24 || Rachel Kempson || style="text-align:center;"| 92 || style="text-align:center;"|UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actress ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 28 || Martha Scott || style="text-align:center;"| 90 || style="text-align:center;"|US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 28 || Marc Zuber || style="text-align:center;"| 59 || style="text-align:center;"| India || style="text-align:center;"| Actor ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 30 || Haskell Boggs || style="text-align:center;"| 94 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Cinematographer ||

| rowspan="17" style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| June

| style="text-align:center;"| 2 || Richard Cusack || style="text-align:center;"| 77 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 3 || John Jympson || style="text-align:center;"| 72 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Film Editor ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 7 || Trevor Goddard || style="text-align:center;"| 40 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actor ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 11 || William Marshall || style="text-align:center;"| 78 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 12 || Gregory Peck || style="text-align:center;"| 87 || style="text-align:center;" | US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor, Producer ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 15 || Hume Cronyn || style="text-align:center;"| 90 || style="text-align:center;"| Canada || style="text-align:center;"| Actor ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 15 || Philip Stone || style="text-align:center;"| 79 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actor ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 16 || Carlos Rivas || style="text-align:center;"| 78 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 20 || Fielder Cook || style="text-align:center;"| 80 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Director ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 21 || George Axelrod || style="text-align:center;"| 81 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Screenwriter ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 21 || Leon Uris || style="text-align:center;"| 78 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Screenwriter ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 24 || Barbara Weeks || style="text-align:center;"| 89 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 27 || David Newman || style="text-align:center;"| 66 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Screenwriter ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 29 || Rod Amateau || style="text-align:center;"| 79 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Director, Screenwriter ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 29 || Katharine Hepburn || style="text-align:center;"| 96 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 30 || Buddy Hackett || style="text-align:center;"| 78 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 30 || Constance Smith || style="text-align:center;"| 75 || style="text-align:center;"| Ireland || style="text-align:center;"| Actress ||

| rowspan="11" style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| July

| style="text-align:center;"| 6 || Buddy Ebsen || style="text-align:center;"| 95 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor, Dancer ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 7 || Elisabeth Welch || style="text-align:center;"| 99 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 8 || Marjorie Fowler || style="text-align:center;"| 82 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Film Editor ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 9 || Elliott Marks || style="text-align:center;"| 61 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Still Photographer ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 21 || Robert F. Blumofe || style="text-align:center;"| 93 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Producer, Executive ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 23 || Sheila Bromley || style="text-align:center;"| 91 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 25 || John Schlesinger || style="text-align:center;"| 77 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Director ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 27 || Karin Booth || style="text-align:center;"| 87 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 27 || Bob Hope || style="text-align:center;"| 100 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 30 || Marian Carr || style="text-align:center;"| 77 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 31 || Frederick Coffin || style="text-align:center;"| 60 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor ||

| rowspan="5" style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| August

| style="text-align:center;"| 2 || Don Estelle || style="text-align:center;"| 70 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actor ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 6 || Larry Taylor || style="text-align:center;"| 85 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actor, Stuntman ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 9 || Gregory Hines || style="text-align:center;"| 57 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor, Dancer ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 10 || Jacques Deray || style="text-align:center;"| 74 || style="text-align:center;"| France || style="text-align:center;"| Director, Screenwriter ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 30 || Charles Bronson || style="text-align:center;"| 81 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor ||

| rowspan="18" style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| September

| style="text-align:center;"| 1 || Jack Smight || style="text-align:center;"| 78 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Director ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 3 || David King-Wood || style="text-align:center;"| 89 || style="text-align:center;"| Iran || style="text-align:center;"| Actor ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 4 || Ben Aris || style="text-align:center;"| 66 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actor ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 6 || Louise Platt || style="text-align:center;"| 88 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 8 || Leni Riefenstahl || style="text-align:center;"| 101 || style="text-align:center;"| Germany || style="text-align:center;"| Director ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 11 || John Ritter || style="text-align:center;"| 54 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 12 || Johnny Cash || style="text-align:center;"| 71 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Singer, Actor ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 14 || Jerry Fleck || style="text-align:center;"| 55 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Production Manager ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 16 || Sheb Wooley || style="text-align:center;"| 82 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 20 || Tom Busby || style="text-align:center;"| 66 || style="text-align:center;"| Canada || style="text-align:center;"| Actor ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 21 || Pamela Gordon || style="text-align:center;"| 66 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 22 || Gordon Jump || style="text-align:center;"| 71 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 24 || Lyle Bettger || style="text-align:center;"| 88 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 25 || Herb Gardner || style="text-align:center;"| 68 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Screenwriter ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 26 || George Plimpton || style="text-align:center;"| 76 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 27 || Fay Helm || style="text-align:center;"| 94 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 27 || Donald O'Connor || style="text-align:center;"| 78 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor, Dancer ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 28 || Elia Kazan || style="text-align:center;"| 94 || style="text-align:center;"| Turkey || style="text-align:center;"| Director ||

| rowspan="11" style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| October

| style="text-align:center;"| 1 || Julie Parrish || style="text-align:center;"| 62 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 3 || Florence Stanley || style="text-align:center;"| 79 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 5 || Denis Quilley || style="text-align:center;"| 75 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actor ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 9 || Ruth Hall || style="text-align:center;"| 92 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 10 || Victoria Horne || style="text-align:center;"| 91 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 17 || Janice Rule || style="text-align:center;"| 72 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 17 || Bernard Schwartz || style="text-align:center;"| 85 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Producer ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 18 || David Lodge || style="text-align:center;"| 82 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actor ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 19 || Guy Rolfe || style="text-align:center;"| 91 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actor ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 20 || Jack Elam || style="text-align:center;"| 82 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 29 || Steve Yaconelli || style="text-align:center;"| 62 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Cinematographer ||

| rowspan="20" style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| November

| style="text-align:center;"| 8 || Bob Grant || style="text-align:center;"| 71 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actor ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 9 || Fred J. Brown || style="text-align:center;"| 68 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Sound Engineer ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 9 || Art Carney || style="text-align:center;"| 85 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 11 || Robert Brown || style="text-align:center;"| 82 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actor ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 12 || Jonathan Brandis || style="text-align:center;"| 27 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 12 || Whitfield Cook || style="text-align:center;"| 94 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Screenwriter ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 12 || Kay E. Kuter || style="text-align:center;"| 78 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 12 || Penny Singleton || style="text-align:center;"| 95 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 14 || Gene Anthony Ray || style="text-align:center;"| 41 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 15 || David Holt || style="text-align:center;"| 76 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 15 || Dorothy Loudon || style="text-align:center;"| 78 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 16 || Albert Nozaki || style="text-align:center;"| 91 || style="text-align:center;"| Japan || style="text-align:center;"| Art Director ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 18 || Michael Kamen || style="text-align:center;"| 55 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Composer ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 20 || Robert Addie || style="text-align:center;"| 87 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actor ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 23 || Patricia Burke || style="text-align:center;"| 86 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actress ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 24 || Michael Small || style="text-align:center;"| 64 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Composer ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 26 || Gordon Reid || style="text-align:center;"| 64 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actor ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 27 || Norman Burton || style="text-align:center;"| 79 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 28 || Edmund Hartmann || style="text-align:center;"| 92 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Screenwriter ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 30 || Earl Bellamy || style="text-align:center;"| 86 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Director ||

| rowspan="20" style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| December

| style="text-align:center;"| 2 || Suzanne Cloutier || style="text-align:center;"| 80 || style="text-align:center;"| Canada || style="text-align:center;"| Actress, Producer ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 3 || Ellen Drew || style="text-align:center;"| 88 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 3 || David Hemmings || style="text-align:center;"| 62 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actor ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 7 || Robert R. Benton || style="text-align:center;"| 79 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Set Decorator ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 10 || Sean McClory || style="text-align:center;"| 79 || style="text-align:center;"| Ireland || style="text-align:center;"| Actor ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 14 || Jeanne Crain || style="text-align:center;"| 78 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 16 || Madlyn Rhue || style="text-align:center;"| 68 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 17 || Alan Tilvern || style="text-align:center;"| 85 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actor ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 19 || Hope Lange || style="text-align:center;"| 72 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 19 || Les Tremayne || style="text-align:center;"| 90 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actor ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 22 || Rose Hill || style="text-align:center;"| 89 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actress ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 27 || Alan Bates || style="text-align:center;"| 69 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actor ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 29 || Earl Hindman || style="text-align:center;"| 61 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 29 || Bob Monkhouse || style="text-align:center;"| 75 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actor ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 30 || John Gregory Dunne || style="text-align:center;"| 71 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Screenwriter ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 30 || Anita Mui || style="text-align:center;"| 40 || style="text-align:center;"| Hong Kong || style="text-align:center;"| Actress, Singer ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 30 || Patricia Roc || style="text-align:center;"| 88 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actress ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 31 || Peter Donen || style="text-align:center;"| 50 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Visual Effects Artist ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 31 || Paula Raymond || style="text-align:center;"| 79 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress ||

Film debuts

Jonathan Bennett – Season of Youth
P.J. Byrne – Bruce Almighty
Rob Corddry – Old School
Benedict Cumberbatch – To Kill a King
Zac Efron – Melinda's World
Matthew Goode – South from Granada
Ari Graynor – Mystic River
Vanessa Hudgens – Thirteen
Josh Hutcherson – American Splendor
Zoe Kazan – Swordswallowers and Thin Men
Anna Kendrick – Camp
Danny McBride – All the Real Girls
Chris O'Dowd – Conspiracy of Silence
Ahna O'Reilly – Bill the Intern
Chris Pratt – The Extreme Team
Nikki Reed – Thirteen
Rob Riggle – Pushing Tom
Britt Robertson – The Ghost Club
John Robinson – Elephant
Mike Vogel – Grind
Kristen Wiig – Melvin Goes to Dinner

Highest-grossing films

Events

Award ceremonies

Awards

2003 films

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Births

Deaths

Film debuts

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