2003 in film

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The year 2003 in film involved some significant events.

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.

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.*
2003 Rank	Title	Studio	Box Office Gross
2003 Rank	Title	Studio	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 in 2007 nine films grossed more than $400 million, reaching international blockbuster motion picture status.

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