2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2003rd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 3rd year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century, and the 4th year of the 2000s decade.

Theatrical releases

Feature films

• January 31:
  • Biker Boyz (DreamWorks Pictures)
  • The Guru
• February 7 - Deliver Us from Eva (Focus Features)
• February 21
  • The Life of David Gale
  • Old School (DreamWorks Pictures)
• March 28 - Head of State (DreamWorks Pictures)
• April 4 - The Guys (Focus Features)
• May 9 - The Shape of Things (Focus Features)
• May 23 - Bruce Almighty
• June 6 - 2 Fast 2 Furious
• June 20 - Hulk
• July 2:
  • Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas (DreamWorks Animation)
  • Swimming Pool (Focus Features)
• July 18 - Johnny English
• July 25 - Seabiscuit
• August 1 - American Wedding
• September 12 - Lost in Translation (Focus Features)
• September 19 - Anything Else (DreamWorks Pictures)
• September 26 - The Rundown
• October 10 - Intolerable Cruelty
• October 17 - Sylvia (Focus Features)
• November 7 - Love Actually
• November 14 - Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (International Distribution)
• November 21:
  • 21 Grams (Focus Features)
  • Dr. Seuss' The Cat in the Hat
• December 5 - Honey
• December 19 - The House of Sand and Fog (DreamWorks Pictures)
• December 25:
  • Paycheck (DreamWorks Pictures International Distribution)
  • Peter Pan

Shorts

Television

• Kingpin
• A.U.S.A.
• Lost at Home
• Las Vegas
• Back to School with Franklin

Video games

• Nintendo GameCube
• November 18
  • Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas: Sinbad's Sailing Adventure
  • Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas: The 3D Tour of the Chimera
  • Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas: Save the 12 Cities

Home video releases

DVD & VHS releases

• January 14
  • About a Boy
  • Blue Crush
  • Undercover Brother
• January 21 - The Bourne Identity
• February 25
  • Road to Perdition (DreamWorks Home Entertainment)
  • The Tuxedo (DreamWorks Home Entertainment)
• March 4 - The Ring (DreamWorks Home Entertainment)
• March 18
  • 8 Mile
  • Empire
• April 1
  • The Land Before Time IV: Journey Through the Mists (DVD Release)
  • The Land Before Time V: The Mysterious Island (DVD Release)
  • The Land Before Time VI: The Secret of Saurus Rock (DVD Release)
  • Red Dragon
• May 6
  • Catch Me If You Can (DreamWorks Home Entertainment)
  • The Emperor's Club
• May 27 - The Pianist
• June 3 - The Guru
• June 10
  • Biker Boyz (DreamWorks Home Entertainment)
  • Old School (DreamWorks Home Entertainment)
• June 17 - Deliver Us from Eva
• June 24 - Antz: Special Edition (DreamWorks Home Entertainment)
• July 22 - The Life of David Gale
• August 12 - Head of State (DreamWorks Home Entertainment)
• September 2
  • The Ghost and Mr. Chicken
  • The Reluctant Astronaut
• September 23
  • Babe
  • Casper
• September 30 - 2 Fast 2 Furious
• October 7 - It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie (MGM Home Entertainment)
• October 28
  • Hulk
  • Millennium Actress (DreamWorks Home Entertainment)
• November 18 - Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas (DreamWorks Home Entertainment)
• November 25 - Bruce Almighty
• December 2 - The Land Before Time (Anniversary Edition)
• December 16 - Seabiscuit
• December 23 - Anything Else

Shorts

• November 18
  • Sinbad and the Cyclops Island

Direct-to-video releases

• March 18 - Charlotte's Web 2: Wilbur's Great Adventure (Paramount Home Entertainment)
• July 22 - The Hitcher II: I've Been Waiting
• August 19 - Back to School with Franklin
• September 30 - Timecop 2: The Berlin Decision
• October 28 - Long Time Dead
• December 2
  • The Land Before Time X: The Great Longneck Migration
  • Beethoven's 5th

Character debuts

• June 6 - Roman Pearce, Carter Verone
• July 2 - Sinbad, Eris
• December 2 - Shorty, Bron, Pat, Sue

People

Births

• April 3 - Elsie Fisher

Deaths

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