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2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on a 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, the 3rd year of the 21st century, and the 4th year of the 2000's decade.
Events[]
- Warner Bros. Feature Animation was shut down after their final film Looney Tunes: Back in Action bombed at the box-office. It remained defunct for 10 years until it was rebooted as "Warner Animation Group" and went back in the spotlight after the success of The Lego Movie.
- Time Warner agrees to sell Warner Music Group to a group made up of private investors like Edgar Bronfman Jr. and Thomas H. Lee Partners, in a move that would allow Time Warner to trim its debt. This would also result in the separation of Warner Bros. Records from the Warner Bros. film studio.
Theatrical releases[]
Feature films[]
- January 17 - Kangaroo Jack (Warner Bros. / Castle Rock Entertainment)
- Janurary 31
- Final Destination 2 (New Line Cinema)
- The Sleeping Dictionary (Fine Line Features); premiered in Mexico
- February 18 - The Sleeping Dictionary (Fine Line Features)
- February 21 - Gods and Generals (Warner Bros.)
- February 28 - Cradle 2 the Grave (Warner Bros.)
- March 14 - Willard (New Line Cinema)
- March 21 - Dreamcatcher (Warner Bros. / Castle Rock Entertainment)
- March 28 - Blue Collar Comedy Tour: The Movie (Warner Bros.)
- April 4
- April 16 - A Mighty Wind (Warner Bros. / Castle Rock Entertainment)
- April 18 - Malibu's Most Wanted (Warner Bros.)
- April 25 - The Real Cancun (New Line Cinema)
- May 15 - The Matrix Reloaded (Warner Bros.)
- May 23 - The In-Laws (Warner Bros.)
- June 13 - Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd (New Line Cinema)
- June 20 - Alex & Emma (Warner Bros.)
- July 2 - Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (Warner Bros. / Columbia Pictures)
- July 18 - How to Deal (New Line Cinema)
- August 15
- September 7 - Ripley's Game (Fine Line Features)
- September 12 - Matchstick Men (Warner Bros.)
- September 19 - Secondhand Lions (New Line Cinema)
- October 15 - Mystic River (Warner Bros.)
- October 17 - The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (New Line Cinema / Focus Features)
- October 24 - Elephant (Fine Line Features)
- November - The Music Man
- November 5 - The Matrix Revolutions (Warner Bros.)
- November 7 - Elf (New Line Cinema)
- November 14 - Looney Tunes: Back in Action (Warner Bros. Met with mixed reception; became a box office failure)
- November 21 - Gothika (Warner Bros. / Columbia Pictures)
- December 5 - The Last Samurai (Warner Bros.)
- December 12
- December 17 - The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (New Line Cinema)
Television[]
- High School Reunion (Warner Bros. Television)
- January 8 - The Bachelorette (Warner Bros. Television / Warner Horizon Television)
- February 14 - Johnny Bravo Special: It's Valentine's Day, Johnny Bravo! (Cartoon Network)
- March 26 - Wanda at Large (Warner Bros. Television)
- June 13 - The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy (Cartoon Network)
- July 11 - Evil Con Carne (Cartoon Network)
- July 18 - Nip/Tuck (Warner Bros. Television)
- July 19 - Teen Titans (Warner Bros. Animation / DC Comics)
- August 5 - The O.C. (Warner Bros. Television)
- August 23 - Duck Dodgers (Warner Bros. Animation)
- September 11 - Run of the House (Warner Bros. Television)
- September 12 - All About the Andersons (Warner Bros. Television)
- September 16 - All of Us (Warner Bros. Television)
- September 19 - Like Family (Warner Bros. Television)
- September 22 - Two and a Half Men (Warner Bros. Television)
- September 23 - One Tree Hill (Warner Bros. Television)
- September 28 - Cold Case (Warner Bros. Television)
- October 20 - Skin (Warner Bros. Television)
- November 1 - Xiaolin Showdown (Warner Bros. Animation)
- November 7 - Star Wars: Clone Wars (Cartoon Network / Lucasfilm Animation)
Comics[]
Video games[]
- March 14 - Tom and Jerry in Infurnal Escape
- March 25
- Ed, Edd n Eddy: Jawbreakers! (Cartoon Network Interactive)
- Samurai Jack: The Amulet of Time (Cartoon Network Interactive)
- March 26 - Superman: Countdown to Apokolips (DC Comics)
- May 14 - Enter the Matrix
- July 30 - Aquaman: Battle for Atlantis (DC Comics)
- October 28 - Harry Potter: Quidditch World Cup (Wizarding World)
- November 3 - The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
- November 11 - Looney Tunes: Back in Action
- November 18 - Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines
Albums[]
Theme park happenings[]
- April 12 - Batman: The Ride opens at Six Flags New Orleans.
- April 17 - Superman: Ultimate Flight opens at Six Flags Great Adventure.
- May 3 - Superman: Ultimate Flight opens at Six Flags Great America.
Home video releases[]
DVD & VHS releases[]
- January 7 - Oz: The Complete Second Season (HBO Home Video)
- January 14 - FeardotCom (Warner Home Video)
- January 21 - Simone (New Line Home Entertainment)
- January 28
- Dennis the Menace: Special Edition (Warner Home Video)
- The Magic School Bus: Space Adventures (Nelvana/Scholastic Entertainment) (Warner Home Video)
- February 4 - Six Feet Under: The Complete First Season (HBO Original Programing/Warner Bros. Television) (HBO Home Video/Warner Home Video)
- February 11
- My Big Fat Greek Wedding (HBO Home Video)
- Baby Looney Tunes' Eggs-traordinary Adventure (Warner Bros. Animation) (Warner Home Video) (direct-to-video)
- February 18
- City by the Sea (Warner Home Video)
- The Sleeping Dictionary (Fine Line Features) (New Line Home Entertainment) (direct-to-video)
- February 25 - Knockaround Guys (New Line Home Entertainment)
- March 4 - Scooby-Doo! and the Legend of the Vampire (Hanna-Barbera/Warner Bros. Animation) (Warner Home Video) (direct-to-video)
- March 11 - White Oleander (Warner Home Video)
- March 18 - Welcome to Collinwood (Warner Home Video)
- March 25
- Femme Fatale (Warner Home Video)
- Friday After Next (New Line Home Entertainment)
- March 28 - Ghost Ship (Warner Home Video)
- April 1
- Friends: The Complete First Season (Warner Bros. Television) (Warner Home Video)
- Friends: The Complete Second Season (Warner Bros. Television) (Warner Home Video)
- Friends: The Complete Third Season (Warner Bros. Television) (Warner Home Video)
- April 11 - Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Warner Home Video)
- April 22
- Real Women Have Curves (HBO Home Video)
- Batman: The Animated Series: Vol. 2: Tales of the Dark Knight (DC Comics/Warner Bros. Animation) (Warner Home Video)
- Challenge of the Super Friends: Vol. 1: Attack of the Legion of Doom (DC Comics/Hanna-Barbera) (Warner Home Video)
- Justice League: Vol. 2: Justice on Trial (DC Comics/Warner Bros. Animation) (Warner Home Video)
- X-Men: Evolution: Season 2, Vol. 1: Mutants Rising (Marvel Entertainment) (Warner Home Video)
- April 29
- Two Weeks Notice (Castle Rock Entertainment) (Warner Home Video)
- Babylon 5: The Complete Second Season (Warner Bros. Television) (Warner Home Video)
- May 6
- The New Scooby-Doo Movies: Scooby-Doo Meets the Harlem Globetrotters (Hanna-Barbera) (Warner Home Video)
- Scooby-Doo's Greatest Mysteries (Hanna-Barbera) (Warner Home Video)
- May 13
- Analyze That (Warner Home Video)
- The Mission (Warner Home Video) (re-release)
- Babylon 5: The First and Second Seasons (Warner Bros. Television) (Warner Home Video)
- May 20
- Sex and the City: The Complete Fouth Season (HBO Home Video)
- Sex and the City: Seasons 1-4 (HBO Home Video)
- June 3
- About Schmidt (New Line Home Entertainment)
- Blue Collar Comedy Tour: The Movie (Warner Home Video)
- So Little Time: Volume 3: About A Family (Dualstar) (Warner Home Video)
- So Little Time: Volume 4: Hangin' Out (Dualstar) (Warner Home Video)
- June 24 - Kangaroo Jack (Castle Rock Entertainment) (Warner Home Video)
- July 1 - The Real Cancun (New Line Home Entertainment)
- July 15
- Gods and Generals (Ted Turner Pictures) (Warner Home Video)
- Friends: The Complete Third Season (Warner Bros. Television) (Warner Home Video) (re-release)
- Friends: The Complete Fourth Season (Warner Bros. Television) (Warner Home Video)
- Friends: The Complete First and Fourth Season (Warner Bros. Television) (Warner Home Video)
- July 22
- Final Destination 2 (New Line Home Entertainment)
- Batman: The Animated Series: Vol. 3: Out of the Shadows (DC Comics/Warner Bros. Animation) (Warner Home Video)
- Challenge of the Super Friends: Vol. 2: United They Stand (DC Comics/Hanna-Barbera) (Warner Home Video)
- The Corner: The Complete Miniseries (HBO Home Video)
- Justice League: Vol. 3: Paradise Lost (DC Comics/Warner Bros. Animation) (Warner Home Video)
- August 5 - What a Girl Wants (Warner Home Video)
- August 12
- Cradle 2 the Grave (Warner Home Video)
- Babylon 5: The Complete Third Season (Warner Bros. Television) (Warner Home Video)
- August 19
- The Kid Stays in the Picture (USA Films/Focus Features) (Warner Home Video)
- ¡Mucha Lucha!: Heart of Lucha (Warner Bros. Animation) (Warner Home Video)
- What's New, Scooby-Doo?: Vol. 1: Space Ape at the Cape (Hanna-Barbera/Warner Bros. Animation) (Warner Home Video)
- August 26
- The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (New Line Home Entertainment)
- Poolhall Junkies (Gold Circle Films/Samuel Goldwyn Films) (HBO Home Video)
- September 2 - A Man Apart (New Line Home Entertainment)
- September 9 - Malibu's Most Wanted (Warner Home Video)
- September 16
- Run Ronnie Run! (New Line Home Entertainment) (direct-to-video)
- The Magic School Bus: The Magic School Bus Collection (Nelvana/Scholastic Entertainment) (Warner Home Video)
- Hey! Scooby (5-Pack) (Hanna-Barbera) (Warner Home Video)
- September 23
- A Mighty Wind (Castle Rock Entertainment) (Warner Home Video)
- X-Men: Evolution: Season 1, Vol. 1: UnXpected Changes (Marvel Entertainment) (Warner Home Video)
- X-Men: Evolution: Season 1, Vol. 2: Xplosive Days (Marvel Entertainment) (Warner Home Video)
- X-Men: Evolution: Season 1, Vol. 3: X Marks the Spot (Marvel Entertainment) (Warner Home Video)
- X-Men: Evolution: Season 1, Vol. 4: Xposing the Truth (Marvel Entertainment) (Warner Home Video)
- Smallville: Season 1 (DC Comics/Warner Bros. Television) (Warner Home Video)
- September 30
- Dreamcatcher (Warner Home Video)
- Scooby-Doo! and the Monster of Mexico (Hanna-Barbera/Warner Bros. Animation) (Warner Home Video) (direct-to-video)
- October 7
- The In-Laws (2003) (Warner Home Video) (Remake of the 1979 film)
- Willard (New Line Home Entertainment)
- Tom and Jerry: Paws for a Holiday (MGM Cartoons/Turner Entertainment) (Warner Home Video)
- October 14 - The Matrix Reloaded (Warner Home Video)
- October 21
- Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman (DC Comics/Warner Bros. Animation) (Warner Home Video) (direct-to-video)
- Chase Me (DC Comics/Warner Bros. Animation) (Warner Home Video) (direct-to-video short)
- Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman (DC Comics/Warner Bros. Animation) (Warner Home Video) (direct-to-video)
- October 27 - The Sopranos: The Complete Fourth Season (HBO Home Video)
- October 28
- The Sopranos: The Complete Fourth Season (HBO Home Video)
- The Sopranos: The Complete First and Fourth Seasons (HBO Home Video)
- The Bugs Bunny/Looney Tunes Comedy Hour: Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 1 (Warner Bros. Cartoons) (Warner Home Video)
- The Bugs Bunny/Looney Tunes Comedy Hour: Looney Tunes Premiere Collection (Warner Bros. Cartoons) (Warner Home Video)
- Space Jam: 2-Disc Special Edition (Warner Bros. Feature Animation/Warner Bros. Family Entertainment/NBA) (Warner Home Video)
- Looney Tunes: Stranger Than Fiction (Warner Bros. Animation) (Warner Home Video)
- Looney Tunes: Reality Check (Warner Bros. Animation) (Warner Home Video)
- November 4
- Friends: The Complete Fouth Season (Warner Bros. Television) (Warner Home Video) (re-release)
- Friends: The Complete Fifth Season (Warner Bros. Television) (Warner Home Video) (re-release)
- Friends: The Complete First and Fifth Season (Warner Bros. Television) (Warner Home Video) (re-release)
- November 11
- Dumb and Dumber: When Harry Met Lloyd (New Line Home Entertainment)
- Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (Warner Home Video) (USA distribution only)
- November 18
- The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers: Extended Edition (New Line Home Entertainment)
- Space Ghost Coast to Coast: Volume 1 (Hanna-Barbera/Williams Street) (Warner Home Video)
- Aqua Teen Hunger Force: Volume 1 (Williams Street) (Warner Home Video)
- November 25 - The Challenge (Dualstar) (Warner Home Video) (direct-to-video)
- December 2 - The Little Polar Bear (Rothkirch Cartoon Film) (Warner Home Video)
- December 9 - How to Deal (New Line Home Entertainment) (USA distribution only)
- December 23 - Alex & Emma (Warner Home Video)
Character debuts[]
- January 3 - Mr. Boss, Mr. Beatles, Numbuh 30c, Professor Bob
- January 10 - Lizzie Devine
- January 24 - Mr. B., Bradley the Skunk and Chester
- January 25 - Timmy of 1000 Masks
- February 7 - Tommy Gilligan, Betty Gilligan, Common Cold, Mega Mom and Destructo Dad, Chad Dickson
- February 21 - Truck Driver, Mrs. Goodwall, Schoolyard Bully, Eggbert Eggleston, Leaky Leona
- February 28 - Mr. Mogul, Simon
- March 7 - Father
- May 15 - The Merovingian, Seraph, Agent Thompson, Agent Johnson, Agent Jackson, The Twins, Persephone, Bane, Link, Commander Lock, Niobe, The Architect, Zee, Ghost, Kid, The Keymaker, Cas, Mifune, The Merovingian's Henchmen, Councillor Hamann, Zionites, The Trainman, Wirtz, Roland
- October 3 - Crazy Old Cat Lady, Mr. Fizz, Lime Ricky
- October 17 - Cree Lincoln, Dr. Lincoln, Grandma Lydia, Senior Citizen Squad
- October 31 - Monty Uno, Willard Wallace
- November 5 - Sati, Charra, The Big Bald Man
- November 11 - Mr. Chairman
- November 14 - D.J. Drake, Kate Houghton, Damian Drake, Dusty Tails, Numbuh 86, Numbuh 362, Numbuh 206
- November 21 - Cheese Shogun Roquefort, Cheese Ninjas
- December 12 - Mushi Sanban
People[]
Births[]
- September 3 - Jack Dylan Grazer (actor)
Deaths[]
- January 1 - Royce D. Applegate (actor and screenwriter)
- January 11
- Richard Simmons (actor)
- Lil Evans (animator and director)
- January 14 - John Mantley (actor, writer, director, screenwriter and producer)
- January 17
- Bernice Claire (singer and actress)
- Richard Crenna (actor, director and producer)
- January 20
- Nedra Volz (actress)
- David Battley (actor)
- January 23 - Nell Carter (singer and actress)
- February 4 - Tommy Bush (actor)
- February 13 - Stacy Keach Sr. (actor)
- February 23 - Titos Vandis (actor)
- February 27 - Jean Sullivan (actress and dancer)
- March 3 - Horst Buchholz (actor)
- March 8 - Karen Morley (actress)
- March 15 - Thora Hird (actress)
- March 19
- Émile Genest (actor)
- Rick Zumwalt (professional arm-wrestler and actor)
- March 23 - Nelda Ridley (final checker)
- March 28 - Bob Matz (animator)
- March 30 - Michael Jeter (actor)
- April 4 - Anthony Caruso (actor)
- April 7 - David Greene (director and actor)
- April 16 - Graham Jarvis (actor)
- April 22 - Andrea King (actress)
- April 30 - Lionel G. Wilson (stage actor, actor, voice actor, audiobook narrator and book author)
- May 3 - Suzy Parker (model and actress)
- May 9 - Carmen Filpi (actor)
- May 14 - Robert Stack (actor and television host)
- May 21 - Felice Orlandi (actor)
- May 26 - Burr DeBenning (actor)
- May 27 - Dave Monahan (writer)
- May 28 - Martha Scott (actress)
- June 7 - Trevor Goddard (boxer and actor)
- June 15
- Hume Cronyn (actor and writer)
- Philip Stone (actor)
- June 16 -Carlos Rivas (actor)
- June 20 - Raymond Serra (actor)
- June 24 - Barbara Weeks (actress)
- June 27 - David Newman (screenwriter and producer)
- June 30 - Buddy Hackett (actor, voice actor and comedian)
- July 23 - Sheila Bromley (actress)
- July 26 - Robert Favart (actor)
- July 27
- Bob Hope (comedian, actor, entertainer and producer)
- Karin Booth (actress)
- July 28 - True Eames Boardman (actor and scriptwriter)
- July 30 - Marian Carr (actress)
- August 9 - Gregory Hines (dancer, actor, choreographer and singer)
- August 20 - Andrew Ray (actor)
- August 23 - Hy Anzell (actor)
- August 24 - Robert C. Bruce (voice actor)
- August 29 - Bill Keil (animator)
- August 30 - Charles Bronson (actor)
- September 3 - William Paterson (actor)
- September 11 - John Ritter (actor)
- September 16 - Sheb Wooley (singer, songwriter and actor)
- September 22 - Gordon Jump (actor)
- September 24 - Lyle Bettger (actor)
- September 25 - George Plimpton (writer, journalist, literary editor and actor)
- September 27
- Fay Helm (actress)
- Donald O'Connor (dancer, singer and actor)
- September 28 - Elia Kazan (director, producer, screenwriter and actor)
- October 9 - Ruth Hall (actress)
- October 14 - Javier Portales (actor)
- October 17 - Janice Rule (actress and psychotherapist)
- October 18 - David Lodge (actor)
- October 20 - Jack Elam (actor)
- November 12
- Penny Singleton (actress and labor leader)
- Kay E. Kuter (actor)
- Jonathan Brandis (actor)
- November 17 - Janis Wilson (actress)
- December 2 - Frances Morris (actress)
- December 10 - Sean McClory (actor)
- December 14 - Jeanne Crain (actress)
- December 17 - Alan Tilvern (actor)
- December 19
- Les Tremayne (actor)
- Hope Lange (actress)
- December 27 - Pete Alvarado (American animation and comic book artist)
- December 31 - Paula Raymond (model and actress)
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