2003 in film 2003 in film The year 2003 in film involved some significant events. "" grossed more than $1.19 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 only the second film at the time to surpass the billion dollar milestone after "Titanic" in 1997. It is now, unadjusted, the 12th-highest-grossing film of all time. "Finding Nemo" was the highest-grossing animated movie of all time until being overtaken by "Shrek 2" in 2004. It is currently the ninth highest-grossing animated film after its 3D release and
2000s (decade) "Spider-Man 3", "", "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets", "", "Finding Nemo", "", "", "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban" and "Shrek the Third". The top 15 highest-grossing film series of the decade are (in order from highest to lowest grossing) "Harry Potter" film series, "The Lord of the Rings" film trilogy, "Pirates of the Caribbean" film series, "Spider-Man" film series, "Shrek" film series, "Ice Age" film series, "Transformers" film series, "X-Men" film series, "Batman" film series' "Batman Begins" and "The Dark Knight", "Star Wars" "" and "", "The Da Vinci Code" and "Angels & Demons", "The Matrix"