List of animated feature films of 2003 explained

This is a list of animated feature films first released in 2003.

List

Title Country Director Studio Animation technique Type Notes Release date Duration
United States Jim Kammerud
Brian Smith 		Traditional Direct-to-video Sequel to One Hundred and One Dalmatians (1961). January 21, 2003 74 minutes
The 3 Wise Men
Los Reyes magos 		France
Spain 		Traditional December 19, 2003 76 minutes
The Animatrix United States
Japan 		Traditional Direct-to-video June 3, 2003 102 minutes[1]
Go! Anpanman: Ruby's Wish
Japan Hiroyuki Yano Traditional July 12, 2003 50 minutes
United States Traditional Direct-to-video May 20, 2003 80 minutes
A Wobots Christmas United States CG animation Direct-to-video December 17, 2003 50 minutes
Baby Looney Tunes' Eggs-traordinary Adventure United States Gloria Yuh Jenkins Traditional Direct-to-video February 11, 2003 60 minutes
Back to School with Franklin Canada Traditional Direct-to-video August 19, 2003 46 minutes
Barbie of Swan Lake United States Owen Hurley CG animation Direct-to-video September 30, 2003 83 minutes
United States Curt Geda Traditional Direct-to-video October 21, 2003 74 minutes
Betizu izar artean Spain Egoitz Rodríguez Olea CG animation October 31, 2003 71 minutes
United States Terry Shakespeare
David Molina 		CG animation Direct-to-video September 13, 2003
September 16, 2003 		70 minutes
Colombia Traditional December 25, 2003 75 minutes
Brother Bear United States Traditional Last Disney feature to be made in the Florida division before the studio was shut down in March 2004 November 1, 2003 85 minutes
Captain Sabertooth
Kaptein Sabeltann 		Norway Traditional December 26, 2003 75 minutes
The Cat in the Hat (film) United States CG animation/
Live-action 		November 21, 2003 82 minutes[2]
Cesante Chile Emu Films
Sobras Producciones
ADN Digital 		Traditional [3] [4] June 5, 2003 72 minutes
United States Mario Piluso Traditional Direct-to-video March 18, 2003 79 minutes

El Cid: La leyenda 		Spain José Pozo Filmax Animation Traditional December 19, 2003 90 minutes

クレヨンしんちゃん 嵐を呼ぶ 栄光のヤキニクロード
Kureyon Shinchan: Arashi o Yobu: Eikō no Yakuniku Rōdo 		Japan Traditional April 19, 2003 88 minutes
The Cunning Little Vixen Traditional April 20, 2003 75 minutes

名探偵コナン迷宮の十字路
Meitantei Konan: Meikyū no Kurosurōdo 		Japan Traditional April 19, 2003 108 minutes
The Dog, the General, and the Birds
Le chien, le général et les oiseaux 		Italy
France 		Traditional May 15, 2003
October 22, 2003 		75 minutes
Dominator United Kingdom Tony Luke CG animation Direct-to-video May 21, 2003 100 minutes
75 minutes

ドラえもん のび太とふしぎ風使い
Doraemon Nobita to Fushigi Kazetsukai 		Japan Asatsu Traditional March 8, 2003 84 minutes
El Embrujo del Sur Spain Traditional July 4, 2003 83 minutes
Elysium South Korea September 9, 2003
June 2, 2005 		84 minutes
United States Traditional July 12, 2003 72 minutes
Finding Nemo United States CG animation First Pixar feature to win Best Animated Feature Later Re-Released for 3D in 2012 and the highest grossing animated film from the 2000s May 30, 2003 100 minutes
United States Dale Carman CG animation Direct-to-video September 27, 2003 45 minutes
Globi and the Stolen Shadows
Globi und der Schattenräuber 		Germany
Switzerland
Luxembourg 		Robi Engler Sponge Traditional October 2, 2003
August 18, 2005 		72 minutes
Hammerboy South Korea Ahn Tae-geun Sponge Traditional August 20, 2003
August 6, 2004 		80 minutes
Japan Traditional December 13, 2003 55 minutes
Hajime no Ippo – Champion Road
はじめの一歩 : チャンピオンロード 		Japan Traditional from "Fighting Spirit" series April 18, 2003 90 minutes

インターステラ5555 		Japan
France 		Kazuhisa Takenouchi Traditional May 18, 2003
May 28, 2003 		65 minutes[5]
Japan Toshiya Shinohara Sunrise Traditional December 20, 2003 100 minutes
I Want a Dog for Christmas, Charlie Brown United States Traditional December 9, 2003 41 minutes
Jake's Booty Call United States Eric Eisner, Julian Max Metter National Lampoon Productions, Romp Films, The Romp Traditional April 25, 2003 77 minutes
Jester Till
Till Eulenspiegel 		Germany
Belgium 		Traditional September 20, 2003
September 25, 2003 		85 minutes
The Jungle Book 2 United States Traditional February 14, 2003 72 minutes[6]
Kangaroo Jack United States
Australia 		CG/Live-Action January 17, 2003 89 minutes
France
Canada 		Chris Delaporte
Pascal Pinon 		CG animation June 4, 2003 85 minutes
United States Traditional November 28, 2003 67 minutes
Germany Traditional November 20, 2003 78 minutes
Germany Traditional March 27, 2003 76 minutes
United States Traditional Direct-to-video December 2, 2003 85 minutes
United States Traditional Direct-to-video December 9, 2003 35 minutes
United States Traditional Direct-to-video December 31, 2003 35 minutes
La Légende de Parva France Jean Cubaud Traditional February 12, 2003 85 minutes
The Legend of the Sky Kingdom Zimbabwe Roger Hawkins Stop-motion First animated feature from Zimbabwe and Africa October 2003 73 minutes
Little Bee Julia & Lady Life
L'Apetta Giulia e la signora Vita 		Italy CG animation September 19, 2003 76 minutes
Little Longnose
Карлик Нос (Karlik Nos) 		Russia Ilya Maksimov Traditional March 20, 2003 79 minutes
The Lizzie McGuire Movie United States Walt Disney Pictures
Stan Rogow Productions 		Traditional/
Live-action 		May 2, 2003 94 minutes
United States Baltimore Spring Creek Productions
Goldmann Pictures
Warner Bros. Feature Animation
Lonely Film Productions GmbH & Co. KG. 		Traditional/
Live-action 		Last Animated feature made by Warner Bros. until The Lego Movie becoming Warner Animation Group years later. November 9, 2003
November 14, 2003 		93 minutes
Hong Kong Traditional [7] December 20, 2003 73 minutes
Mécanix Canada Rémy M. Larochelle Ofilms
Avant-Gore 		Traditional/
Live-action 		October 10, 2003
July 10, 2004 		70 minutes
Miss Spider's Sunny Patch Kids Canada Mike Fallows CG animation Pilot to the show Miss Spider's Sunny Patch Friends. March 31, 2003 49 minutes
More Vampires in Havana
Más vampiros en La Habana 		Cuba
Spain 		Traditional December 7, 2003 80 minutes
Movie Critters' Big PictureUnited StatesSteven F. ZamboPuppetsDove Foundation Seal of Approval, 3 Telly Awards, Aurora Awards.Contains musical parts and parodical characters inspired by Hollywood celebrities (Arnold Hamandegger, Cary Ant, Frankie Sinatrat, Charlie Chimplin, Jay Rhino, Gloria Swansong, Benny Gopher, etc.)[8] [9] 80 minutes
United States SD Entertainment
Fat Rock Entertainment
Hasbro Entertainment 		Traditional Direct-to-video December 8, 2003 20 minutes

茄子 アンダルシアの夏
Nasu: Andarushia no Natsu 		Japan Traditional December 21, 2003 47 minutes
The Night B4 Christmas United States Traditional Television film 2003 70 minutes
One Piece: Dead End Adventure Japan Traditional March 1, 2003 95 minutes
Opopomoz Italy
France
Spain 		Mikado Film Traditional December 5, 2003 80 minutes
Oseam
오세암 		South Korea Sung Baek-yeop Sinabro Entertainment Traditional April 25, 2003 77 minutes
Otherworld
Y Mabinogi 		United Kingdom Derek W. Hayes Traditional June 27, 2003 108 minutes
Piglet's Big Movie United States Traditional March 16, 2003
March 21, 2003
July 2, 2003 		75 minutes

劇場版ポケットモンスターアドバンスジェネレーション 七夜の願い星 ジラーチ (Gekijōban Poketto Monsutā Adobansu Jenerēshon Nanayo no Negaiboshi Jirāchi) 		Japan Traditional July 19, 2003 81 minutes
The Rain Children
Les Enfants de la pluie 		France
South Korea 		Philippe Leclerc Praxinos Traditional June 25, 2003 86 minutes
Raining Cats and Frogs
aka. The Frog Prophecy
La Prophétie des grenouilles 		France Jacques-Rémy Girerd Traditional December 3, 2003 90 minutes
Canada Ron Pitts CG animation Direct-to-video November 18, 2003 83 minutes
United States Howy Parkins
Brenda Piluso 		Traditional Direct-to-video December 9, 2003 61 minutes
United States Traditional Direct-to-video December 9, 2003 62 minutes
United States CG animation Direct-to-video 2003 44 minutes
Canada
United States 		CG animation June 3, 2003 70 minutes
Rugrats Go Wild United States Norton Virgien
John Eng 		Traditional June 13, 2003[10] 80 minutes
Scooby-Doo! and the Legend of the Vampire United States Scott Jeralds Traditional Direct-to-video March 4, 2003 72 minutes[11]
Scooby-Doo! and the Monster of Mexico United States Scott Jeralds Traditional Direct-to-video September 30, 2003 75 minutes[12]
United States Tim Johnson
Patrick Gilmore 		Traditional
CG animation 		Last hand-drawn feature made by DreamWorks because of its failure at the box office and decided to abandon the medium entirely. July 2, 2003 86 minutes
Son of Aladdin India CG animation Direct-to-video August 29, 2003 80 minutes[13]
The Souricière
La Souricière 		France Stéphane Margail, Sandrine Conte TAT Productions Traditional
Stitch! The Movie United States Tony Craig
Bobs Gannaway 		Traditional Direct-to-video and pilot to the spinoff, August 26, 2003 64 minutes
Tokyo Godfathers Japan Traditional August 30, 2003
November 8, 2003 		92 minutes
Toto Sapore and the Magic Story of Pizza
Totò Sapore e la magica storia della pizza 		Italy Maurizio Forestieri Traditional December 19, 2003 80 minutes
The Triplets of Belleville
aka. Belleville Rendez-Vous
Les Triplettes de Belleville 		France
Belgium
Canada
United Kingdom 		Traditional May 18, 2003
June 11, 2003
June 25, 2003
August 29, 2003 		78 minutes
A Very Wompkee Christmas United States Michael DeVitto CG animation Direct-to-video November 2003 54 minutes
VeggieTales: The Ballad of Little Joe United States CG animation Direct-to-video August 5, 2003 38 minutes
VeggieTales: The Wonderful World of Auto-Tainment! United States CG animation Direct-to-video May 20, 2003[14] 30 minutes
Werner – Gekotzt wird später! Germany Traditional July 17, 2003 76 minutes
Winter Days Japan Traditional Collaboration between top animators from around the world. November 27, 2003 105 minutes (40 minutes animation)
Wizards & Giants
Magos y Gigantes 		Mexico Andrés Couturier
Eduardo Sprowls 		First theatrically released animated film created with Adobe Flash. November 19, 2003 84 minutes
Wonderful Days South Korea
United States 		Traditional/CGI July 17, 2003 86 Minutes
95 Minutes

Highest-grossing films

The following is a list of the 10 highest-grossing animated feature films first released in 2003.

RankTitle Studio Worldwide gross Ref.
1Finding NemoPixar$936,743,261[15]
2Brother BearWalt Disney Feature Animation$250,397,798[16]
3The Jungle Book 2DisneyToon Studios$135,703,599[17]
4DreamWorks Animation$80,767,884[18]
5Piglet's Big MovieDisneyToon Studios / Munich Animation$62,870,546[19]
6Rugrats Go Wild!Nickelodeon Movies / Klasky Csupo$55,405,066[20]
7OLM, Inc.$33,393,751[21]
8TMS Entertainment$24,342,320[22]
9Asatsu$20,428,491[23]

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: THE ANIMATRIX (15) . . June 5, 2003 . May 18, 2020 .
  2. Web site: THE CAT IN THE HAT (PG) . . November 27, 2003 . March 11, 2016.
  3. Web site: 'Los debutantes' representará a Chile en la carrera por el Goya y el Oscar . 2023-07-09 . Cooperativa.cl . Spanish.
  4. Web site: 2021-12-05 . Cine Chileno: Aquellas películas que con el pasar de los años, casi quedan en el olvido – TVD Al Día . 2023-07-09 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211205021752/https://tvdaldia.cl/noticias/ficcion/cine-chileno-aquellas-peliculas-que-con-el-pasar-de-los-anos-casi-quedan-en-el-olvido/ . 2021-12-05 .
  5. Web site: Amazon.com: Interstella 5555 – The 5tory Of The 5ecret 5tar 5ystem . February 13, 2013. Amazon.
  6. Web site: The Jungle Book 2 (2003) . Box Office Mojo.
  7. http://www.hkcinemagic.com/en/movie.asp?id=4105 Hong Kong Cinemagic - Master Q : Incredible Pet Detective
  8. Web site: Movie Critters Big Picture . 2024-02-01 . Dove.org . en-US.
  9. Web site: 2024-02-03 . Article clipped from Portage Daily Register - Newspapers.com™ . 2024-02-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240203094705/https://www.newspapers.com/article/portage-daily-register/140152281/ . 2024-02-03 .
  10. Web site: Rugrats Go Wild. Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. July 18, 2019.
  11. Web site: Scooby-Doo and the Legend of the Vampire. 13 December 2005. Amazon.
  12. Web site: Scooby-Doo! and the Monster of Mexico. 19 September 2006. Amazon.
  13. Web site: Catch Son Of Alladin on Cartoon Network. 9 June 2006. Hindustan Times.
  14. Web site: Auto-tainment is the wave of the future! . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20031204135620/http://www.bigidea.com/company/news/autotainment_announce.htm . December 4, 2003 . August 14, 2020 . bigidea.com.
  15. Web site: Finding Nemo (2003). Box Office Mojo. June 28, 2015.
  16. Web site: Brother Bear (2003). Box Office Mojo. June 28, 2015.
  17. Web site: The Jungle Book 2 (2003). Box Office Mojo. June 28, 2015.
  18. Web site: Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas (2003). Box Office Mojo. June 28, 2015.
  19. Web site: Piglet's Big Movie (2003). Box Office Mojo. June 28, 2015.
  20. Web site: Rugrats Go Wild (2003) - Box Office Mojo. www.boxofficemojo.com. 2016-08-17.
  21. Web site: Gekijōban Poketto Monsutā Adobansu Jenerēshon Nanayo no Negaiboshi Jirāchi (Pokémon: Jirachi Wish Maker) (2003) (2003). www.boxofficemojo.com. 2016-08-17.
  22. Web site: Meitantei Conan: Meikyuu no crossroad (Detective Conan: Crossroad in the Ancient Capital) (2003) (2003). www.boxofficemojo.com. 2016-08-17.
  23. Web site: Doraemon: Nobita and the Wind Wizard (2003) (2003). www.boxofficemojo.com. 2016-08-17.

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