Domestic Release Schedule
| Release | Distributor | Scale |
|---|---|---|
| December 5, 2003 | ||
 The Last Samurai
Action
Drama
With: Tom Cruise, Ken Watanabe, Billy Connolly, William Atherton 2 hr 34 min | Warner Bros. | Wide |
 | Universal Pictures | Wide |
 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring2003 Extended Edition
Action
Adventure
Drama
Fantasy
With: Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Orlando Bloom, Sean Bean 2 hr 58 min | New Line Cinema | Limited |
 Pride and Prejudice
Comedy
Romance
With: Kam Heskin, Orlando Seale, Lucila Solá, Benjamin Gourley 1 hr 44 min | Excel Entertainment | Limited |
 From Here to Eternity
Drama
Romance
War
With: Burt Lancaster, Montgomery Clift, Deborah Kerr, Donna Reed 1 hr 58 min | Sony Pictures Repertory | Limited |
 What Alice Found
Crime
Drama
With: Emily Grace, Judith Ivey, Bill Raymond, Jane Lincoln Taylor 1 hr 36 min | Castle Hill Productions | Limited |
 Forget Baghdad: Jews and Arabs - The Iraqi Connection
Documentary
With: Shimon Ballas, Moshe Houri, Sami Michael, Samir Naqqash 1 hr 52 min | Arab Film Distribution | Limited |
| December 10, 2003 | ||
 Big Fish
Adventure
Drama
Fantasy
Romance
With: Ewan McGregor, Albert Finney, Billy Crudup, Jessica Lange 2 hr 5 min | Sony Pictures Releasing | Limited |
 | Artistic License | Limited |
| December 12, 2003 | ||
 | Twentieth Century Fox | Wide |
 Something's Gotta Give
Comedy
Drama
Romance
With: Jack Nicholson, Diane Keaton, Keanu Reeves, Amanda Peet 2 hr 8 min | Sony Pictures Releasing | Wide |
 Love Don't Cost a Thing
Comedy
Drama
Romance
With: Nick Cannon, Christina Milian, Jordan Burg, Jackie Benoit 1 hr 40 min | Warner Bros. | Wide |
 Blizzard
Comedy
Family
With: Cynthia Ashperger, Paul Bates, Brenda Blethyn, Brittany Bristow 1 hr 35 min | Alliance Atlantis Vivafilm | Limited |
 The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers2003 Re-release
Action
Adventure
Drama
Fantasy
With: Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Viggo Mortensen, Orlando Bloom 2 hr 59 min | New Line Cinema | Limited |
 The Statement
Drama
Thriller
With: Michael Caine, Tilda Swinton, Alan Bates, Jeremy Northam 1 hr 54 min | Sony Pictures Classics | Limited |
 Girl with a Pearl Earring
Biography
Drama
Romance
With: Scarlett Johansson, Colin Firth, Tom Wilkinson, Judy Parfitt 1 hr 40 min | Lionsgate Films | Limited |
 | Empire Pictures Inc. | Limited |
| December 17, 2003 | ||
 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Action
Adventure
Drama
Fantasy
With: Elijah Wood, Viggo Mortensen, Ian McKellen, Orlando Bloom 3 hr 21 min | New Line Cinema | Wide |
| December 19, 2003 | ||
 Mona Lisa Smile
Drama
With: Julia Roberts, Kirsten Dunst, Julia Stiles, Maggie Gyllenhaal 1 hr 57 min | Revolution Studios | Wide |
 | - | Limited |
 Calendar Girls
Comedy
Drama
With: Helen Mirren, Julie Walters, Penelope Wilton, John Alderton 1 hr 48 min | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | Limited |
 Munna Bhai M.B.B.S.
Comedy
Drama
With: Sanjay Dutt, Arshad Warsi, Gracy Singh, Boman Irani 2 hr 36 min | Eros Worldwide | Limited |
 Alexandra's Project
Drama
Mystery
Thriller
With: Gary Sweet, Helen Buday, Bogdan Koca, Samantha Knigge 1 hr 43 min | Alliance Atlantis Vivafilm | Limited |
 | Strand Releasing | Limited |
 The Fog of War
Biography
Documentary
History
War
With: Robert McNamara, John F. Kennedy, Fidel Castro, Richard Nixon 1 hr 47 min | Sony Pictures Classics | Limited |
 House of Sand and Fog
Crime
Drama
With: Jennifer Connelly, Ben Kingsley, Ron Eldard, Frances Fisher 2 hr 6 min | DreamWorks Distribution | Limited |
 The Butterfly2003 Re-release
Adventure
Comedy
Drama
With: Michel Serrault, Claire Bouanich, Nade Dieu, Jacques Bouanich 1 hr 25 min | First Run | Limited |
 Incantato
Comedy
Drama
Romance
With: Neri Marcorè, Vanessa Incontrada, Giancarlo Giannini, Nino D'Angelo 1 hr 47 min | Odeon | Limited |
| December 24, 2003 | ||
 Monster
Biography
Crime
Drama
Thriller
With: Charlize Theron, Christina Ricci, Bruce Dern, Lee Tergesen 1 hr 49 min | Newmarket Films | Limited |
| December 25, 2003 | ||
 Cheaper by the Dozen
Comedy
Family
With: Steve Martin, Bonnie Hunt, Hilary Duff, Piper Perabo 1 hr 38 min | Twentieth Century Fox | Wide |
 Peter Pan
Adventure
Family
Fantasy
Romance
With: Jeremy Sumpter, Jason Isaacs, Olivia Williams, Lynn Redgrave 1 hr 53 min | Universal Pictures | Wide |
 Paycheck
Action
Mystery
Sci-Fi
Thriller
With: Ben Affleck, Aaron Eckhart, Uma Thurman, Michael C. Hall 1 hr 59 min | Paramount Pictures | Wide |
 Cold Mountain
Adventure
Drama
Romance
War
With: Jude Law, Nicole Kidman, Renée Zellweger, Eileen Atkins 2 hr 34 min | Miramax | Wide |
 LOC: Kargil
Action
Drama
History
War
With: Sanjay Dutt, Ajay Devgn, Saif Ali Khan, Suniel Shetty 4 hr 15 min | Eros Worldwide | Limited |
 The Young Black Stallion
Adventure
Drama
Family
IMAX With: Biana Tamimi, Richard Romanus, Patrick Elyas, Gérard Rudolf 50 min | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | Limited |
 The Company
Drama
Music
Romance
With: Neve Campbell, James Franco, Malcolm McDowell, Barbara E. Robertson 1 hr 52 min | Sony Pictures Classics | Limited |
 | Shadow Distribution | Limited |
| December 26, 2003 | ||
 Modern Times2003 Re-release
Comedy
Drama
Romance
With: Charles Chaplin, Paulette Goddard, Henry Bergman, Tiny Sandford 1 hr 27 min | Kino International | Limited |
| December 31, 2003 | ||
 Japanese Story
Drama
Romance
With: Toni Collette, Gotaro Tsunashima, Lynette Curran, Matthew Dyktynski 1 hr 46 min | IDP Distribution | Limited |
 | Palm Pictures | Limited |
| January 2, 2004 | ||
Calendar Girls
Comedy
Drama
With: Helen Mirren, Julie Walters, Penelope Wilton, John Alderton 1 hr 48 min | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | Wide |
 Secret Things
Comedy
Drama
Fantasy
Romance
With: Coralie Revel, Sabrina Seyvecou, Roger Miremont, Fabrice Deville 1 hr 55 min | First Run | Limited |
| January 7, 2004 | ||
 Yves Saint Laurent: His Life and Times
Documentary
With: Yves Saint-Laurent, Pierre Bergé, Betty Catroux, Edmonde Charles-Roux 1 hr 17 min | Empire Pictures Inc. | Limited |
| January 9, 2004 | ||
 Chasing Liberty
Comedy
Romance
With: Mandy Moore, Matthew Goode, Mark Harmon, Stark Sands 1 hr 41 min | Warner Bros. | Wide |
 My Baby's Daddy
Comedy
With: Eddie Griffin, Anthony Anderson, Michael Imperioli, Paula Jai Parker 1 hr 26 min | Miramax | Wide |
 | - | Limited |
Big Fish
Adventure
Drama
Fantasy
Romance
With: Ewan McGregor, Albert Finney, Billy Crudup, Jessica Lange 2 hr 5 min | Sony Pictures Releasing | Wide |
 The Battle of Algiers2004 Re-release
Drama
War
With: Brahim Hadjadj, Jean Martin, Yacef Saadi, Samia Kerbash 2 hr 1 min | Rialto Pictures | Limited |
 Aileen: Life and Death of a Serial Killer
Crime
Documentary
With: Aileen Wuornos, Nick Broomfield, Terry Humphreys-Slay, Leitha Prather 1 hr 33 min | Lantern Lane Entertainment | Limited |
