List of animated feature films of 2003

A list of animated feature films released in 2003

Title	Country	Director	Studio	Animation technique	Notes
101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure	United States	Jim Kammerud Brian Smith	Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment DisneyToon Studios	Traditional	Direct-to-video
The 3 Wise Men Los Reyes magos	France Spain			Traditional
The Animatrix	United States Japan	Kōji Morimoto Shinichiro Watanabe Mahiro Maeda Peter Chung Andy Jones Yoshiaki Kawajiri Takeshi Koike	Warner Home Video Village Roadshow Pictures Silver Pictures Square Pictures Studio 4°C Madhouse DNA Productions	Traditional	Direct-to-video
Atlantis: Milo's Return	United States	Victor Cook Toby Shelton Tad Stones	Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment DisneyToon Studios	Traditional	Direct-to-video
Baby Looney Tunes' Eggs-traordinary Adventure	United States	Gloria Yuh Jenkins	Warner Bros. Animation	Traditional	Direct-to-video
Back to School with Franklin	Canada	Arna Selznick	Nelvana	Traditional	Direct-to-video
Barbie of Swan Lake	United States	Owen Hurley	Mainframe Entertainment Mattel Entertainment	CGI	Direct-to-video
Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman	United States	Curt Geda	Warner Home Video Warner Bros. Animation	Traditional	Direct-to-video
The Bee Julia and Mrs. Vita L'Apetta Giulia e la signora Vita	Italy			CGI
Betizu izar artean	Spain	Egoitz Rodríguez Olea	Baleuko S.L.	CGI
Bionicle: Mask of Light	United States	Terry Shakespeare David Molina	Buena Vista Home Entertainment Miramax Films	CGI	Direct-to-video
Bolívar: el héroe	Colombia			Traditional
Brother Bear	United States	Chris Buck Robert Walker	Walt Disney Pictures Walt Disney Feature Animation	Traditional	Last Disney feature to be made in the Florida division before the studio was shut down in March 2004
Captain Sabertooth Kaptein Sabeltann	Norway			Traditional
Charlotte's Web 2: Wilbur's Great Adventure	United States	Mario Piluso	Paramount Home Entertainment Universal Studios Home Entertainment Nickelodeon Animation Studio	Traditional	Direct-to-video
El Cid: The Legend El Cid: La leyenda	Spain	José Pozo	Filmax Animation	Traditional
Crayon Shin-chan: The Storm Called: Yakiniku Road of Honor 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	Tsutomu Mizushima	Shin-Ei Animation	Traditional
The Cunning Little Vixen	United Kingdom	Geoff Dunbar	BBC	Traditional	Television film
Detective Conan: Crossroad in the Ancient Capital 名探偵コナン迷宮の十字路 Meitantei Konan: Meikyū no Kurosurōdo	Japan	Kenji Kodama	TMS Entertainment	Traditional
The Dog, the General, and the Birds Le chien, le général et les oiseaux	Italy France			Traditional
Dominator	United Kingdom	Tony Luke	Renga Media	CGI	Direct-to-video
Doraemon: Nobita and the Windmasters ドラえもん のび太とふしぎ風使い Doraemon Nobita to Fushigi Kazetsukai	Japan	Tsutomu Shibayama	Asatsu	Traditional
El Embrujo del Sur	Spain	Juan Bautista Berasategi		Traditional
Elysium	South Korea	Kwon Jae-woong	Big Film Entertainment	CGI
The Fairly OddParents: Abra-Catastrophe!	United States	Butch Hartman	Frederator Studios Nickelodeon Animation Studio	Traditional	Television film
Finding Nemo	United States	Andrew Stanton	Walt Disney Pictures Pixar	CGI	First Pixar feature to win Best Animated Feature Later Re-Released for 3D in 2012 and the highest grossing animated film from the 2000s
G.I. Joe: Spy Troops	United States	Dale Carman	Reel FX Creative Studios Hasbro	CGI	Direct-to-video
Globi and the Stolen Shadows Globi und der Schattenräuber	Germany Switzerland Luxembourg	Robi Engler	Sponge	Traditional
Hammerboy	South Korea	Ahn Tae-geun	Sponge	Traditional
Hamtaro: Miracle in Aurora Valley	Japan			Traditional
Hajime no Ippo - Champion Road はじめの一歩 : チャンピオンロード	Japan	Hitoshi Nanba	Madhouse	Traditional	from "Fighting Spirit" series
Interstella 5555: The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem インターステラ5555	Japan France	Kazuhisa Takenouchi	Toei Animation Daft Life Ltd.	Traditional
InuYasha the Movie: Swords of an Honorable Ruler	Japan	Toshiya Shinohara	Sunrise	Traditional
I Want a Dog for Christmas, Charlie Brown	United States			Traditional	Television film
Jake's Booty Call	United States	Eric Eisner, Julian Max Metter	National Lampoon Productions, Romp Films, The Romp	Traditional
Jester Till Till Eulenspiegel	Germany Belgium			Traditional
The Jungle Book 2	United States Australia	Steve Trenbirth	Walt Disney Pictures DisneyToon Studios	Traditional
Kaena: The Prophecy	France Canada	Chris Delaporte Pascal Pinon	Xilam	CGI
Kim Possible: A Sitch in Time	United States	Steve Loter	Walt Disney Television Animation	Traditional	Television film
Der Kleine Eisbär - Nanouks Rettung	Germany	Thilo Rothkirch		Traditional
Der Kleine Eisbär - Neue Abenteuer, neue Freunde 2: Lars, Lea und Yuri	Germany	Thilo Rothkirch		Traditional
The Land Before Time X: The Great Longneck Migration	United States	Charles Grosvenor	Universal Studios Home Entertainment Universal Animation Studios	Traditional	Direct-to-video
La Légende de Parva	France	Jean Cubaud		Traditional
The Legend of the Sky Kingdom	Zimbabwe	Roger Hawkins		Stop-motion	First animated feature from Zimbabwe and Africa
Little Longnose Карлик Нос (Karlik Nos)	Russia	Ilya Maksimov	Melnitsa Animation Studio	Traditional
Looney Tunes: Back in Action	United States	Joe Dante	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.
Master Q: Incredible Pet Detective	Hong Kong			Traditional	[1]
Mécanix	Canada	Rémy M. Larochelle	Ofilms Avant-Gore	Traditional/ Live-action
Miss Spider's Sunny Patch Kids	Canada	Mike Fallows	Nelvana	CGI	Television film Pilot to the show Miss Spider's Sunny Patch Friends.
More Vampires in Havana Más vampiros en La Habana	Cuba Spain			Traditional
Nasu: Summer in Andalusia 茄子 アンダルシアの夏 Nasu: Andarushia no Natsu	Japan	Kitarō Kōsaka	Madhouse	Traditional
The Night B4 Christmas	United States			Traditional	Television film
One Piece: Dead End Adventure	Japan	Konosuke Uda	Toei Animation	Traditional
Opopomoz	Italy France Spain	Enzo D'Alò	Mikado Film	Traditional
Oseam 오세암	South Korea	Sung Baek-yeop	Sinabro Entertainment	Traditional
Otherworld Y Mabinogi	United Kingdom	Derek W. Hayes		Traditional
Piglet's Big Movie	United States	Francis Glebas	Walt Disney Pictures DisneyToon Studios	Traditional
Pokémon: Jirachi Wish Maker 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	Kunihiko Yuyama	OLM, Inc.	Traditional
The Rain Children Les Enfants de la pluie	France South Korea	Philippe Leclerc	Praxinos	Traditional
Raining Cats and Frogs aka. The Frog Prophecy La Prophétie des grenouilles	France	Jacques-Rémy Girerd	Folimage	Traditional
Rescue Heroes: The Movie	Canada	Ron Pitts		CGI	Direct-to-video
Recess: All Growed Down	United States	Howy Parkins Brenda Piluso	Paul & Joe Productions Walt Disney Television Animation	Traditional	Direct-to-video
Recess: Taking the 5th Grade	United States	Howy Parkins	Paul & Joe Productions Walt Disney Television Animation	Traditional	Direct-to-video
The Return of Mushsnail: The Legend of The Snowmill	United States		Scott Entertainment	CGI	Direct-to-video
Rolie Polie Olie: The Baby Bot Chase	Canada United States			CGI	Direct-to-video
Rugrats Go Wild!	United States	Norton Virgien John Eng	Paramount Pictures Nickelodeon Movies Klasky Csupo	Traditional
Scooby-Doo! and the Legend of the Vampire	United States	Scott Jeralds	Warner Bros. Animation	Traditional	Direct-to-video
Scooby-Doo! and the Monster of Mexico	United States	Scott Jeralds	Warner Bros. Animation	Traditional	Direct-to-video
Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas	United States	Tim Johnson Patrick Gilmore	DreamWorks Pictures DreamWorks Animation	Traditional	Last hand-drawn feature made by DreamWorks because of its failure at the box office and decided to abandon the medium entirely.
Son of Aladdin	India	Singeetam Srinivasa Rao	Pentamedia Graphics	CGI	Direct-to-video
The Souricière La Souricière	France	Stéphane Margail, Sandrine Conte	TAT Productions	Traditional
Stitch! The Movie	United States	Tony Craig Bobs Gannaway	Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment DisneyToon Studios	Traditional	Direct-to-video and pilot to the spinoff, Lilo & Stitch: The Series
Tokyo Godfathers	Japan	Satoshi Kon	Madhouse	Traditional
Toto Sapore and the Magic Story of Pizza Totò Sapore e la magica storia della pizza	Italy			Traditional
The Triplets of Belleville aka. Belleville Rendez-Vous Les Triplettes de Belleville	France Belgium Canada United Kingdom	Sylvain Chomet	Les Armateurs Production Champion Vivi Film	Traditional
Werner - Gekotzt wird später!	Germany			Traditional
Winter Days	Japan	Kihachirō Kawamoto		Traditional	Collaboration between top animators from around the world.
Wizards & Giants Magos y Gigantes	Mexico	Andrés Couturier Eduardo Sprowls	Ánima Estudios	Flash animation	First theatrically released animated film created with Adobe Flash.
Wonderful Days	South Korea United States	Kim Moon-saeng		Traditional/CGI

Highest-grossing animated films of the year

Rank	Title	Studio	Worldwide gross	Ref.
1	Finding Nemo	Pixar	$936,743,261	[2]
2	Brother Bear	Walt Disney Feature Animation	$250,397,798	[3]
3	The Jungle Book 2	DisneyToon Studios	$135,703,599	[4]
4	Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas	DreamWorks Animation	$80,767,884	[5]
5	Piglet's Big Movie	DisneyToon Studios / Munich Animation	$62,870,546	[6]
6	Rugrats Go Wild!	Nickelodeon Movies / Klasky Csupo	$55,405,066	[7]
7	Pokémon: Jirachi Wish Maker	OLM, Inc.	$33,393,751	[8]
8	Detective Conan: Crossroad in the Ancient Capital	TMS Entertainment	$24,342,320	[9]
9	Doraemon: Nobita and the Windmasters	Asatsu	$20,428,491	[10]

See also

• List of animated television series of 2003

References

1. Hong Kong Cinemagic - Master Q : Incredible Pet Detective
2. "Finding Nemo (2003)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved June 28, 2015.
3. "Brother Bear (2003)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved June 28, 2015.
4. "The Jungle Book 2 (2003)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved June 28, 2015.
5. "Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas (2003)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved June 28, 2015.
6. "Piglet's Big Movie (2003)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved June 28, 2015.
7. "Rugrats Go Wild (2003) - Box Office Mojo". www.boxofficemojo.com. Retrieved 2016-08-17.
8. "Gekijōban Poketto Monsutā Adobansu Jenerēshon Nanayo no Negaiboshi Jirāchi (Pokémon: Jirachi Wish Maker) (2003) (2003)". www.boxofficemojo.com. Retrieved 2016-08-17.
9. "Meitantei Conan: Meikyuu no crossroad (Detective Conan: Crossroad in the Ancient Capital) (2003) (2003)". www.boxofficemojo.com. Retrieved 2016-08-17.
10. "Doraemon: Nobita and the Wind Wizard (2003) (2003)". www.boxofficemojo.com. Retrieved 2016-08-17.