2003

Gemstone Publishing brings back the "core four" Disney comic books.

The Even Stevens Movie

Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl

Eddie's Million Dollar Cook-Off

Freaky Friday

Open Range

The Cheetah Girls

Lilo & Stitch: The Series

Mickey's PhilharMagic

Brother Bear

Full-Court Miracle

Kim Possible: A Sitch in Time

An overview of all Disney-related events that occurred in the year 2003.

Theatrical releases[ ]

Feature films[ ]

January 10 - 25th Hour (Touchstone Pictures)
January 17 - City of God (Miramax Films)
January 31 - The Recruit (Touchstone Pictures)
February 7 - Shanghai Knights (Touchstone Pictures)
February 14 - The Jungle Book 2 is released to negative reviews, but is a commercial success.
March 7 - Bringing Down the House (Touchstone Pictures)
March 21
- Piglet's Big Movie is released to positive reviews, but is a box-office failure.
- View from the Top (Miramax Films)
April 5 - Peter Pan (Philadelphia International Film Festival)
April 11 - Ghosts of the Abyss
April 18 - Holes is released to positive reviews.
May 2 - The Lizzie McGuire Movie is released to mixed reviews.
May 3 - Where the Red Fern Grows
May 16 - Pokémon Heroes (Miramax Films)
May 30 - Finding Nemo is released and becomes a mega-hit at the box office and gets universal acclaim.
July 9 - Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl , the first PG-13 film to be released under the Walt Disney Pictures label, is released and becomes a hit at the box office.
July 25 - Spy Kids 3D: Game Over (Dimension Films)
August 6 - Freaky Friday
August 15 - Open Range (Touchstone Pictures)
September 19 - Cold Creek Manor
September 26
- Duplex (Miramax Films)
- Under the Tuscan Sun (Touchstone Pictures)
October 10 - Kill Bill Volume 1 (Miramax Films)
October 17 - Veronica Guerin (Touchstone Pictures)
October 24 - Scary Movie 3 (Dimension Films)
October 31 - The Human Stain (Miramax Films)
November 1 - Brother Bear is released to mixed reviews, but is a commercial success.
November 26
- Bad Santa (Dimension Films)
- The Haunted Mansion is released to negative reviews.
December 25
- Cold Mountain (Miramax Films)
- The Young Black Stallion

Shorts[ ]

May 7 - Boundin'
May 30 - Knick Knack (re-release)
June 2 - Destino (Annecy Animation Film Festival)
December 19 - Destino

Theme parks[ ]

January 16 - Aladdin: A Musical Spectacular premieres in the Hyperion Theater at Disney's California Adventure.
January 25 - The Japan version of Cinderellabration: Lights of Romance premieres at the Tokyo Disneyland.
March 3 - Tapestry of Dreams had its final performance at Epcot.
April 11 - The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh opens in Fantasyland at Disneyland.
April 15 - Tokyo Disneyland celebrates its 20th anniversary.
April 22 - Disney's Animal Kingdom celebrates its 5th anniversary.
May 22 - Reflections of China opens in the China Pavilion at Epcot.
September 5 - 22-year-old Marcelo Torres is killed after suffering injuries during a derailment of Big Thunder Mountain Railroad in Frontierland at Disneyland.
October 8 - Mickey's PhilharMagic opens in Fantasyland at the Magic Kingdom.
October 9 - Mission: SPACE opens in Future World at Epcot.
October 12 - ExtraTERRORestrial Alien Encounter closes in Tomorrowland at the Magic Kingdom.
December 5 - A vehicle on Space Mountain in Tomorrowland at Tokyo Disneyland derails while returning to the station. 4 guests are injured.

Cruise ships[ ]

August - The Golden Mickeys premiered on the Disney Wonder.

Television[ ]

January 10 - You Wish! premieres on the Disney Channel.
January 17 - That's So Raven premieres on the Disney Channel.
March 21 - Right on Track premieres on the Disney Channel.
May 16 - Kim Possible concludes it's first season on the Disney Channel with the episode "Low Budget".
June 13 - The Even Stevens Movie premieres on the Disney Channel.
July 7 - Bear in the Big Blue House Season 4 resumes on Playhouse Disney.
July 18
- Eddie's Million Dollar Cook-Off premieres on the Disney Channel.
- Kim Possible begins airing its second season on the Disney Channel with the episode "Naked Genius".
August 15 - The Cheetah Girls premieres on the Disney Channel.
September 1 - The Koala Brothers premieres on Playhouse Disney.
September 20 - Lilo & Stitch: The Series premieres on ABC and the Disney Channel.
September 28
- Alias begins its third season.
- JoJo's Circus premieres on Playhouse Disney.
October 3 - That's So Raven begins its second season.
October 13 - The 22-minute version of Lights, Camera, Action, Wiggles! (TV Series 3) premieres on Playhouse Disney.
November 4 - Bear in the Big Blue House Season 4 finale premieres on Playhouse Disney.
November 21 - Full-Court Miracle premieres on the Disney Channel.
November 28 - Kim Possible: A Sitch in Time airs on the Disney Channel.
December 25 - The 21st annual Walt Disney World Christmas Day Parade premieres on ABC.

Albums[ ]

January 28 - Playhouse Disney 2
July 22
- Kim Possible
- Freaky Friday

Comics[ ]

June - Gemstone Publishing begins publishing Disney comic books, starting with Walt Disney's Comics and Stories #634 and Uncle Scrooge #319.
September 18 - Gemstone publishes their first issues of Mickey Mouse and Friends and Donald Duck and Friends .

Books[ ]

September 1 - Disney Trim-A-Tree: With 24 Book Ornaments
October 1 - The Haunted Mansion: From the Magic Kingdom to the Movies

Events[ ]

April 25 - EPCOT International Flower and Garden Festival is held runs until June 8, which is celebrated on its 10th Anniversary.
May 27 - June 9 - The Mighty Ducks of Anaheim make their first Stanley Cup Finals appearance in franchise history. However, they lost in seven games to the New Jersey Devils.
October 18 - EPCOT International Food and Wine Festival is held until November 16.
November 28 - EPCOT Holidays Around the World is held until December 30.