Domestic Release Schedule
| Release | Distributor | Scale |
|---|---|---|
| December 13, 2002 | ||
 Maid in Manhattan
Comedy
Drama
Romance
With: Jennifer Lopez, Ralph Fiennes, Natasha Richardson, Stanley Tucci 1 hr 45 min | Revolution Studios | Wide |
 Star Trek: Nemesis
Action
Adventure
Sci-Fi
Thriller
With: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, Brent Spiner, LeVar Burton 1 hr 56 min | Paramount Pictures | Wide |
 The Hot Chick
Comedy
Fantasy
With: Rob Schneider, Rachel McAdams, Anna Faris, Matthew Lawrence 1 hr 44 min | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | Wide |
 Drumline
Comedy
Drama
Music
Romance
With: Nick Cannon, Zoe Saldana, Orlando Jones, Leonard Roberts 1 hr 58 min | Twentieth Century Fox | Wide |
 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | Limited |
 | New Line Cinema | Limited |
 Russian Ark
Drama
Fantasy
History
Mystery
With: Sergey Dreyden, Mariya Kuznetsova, Leonid Mozgovoy, Mikhail Piotrovsky 1 hr 39 min | Wellspring Media | Limited |
 | First Look International | Limited |
 Intacto2002 Re-release
Drama
Fantasy
Romance
Thriller
With: Max von Sydow, Eusebio Poncela, Leonardo Sbaraglia, Mónica López 1 hr 48 min | Lionsgate | Limited |
| December 18, 2002 | ||
 The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Adventure
Drama
Fantasy
With: Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Viggo Mortensen, Orlando Bloom 2 hr 59 min | New Line Cinema | Wide |
 Devils on the Doorstep
Comedy
Drama
War
With: Wen Jiang, Kenya Sawada, Hongbo Jiang, Teruyuki Kagawa 2 hr 19 min | Cowboy Pictures | Limited |
| December 19, 2002 | ||
 Antwone Fisher
Biography
Drama
With: Denzel Washington, Derek Luke, Joy Bryant, Malcolm David Kelley 2 hr | Fox Searchlight Pictures | Limited |
 25th Hour
Drama
With: Edward Norton, Barry Pepper, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Rosario Dawson 2 hr 15 min | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | Limited |
| December 20, 2002 | ||
 The Wild Thornberrys
Adventure
Animation
Comedy
Family
Fantasy
With: Tim Curry, Rupert Everett, Flea, Lacey Chabert 1 hr 25 min | Paramount Pictures | Wide |
 | Warner Bros. | Wide |
 Gangs of New York
Crime
Drama
With: Leonardo DiCaprio, Cameron Diaz, Daniel Day-Lewis, Jim Broadbent 2 hr 47 min | Miramax | Wide |
 | Yash Raj Films | Limited |
 Thorns
Action
Crime
Drama
Thriller
With: Amitabh Bachchan, Sanjay Dutt, Sunil Shetty, Mahesh Manjrekar 2 hr 30 min | Media Partners | Limited |
 | Paramount Pictures | Limited |
 Morvern Callar
Drama
With: Samantha Morton, Kathleen McDermott, Linda McGuire, Paul Popplewell 1 hr 37 min | Cowboy Pictures | Limited |
 | Cowboy Pictures | Limited |
 Smokers Only
Drama
Romance
With: Cecilia Bengolea, Leonardo Brzezicki, Adrián Fondari, Pablo Razuk 1 hr 31 min | Strand Releasing | Limited |
 Spider
Drama
Mystery
Thriller
With: Ralph Fiennes, Miranda Richardson, Gabriel Byrne, Lynn Redgrave 1 hr 38 min | Sony Pictures Classics | Limited |
| December 25, 2002 | ||
 Catch Me If You Can
Biography
Crime
Drama
With: Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hanks, Christopher Walken, Martin Sheen 2 hr 21 min | DreamWorks Distribution | Wide |
 Pinocchio
Comedy
Family
Fantasy
With: Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, Carlo Giuffrè, Mino Bellei 1 hr 48 min | Miramax | Wide |
 The Pianist
Biography
Drama
Music
War
With: Adrien Brody, Thomas Kretschmann, Frank Finlay, Emilia Fox 2 hr 30 min | Focus Features | Limited |
| December 27, 2002 | ||
 Chicago
Comedy
Crime
Musical
With: Renée Zellweger, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Richard Gere, Taye Diggs 1 hr 53 min | Miramax | Limited |
 The Lion King2002 IMAX Release
Adventure
Animation
Drama
Family
Musical
IMAX With: Matthew Broderick, Jeremy Irons, James Earl Jones, Whoopi Goldberg 1 hr 28 min | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | Limited |
 The Hours
Drama
Romance
With: Meryl Streep, Nicole Kidman, Julianne Moore, Stephen Dillane 1 hr 50 min | Paramount Pictures | Limited |
 | Lionsgate | Limited |
 | - | Limited |
 Nicholas Nickleby
Adventure
Drama
Romance
With: Charlie Hunnam, Jamie Bell, Christopher Plummer, Jim Broadbent 2 hr 12 min | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | Limited |
 | Cowboy Pictures | Limited |
| December 30, 2002 | ||
 Love Liza
Comedy
Drama
With: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Annie Morgan, Kathy Bates, J.D. Walsh 1 hr 30 min | Sony Pictures Classics | Limited |
| December 31, 2002 | ||
 Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
Biography
Comedy
Crime
Drama
Romance
Thriller
With: Sam Rockwell, Drew Barrymore, George Clooney, Julia Roberts 1 hr 53 min | Miramax | Limited |
| January 1, 2003 | ||
 Journey
Documentary
IMAX With: Warren Miller, Josh Haskins, Glen Plake, Christopher Loucks 1 hr 38 min | - | Limited |
| January 3, 2003 | ||
| New Line Cinema | Wide |
| January 8, 2003 | ||
 | Cowboy Pictures | Limited |
| January 10, 2003 | ||
 Just Married
Comedy
Romance
With: Ashton Kutcher, Brittany Murphy, Christian Kane, David Moscow 1 hr 35 min | Twentieth Century Fox | Wide |
Antwone Fisher
Biography
Drama
With: Denzel Washington, Derek Luke, Joy Bryant, Malcolm David Kelley 2 hr | Fox Searchlight Pictures | Wide |
| Paramount Pictures | Wide |
 The Son
Drama
Mystery
With: Olivier Gourmet, Morgan Marinne, Isabella Soupart, Nassim Hassaïni 1 hr 39 min | New Yorker Films | Limited |
 Le Cercle Rouge
Crime
Drama
Thriller
With: Alain Delon, Bourvil, Gian Maria Volontè, Yves Montand 2 hr 20 min | Rialto Pictures | Limited |
 Blue Collar Comedy Tour: The Movie
Comedy
Documentary
With: Jeff Foxworthy, Bill Engvall, Ron White, Larry the Cable Guy 1 hr 45 min | Warner Bros. | Limited |
| January 17, 2003 | ||
 Kangaroo Jack
Action
Adventure
Comedy
Crime
Family
With: Anthony Anderson, Jerry O'Connell, Estella Warren, Christopher Walken 1 hr 29 min | Warner Bros. | Wide |
 National Security
Action
Comedy
Crime
Thriller
With: Martin Lawrence, Steve Zahn, Colm Feore, Bill Duke 1 hr 28 min | Sony Pictures Releasing | Wide |
 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | Wide |
 City of God
Crime
Drama
With: Alexandre Rodrigues, Leandro Firmino, Matheus Nachtergaele, Phellipe Haagensen 2 hr 10 min | Miramax | Limited |
 P.S. Your Cat Is Dead!
Comedy
With: Steve Guttenberg, Cynthia Watros, Lombardo Boyar, A.J. Benza 1 hr 32 min | TLA Releasing | Limited |
 | Sony Pictures Classics | Limited |
 Kira's Reason: A Love Story
Drama
With: Stine Stengade, Lars Mikkelsen, Sven Wollter, Peaches Latrice Petersen 1 hr 33 min | First Run | Limited |
 Divine Intervention
Comedy
Drama
Romance
War
With: Elia Suleiman, Manal Khader, George Ibrahim, Amer Daher 1 hr 32 min | Avatar Films | Limited |
 | - | Limited |
 Dil Ka Rishta
Drama
Musical
Romance
With: Arjun Rampal, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Priyanshu Chatterjee, Rakhee Gulzar 2 hr 30 min | Tips | Limited |
| January 24, 2003 | ||
Chicago
Comedy
Crime
Musical
With: Renée Zellweger, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Richard Gere, Taye Diggs 1 hr 53 min | Miramax | Wide |
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
Biography
Comedy
Crime
Drama
Romance
Thriller
With: Sam Rockwell, Drew Barrymore, George Clooney, Julia Roberts 1 hr 53 min | Miramax | Wide |
| February 14, 2003 | ||
The Hours
Drama
Romance
With: Meryl Streep, Nicole Kidman, Julianne Moore, Stephen Dillane 1 hr 50 min | Paramount Pictures | Wide |
| March 28, 2003 | ||
The Pianist
Biography
Drama
Music
War
With: Adrien Brody, Thomas Kretschmann, Frank Finlay, Emilia Fox 2 hr 30 min | Focus Features | Wide |