Domestic Release Schedule
| Release | Distributor | Scale |
|---|---|---|
| December 6, 2002 | ||
 | Sony Pictures Releasing | Limited |
| December 27, 2002 | ||
 The Hours
Drama
Romance
With: Meryl Streep, Nicole Kidman, Julianne Moore, Stephen Dillane 1 hr 50 min | Paramount Pictures | Limited |
| January 31, 2003 | ||
 Final Destination 2
Horror
Thriller
With: A.J. Cook, Ali Larter, Tony Todd, Michael Landes 1 hr 30 min | New Line Cinema | Wide |
 The Recruit
Action
Thriller
With: Al Pacino, Colin Farrell, Bridget Moynahan, Gabriel Macht 1 hr 55 min | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | Wide |
 Biker Boyz
Action
Drama
With: Laurence Fishburne, Derek Luke, Orlando Jones, Djimon Hounsou 1 hr 50 min | DreamWorks Distribution | Wide |
 The Guru
Comedy
Music
Romance
With: Jimi Mistry, Heather Graham, Marisa Tomei, Michael McKean 1 hr 34 min | Universal Pictures | Limited |
 The R.M.
Comedy
Crime
Family
With: Kirby Heyborne, Daryn Tufts, Will Swenson, Britani Bateman Underwood 1 hr 41 min | - | Limited |
 Lost in La Mancha
Documentary
With: Terry Gilliam, Johnny Depp, Jeff Bridges, Tony Grisoni 1 hr 33 min | IFC Films | Limited |
 | The Cinema Guild | Limited |
| February 7, 2003 | ||
 How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
Comedy
Romance
With: Kate Hudson, Matthew McConaughey, Adam Goldberg, Kathryn Hahn 1 hr 56 min | Paramount Pictures | Wide |
 Shanghai Knights
Action
Adventure
Comedy
With: Jackie Chan, Owen Wilson, Fann Wong, Aaron Taylor-Johnson 1 hr 54 min | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | Wide |
 Deliver Us from Eva
Comedy
Drama
Romance
With: Gabrielle Union, LL Cool J, Essence Atkins, Duane Martin 1 hr 45 min | Focus Features | Wide |
 How My Mother Gave Birth to Me During Menopause
Comedy
Drama
With: Micheline Lanctôt, Paul Ahmarani, Lucie Laurier, Sylvie Moreau 1 hr 39 min | Alliance Atlantis Vivafilm | Limited |
 Happiness
Action
Comedy
Drama
Romance
With: Fardeen Khan, Kareena Kapoor, Amrish Puri, Amitabh Bachchan 2 hr 41 min | Eros International | Limited |
 May
Comedy
Drama
Horror
Thriller
With: Angela Bettis, Jeremy Sisto, Anna Faris, James Duval 1 hr 33 min | Lionsgate | Limited |
 PinocchioItalian Version
Comedy
Family
Fantasy
With: Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, Carlo Giuffrè, Mino Bellei 1 hr 48 min | Miramax | Limited |
 Zus & Zo
Comedy
Fantasy
Romance
With: Sylvia Poorta, Anneke Blok, Monic Hendrickx, Jacob Derwig 1 hr 46 min | - | Limited |
| February 12, 2003 | ||
 Stone Reader
Documentary
Drama
With: Carl Brandt, Frank Conroy, Bruce Dobler, Robert C.S. Downs 2 hr 7 min | - | Limited |
| February 14, 2003 | ||
 Daredevil
Action
Crime
With: Ben Affleck, Jennifer Garner, Colin Farrell, Michael Clarke Duncan 1 hr 43 min | Twentieth Century Fox | Wide |
 The Jungle Book 2
Adventure
Animation
Family
Musical
With: John Goodman, Haley Joel Osment, Tony Jay, Mae Whitman 1 hr 12 min | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | Wide |
 Lockdown
Drama
Thriller
With: Richard T. Jones, De'aundre Bonds, Gabriel Casseus, Master P 1 hr 45 min | Innovation Film Group (IFG) | Limited |
 He Loves Me... He Loves Me Not
Romance
Thriller
With: Audrey Tautou, Samuel Le Bihan, Isabelle Carré, Sophie Guillemin 1 hr 32 min | IDP Distribution | Limited |
The Hours
Drama
Romance
With: Meryl Streep, Nicole Kidman, Julianne Moore, Stephen Dillane 1 hr 50 min | Paramount Pictures | Wide |
| Sony Pictures Releasing | Wide |
 All the Real Girls
Drama
Romance
With: Zooey Deschanel, Paul Schneider, Patricia Clarkson, Shea Whigham 1 hr 48 min | Sony Pictures Classics | Limited |
 | Kino International | Limited |
 | THINKFilm | Limited |
 Ordinary Sinner
Drama
Romance
With: Brendan Hines, Elizabeth Banks, Kris Park, A Martinez 1 hr 31 min | - | Limited |
   The Fassbinder SeriesFilm Festival
Comedy
Crime
Drama
History
Music
Romance
Thriller
War
With: Hanna Schygulla, Klaus Löwitsch, Ivan Desny, Gisela Uhlen 36 hr 42 min | Wellspring Media | Limited |
| February 19, 2003 | ||
 The Ballad of Bering Strait
Documentary
Music
With: Alexei Arzamastsev, Natasha Borzilova, Andrei Missikhin, Sergei 'Spooky' Olkhovsky 1 hr 38 min | Emerging Pictures | Limited |
 Amandla! A Revolution in Four Part Harmony
Documentary
History
Music
With: Abdullah Ibrahim, Duma Ka Ndlovu, Vusi Mahlasela, Walter Cronkite 1 hr 48 min | Artisan Entertainment | Limited |
| February 21, 2003 | ||
 | DreamWorks Distribution | Wide |
 Dark Blue
Crime
Drama
Thriller
With: Kurt Russell, Ving Rhames, Scott Speedman, Michael Michele 1 hr 58 min | United Artists | Wide |
 The Life of David Gale
Crime
Drama
Thriller
With: Kevin Spacey, Kate Winslet, Laura Linney, Cleo King 2 hr 10 min | Universal Pictures | Wide |
 Gods and Generals
Biography
Drama
History
War
With: Stephen Lang, Robert Duvall, Jeff Daniels, Donzaleigh Abernathy 3 hr 39 min | Warner Bros. | Wide |
 | Christal Films | Limited |
 Till Human Voices Wake Us
Drama
Romance
With: Guy Pearce, Helena Bonham Carter, Peter Curtin, Frank Gallacher 1 hr 41 min | Paramount Classics | Limited |
 A Family Affair
Comedy
Romance
With: Helen Lesnick, Erica Shaffer, Arlene Golonka, Barbara Stuart 1 hr 47 min | - | Limited |
 Open Hearts
Drama
Romance
With: Sonja Richter, Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Mads Mikkelsen, Paprika Steen 1 hr 53 min | Newmarket Films | Limited |
 | First Look International | Limited |
 | Balcony Releasing | Limited |
 Lawless Heart
Comedy
Drama
Romance
With: Douglas Henshall, Tom Hollander, Bill Nighy, Clémentine Célarié 1 hr 39 min | First Look International | Limited |
| February 22, 2003 | ||
 Russian ArkCanadian Release
Drama
Fantasy
History
Mystery
With: Sergey Dreyden, Mariya Kuznetsova, Leonid Mozgovoy, Mikhail Piotrovsky 1 hr 39 min | - | Limited |
| February 26, 2003 | ||
 | Cinema Tropical | Limited |
| February 28, 2003 | ||
 Cradle 2 the Grave
Action
Crime
Drama
Thriller
With: Jet Li, DMX, Mark Dacascos, Anthony Anderson 1 hr 41 min | Warner Bros. | Wide |
 Poolhall Junkies
Comedy
Drama
Sport
Thriller
With: Mars Callahan, Chazz Palminteri, Michael Rosenbaum, Ricky Schroder 1 hr 39 min | - | Limited |
 A Fish Tale
Adventure
Animation
Comedy
Drama
Family
Fantasy
Musical
Sci-Fi
With: Nis Bank-Mikkelsen, Søren Sætter-Lassen, Morten Kerrn Nielsen, Sebastian Jessen 1 hr 20 min | - | Limited |
 Todo el poder
Crime
With: Demián Bichir, Cecilia Suárez, Luis Felipe Tovar, Ximena Sariñana 1 hr 45 min | - | Limited |
 The Scoundrel's Wife
Drama
Romance
With: Tatum O'Neal, Julian Sands, Tim Curry, Lacey Chabert 1 hr 35 min | Miracle Film Distribution | Limited |
 Dischord
Drama
Music
Thriller
With: Thomas Jay Ryan, Annunziata Gianzero, Richard Bakalyan, Andrew Borba 1 hr 42 min | Artistic License | Limited |
| March 5, 2003 | ||
 | Zeitgeist Films | Limited |
| March 7, 2003 | ||
 Tears of the Sun
Action
Drama
Thriller
War
With: Bruce Willis, Cole Hauser, Monica Bellucci, Eamonn Walker 2 hr 1 min | Revolution Studios | Wide |
 Bringing Down the House
Comedy
With: Steve Martin, Queen Latifah, Eugene Levy, Joan Plowright 1 hr 45 min | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | Wide |
 The Safety of Objects
Drama
With: Glenn Close, Dermot Mulroney, Mary Kay Place, Patricia Clarkson 2 hr 1 min | IFC Films | Limited |
 Laurel Canyon
Drama
With: Frances McDormand, Alessandro Nivola, Christian Bale, Kate Beckinsale 1 hr 43 min | Sony Pictures Classics | Limited |
 Irreversible
Crime
Drama
Mystery
Thriller
With: Monica Bellucci, Vincent Cassel, Albert Dupontel, Jo Prestia 1 hr 37 min | Lionsgate | Limited |
 Nowhere in Africa
Biography
Drama
History
With: Juliane Köhler, Merab Ninidze, Matthias Habich, Sidede Onyulo 2 hr 21 min | Zeitgeist Films | Limited |
 | Castle Hill Productions | Limited |
 Chaos
Crime
Mystery
Thriller
With: Jun Kunimura, Ken Mitsuishi, Masato Hagiwara, Miki Nakatani 1 hr 30 min | Tidepoint Pictures | Limited |