2003

Feature films

 * January 31 - The Recruit (Touchstone Pictures)
 * February 7 - Shanghai Knights (Touchstone Pictures)
 * February 14 - The Jungle Book 2
 * March 7 - Bringing Down the House (Touchstone Pictures)
 * March 21 - Piglet's Big Movie
 * April 4 - Dysfunktional Family (Miramax Films)
 * April 11 - Ghosts of the Abyss
 * April 18 - Holes
 * April 25 - It Runs in the Family
 * May 2 - The Lizzie McGuire Movie
 * May 3 - Where the Red Fern Grows
 * May 16 Pokemon Heroes (Miramax Films)
 * May 30 - Finding Nemo is released and becomes a mega-hit at the box office and gets extremely positive reviews.
 * June 13 - Jet Lag (Miramax Films)
 * July 9 - Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, the first PG-13 movie to be released under the Walt Disney Pictures label, is released and becomes a hit at the box office.
 * July 18 - Dirty Pretty Things (Miramax Films)
 * July 25 - Buffalo Soldiers (Miramax Films) and Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over (Dimension Films)
 * August 6 - Freaky Friday 
 * August 15 - Open Range (Touchstone Pictures)
 * August 22 - The Battle of Shaker Heights (Miramax Films)
 * September 5 - Hope Springs (Touchstone Pictures)
 * September 19 - Cold Creek Manor (Touchstone Pictures)
 * September 26 - 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
 * November 21 - The Barbarian Invasions (Miramax Films)
 * November 26 - The Haunted Mansion and Bad Santa (Dimension Films)
 * December 19 - Calendar Girls (Touchstone Pictures)
 * December 25 - The Young Black Stallion

Television

 * January 17 - That's So Raven premieres on Disney Channel.
 * September 20 - Lilo & Stitch: The Series premieres on ABC and Disney Channel.
 * November 28 - Kim Possible: A Sitch in Time airs on Disney Channel.

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

Video games

 * February 2 - Piglet's Big Game
 * February 7 - Treasure Planet
 * April 4 - Disney Princess for Game Boy Advance
 * September 2 - Disney's Extreme Skate Adventure
 * September 30 - The Lion King 1½ for Game Boy Advance
 * October 14 - Lizzie McGuire: On the Go!
 * November 4 - Brother Bear for Game Boy Advance
 * November 11 - Brother Bear for PC

Albums

 * Kim Possible

Theme park happenings

 * January 13 - Aladdin: A Musical Spectacular premieres at the Hyperion Theater in Disney's California Adventure
 * April 11 - The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh opens at Disneyland.
 * May 22 - Reflections of China opens at the China Pavilion in Epcot.
 * September 5 - 22-year-old Marcelo Torres is killed after suffering injuries during a derailment of Big Thunder Mountain Railroad at Disneyland.
 * October 8 - Mickey's PhilharMagic opens at Magic Kingdom.
 * October 9 - Mission: SPACE officially opens at Epcot.
 * October 12 - ExtraTERRORestrial Alien Encounter closes at Magic Kingdom.
 * December 5 - A vehicle on Space Mountain at Tokyo Disneyland is derailed while returning to the loading station. No guests were injured.

DVD and VHS releases

 * January 7 - Signs (Touchstone Films)
 * February 25 - Beauty and the Beast: Belle's Magical World: Special Edition
 * March - Who Framed Roger Rabbit (Vista Series)
 * April 1 - Disney Sing-Along Songs Circle of Life and Sing a Song With Pooh Bear and Piglet too!
 * April 15 - Castle in the Sky
 * April 29 - Treasure Planet
 * May 6 - Toothless
 * May 20 - The Rescuers
 * May 27 - A Bug's Life (DVD only)
 * June 10 - The Jungle Book 2
 * July 29 - Piglet's Big Movie
 * August 5 - Slam Dunk Ernest and Tower of Terror
 * August 12 - The Lizzie McGuire Movie
 * September 2 - Kim Possible: The Secret Files
 * September 9 - Sleeping Beauty: Special Edition
 * September 18 - The Brave Little Toaster: Special Edition
 * September 23 - Holes
 * October 7 - The Lion King: Platinum Edition
 * October 10 - Flight of the Navigator: Special Edition
 * November 4 - Finding Nemo
 * November 18 - The Santa Clause 2
 * December 2 - Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
 * December 9
 * Lizzie McGuire: Fashionably Lizzie and Growing Up Lizzie
 * Recess Christmas: Miracle on Third Street (Re-issue)
 * December 16 - Freaky Friday

Direct-to-video releases

 * January 21 - 101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure
 * March 11 - Inspector Gadget 2
 * May 20 - Atlantis: Milo's Return
 * June 24 - Air Bud: Spikes Back
 * August 26 - Stitch! The Movie
 * September 6 - Bionicle: Mask of Light
 * October 21 - George of the Jungle 2
 * October 28 - Disney Sing Along Songs: On My Way
 * December 9 - Recess: Taking the Fifth Grade and Recess: All Growed Down

Character debuts

 * April 25 - Professor Dementor
 * May 16 - Frugal Lucre
 * May 30 - Nemo, Dory, Marlin, Coral, Bruce, Nigel, Darla Sherman, P. Sherman, Gil, Peach, Gurgle, Bloat, Bubbles, Jacques, Anchor, Chum, Crush, Squirt, Blenny, Seagulls
 * July 9 - Jack Sparrow, Hector Barbossa, Will Turner, Elizabeth Swann
 * August 26 - Sparky
 * November 1 - Kenai, Koda, Rutt and Tuke, Denahi, Sitka, Koda's mother

Deaths

 * January 20 - Al Hirschfeld (artist)
 * February 17 - Pete Schrum (actor)
 * February 27 - Fred Rogers (American educator, Presbyterian minister, songwriter, author, and television host)
 * March 20 - Michael Jeter (actor)
 * June 29 - Katharine Hepburn (actress)
 * June 30 - Buddy Hackett (voice actor and comedian)
 * July 6 - Buddy Ebsen (character actor and dancer)
 * July 27 - Bob Hope (actor and comedian)
 * August 6 - Larry Taylor (actor and stuntman)
 * September 12 - Johnny Cash (singer)
 * October 3 - Florence Stanley (actress)
 * October 27 - Rod Roddy (radio and television announcer)
 * November 12 - Jonathan Brandis (actor, director and screenwriter)
 * November 12 - Kay E. Kuter (voice actor)
 * December 5 - Bob Gregory (comics artist and writer)
 * December 29 - Earl Hindman (actor)