The Lizzie McGuire Movie is a 2003 comedy film, released on May 2, 2003, by Walt Disney Pictures. It was the first Disney Channel Original Series to have a theatrical film. The film stars Hilary Duff, Adam Lamberg, and Yani Gellman. The movie follows Lizzie McGuire on a graduation trip to Rome.
The film reached number two in the United States box office behind X2: X-Men United. It was released August 12, 2003 on VHS and DVD.
During the junior high graduation, Lizzie McGuire (Hilary Duff) is forced to make a speech in place of the class president, Margaret Chan, where she trips onstage and brings the curtain down on her fellow graduates. She and her friends then leave on a class trip to Rome for two weeks, accompanied by her rude and strict new high school principal, Ms.