Where was Rocky filmed?
1976 film directed by John Avildsen
Rocky (1976) was filmed in Philadelphia and Santa Monica — 2 recorded filming locations in the United States. Every one is a filming-location statement on Wikidata, not a guess.
Part of the Rocky film series
See them on the map → Wikipedia Source data
Filming locations
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🏙 Towns & cities
Santa Monica
🇺🇸 United States
beachfront city in Los Angeles County, California, United States
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🏙 Towns & cities
Philadelphia
🇺🇸 United States
largest city in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania and seat of Philadelphia County
“In the film, Rocky Balboa (Stallone), a poor small-time club fighter and loanshark debt collector from Philadelphia, gets an unlikely once in a lifetime shot at the world heavyweight championship held by Apollo Creed (Weathers).” Wikipedia
Also per Wikipedia's Filming section
Wikipedia’s Filming section names 1 more place. A sentence in an article is weaker evidence than a Wikidata statement, so these are listed apart, never mixed into the statement list, and the claim links straight to where it came from.
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🛣 Streets & squares
Rocky Steps
🇺🇸 United States
construction
“Inventor Garrett Brown's new Steadicam was used to accomplish smooth photography while running alongside Rocky during the film's Philadelphia street training sequences and the run up the Art Museum's flight of stairs, now colloquially known as the Rocky Steps.” Wikipedia
Places whose own article says it was shot there
2 places whose own Wikipedia article names this film as something shot there, where Wikidata records nothing and this film’s own article does not say so either. The weakest evidence on this atlas: no pin on the map, and nothing in the downloads. Each sentence is quoted whole and linked to the article it came from, so it can be judged rather than taken on trust.
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Rocky Steps United States
“Rocky creator Sylvester Stallone has recounted that the genesis of the iconic scene occurred when the 1976 film crew for the movie, constrained by a tight budget, identified the steps one night while searching for filming locations around the city.” Wikipedia
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Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena United States
“The heavyweight championship fight scenes between Rocky Balboa and Apollo Creed characters in the 1976 Best Picture winner Rocky and its first sequel, Rocky II, were filmed at the arena as a stand-in for the Spectrum in Philadelphia.” Wikipedia
Also shot in these places
- Forrest Gump 1994
- Terminator 2: Judgment Day 1991
- The Social Network 2010
- Donnie Darko 2001
- The Big Lebowski 1998
- Crash 2004
- Heat 1995
- Ocean's Eleven 2001
- Speed 1994
- The Sting 1973
- All the President's Men 1976
- Training Day 2001
Set in the same places
Frequently asked questions
How many filming locations does Rocky have?
2 places recorded on Wikidata, and 1 place named in its Wikipedia article, labelled per Wikipedia, across the United States.
Which other productions were filmed at the same places?
Forrest Gump (1994), Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991), The Social Network (2010), Donnie Darko (2001) and 8 more, each listed on this page.
Where does this information come from?
Filming location statements on Wikidata, plus places named in the production's own Wikipedia article, which are labelled per Wikipedia. Nothing is scraped from listicles and nothing is generated.