Where was The Dark Knight filmed?
2008 film directed by Christopher Nolan
The Dark Knight (2008) was filmed in Hong Kong, Los Angeles, Chicago and Pinewood Studios — 4 recorded filming locations in the United States, Hong Kong, the United Kingdom. Every one is a filming-location statement on Wikidata, not a guess.
Part of the Batman in film series · the Dark Knight trilogy
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Filming locations
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🏙 Towns & cities
Los Angeles
🇺🇸 United States
seat of Los Angeles County, and largest city in California, United States
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🏙 Towns & cities
Hong Kong
🇭🇰 Hong Kong
city and special administrative region of China
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🎬 Studios & sets
Pinewood Studios
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
British film studio and television studio situated in Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire, England
“Many interior locations for The Dark Knight were filmed on sets at Pinewood Studios, Buckinghamshire, and Cardington Airfield, Bedfordshire; these locations include the Bat Bunker, which took six weeks to build in a Cardington hangar.” Wikipedia
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🏙 Towns & cities
Chicago
🇺🇸 United States
city and county seat of Cook County, and largest city in State of Illinois, United States of America
Also per Wikipedia's article
The article names 29 more places. 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
LaSalle Street
🇺🇸 United States
street in Chicago
“The sequence continued on LaSalle Street, which was also used for the GCPD funeral procession, for a practical truck-flip stunt and helicopter sequence.” Wikipedia
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🏛 Landmarks & buildings
Battersea Power Station
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
decommissioned coal-fired power station in London, now in use as a premium shopping centre
“By mid-October, interior and exterior scenes of Rachel being held hostage surrounded by barrels of gasoline were filmed at Battersea Power Station.” Wikipedia
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🏞 Landscapes & nature
Himalayas
🇳🇵 Nepal
mountain range in Asia
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🛣 Streets & squares
Wacker Drive
🇺🇸 United States
major multilevel street in Chicago, Illinois, USA
“In July, three weeks were spent filming the truck chase scene, mainly on Wacker Drive, a multi-level street that had to be closed overnight.” Wikipedia
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🏛 Landmarks & buildings
RAF Cardington
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
former Royal Air Force station in Bedfordshire, England
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🏙 Towns & cities
Central
🇨🇳 China
central business district in Hong Kong
“The final nine days of production took place in Hong Kong and included aerial footage from atop the International Finance Centre, as well as filming at Central to Mid-Levels escalator, The Center, Central, The Peninsula Hong Kong, and Queen's Road; and a stunt involving Batman catching an in-flight C-130 aircraft.” Wikipedia
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🛣 Streets & squares
Navy Pier
🇺🇸 United States
amusement pier in Chicago
“Navy Pier, along the shore of Lake Michigan, served as Gotham Harbor in a climactic ferry scene.” Wikipedia
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🏛 Landmarks & buildings
Willis Tower
🇺🇸 United States
skyscraper in Chicago, Illinois, USA
“A scene of Batman surveying the city from a rooftop edge was filmed atop Willis Tower, Chicago's tallest building.” Wikipedia
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🏞 Landscapes & nature
Lake Michigan
🇺🇸 United States
one of the Great Lakes of North America
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🏛 Landmarks & buildings
Criterion Restaurant
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
restaurant in London
“After moving from Chicago in May, scenes filmed in the UK also include Criterion Restaurant, where Rachel, Dent, and Wayne share dinner, and a Gotham News scene that was filmed at the University of Westminster.” Wikipedia
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🏛 Landmarks & buildings
The Peninsula Hong Kong
hotel in Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong
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🏞 Landscapes & nature
Victoria Harbour
🇨🇳 China
harbour between Kowloon and Hong Kong Island in Hong Kong
“Nolan disputed a report that said a scene of Batman leaping into Victoria Harbour was canceled because of pollution concerns, saying it was a script decision.” Wikipedia
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🏛 Landmarks & buildings
McCormick Place
🇺🇸 United States
convention center in the United States
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🏛 Landmarks & buildings
Chicago Theatre
🇺🇸 United States
theater and former movie theater in Chicago, Illinois, United States
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🏛 Landmarks & buildings
Farmiloe Building
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
building in Clerkenwell, London
“The GCPD headquarters was rebuilt in the Farmiloe Building.” Wikipedia
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🛣 Streets & squares
Central–Mid-levels escalators
🇨🇳 China
covered escalator system in Hong Kong
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🏛 Landmarks & buildings
Old Chicago Main Post Office
🇺🇸 United States
building in downtown Chicago
“The first scene filmed was the bank heist, which was shot in the Old Chicago Main Post Office over five days.” Wikipedia
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🏛 Landmarks & buildings
Illinois Center
🇺🇸 United States
mixed-use urban development in Chicago, Illinois, United States
“Filming took place in the lobby of One Illinois Center, which served as Wayne's penthouse apartment; bookcases were built to hide the elevators.” Wikipedia
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🛣 Streets & squares
Randolph Street
🇺🇸 United States
street in Chicago, Illinois
“Additional segments were filmed on Monroe Street and Randolph Street, and at Randolph Street Station.” Wikipedia
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🏛 Landmarks & buildings
Millennium Station
🇺🇸 United States
Train station in Chicago, Illinois, USA
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🏛 Landmarks & buildings
Trump International Hotel and Tower
🇺🇸 United States
skyscraper condo-hotel in downtown Chicago, Illinois
“Exterior footage of the Gotham Prewitt Building, the site of Batman's and the Joker's final confrontation, was filmed at the in-construction Trump International Hotel and Tower.” Wikipedia
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🛣 Streets & squares
Illinois Route 50
🇺🇸 United States
State highway in northeastern Illinois, US
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🏛 Landmarks & buildings
The Berghoff
🇺🇸 United States
restaurant
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🏛 Landmarks & buildings
330 North Wabash
🇺🇸 United States
Skyscraper located in Chicago
“The IBM Building was used as a filming location in the 2008 film The Dark Knight, where it was depicted as the location of Wayne Enterprises's boardroom and the Gotham City mayor's office.” Wikipedia
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🏛 Landmarks & buildings
University of Westminster
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
university in Westminster, UK
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🏛 Landmarks & buildings
International Finance Centre
🇨🇳 China
commercial development in Central, Hong Kong
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🏛 Landmarks & buildings
The Center
🇨🇳 China
skyscraper in Hong Kong
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🛣 Streets & squares
Queen's Road
🇨🇳 China
series of roads in north Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong
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🏛 Landmarks & buildings
McClurg Building
🇺🇸 United States
building in Illinois, United States of America
“Despite extensive rehearsals of Reeves jumping from the McClurg Building in Chicago, a planned stunt to depict Batman leaping from one Hong Kong skyscraper to another was canceled because local authorities refused permission for helicopter use; Pfister described the officials as a "nightmare".” Wikipedia
Places whose own article says it was shot there
7 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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Battersea Power Station United Kingdom
“Scenes from the 2008 Batman film The Dark Knight were filmed at Battersea.” Wikipedia
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Wacker Drive United States
“The car chase scene in The Dark Knight (2008) was filmed on Lower Wacker Drive.” Wikipedia
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“In 2007, The Peninsula was used for a scene in the superhero film The Dark Knight, involving actors Morgan Freeman and Chin Han, who played Lucius Fox and Lau, respectively.” Wikipedia
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Millennium Station United States
“In the 2008 film The Dark Knight, there is a brief shot where the Batpod is driven through Millennium Station's concourse during a chase scene.” Wikipedia
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Old Chicago Main Post Office United States
“The same interior that was used for filming of the bank heist in The Dark Knight was used again for Transformers: Dark of the Moon.” Wikipedia
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Trump International Hotel and Tower United States
“The final confrontation between Batman and the Joker in the film The Dark Knight was shot in the Summer of 2007 at the very top of the construction site of the then partially completed tower.” Wikipedia
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Richard J. Daley Center United States
“While filming the movie The Dark Knight, instead of using the Chicago Board of Trade Building as the location for the headquarters of Wayne Enterprises as in Batman Begins, film director Christopher Nolan used the Richard J. Daley Center.” Wikipedia
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Frequently asked questions
How many filming locations does The Dark Knight have?
4 places recorded on Wikidata, and 29 places named in its Wikipedia article, labelled per Wikipedia, across 3 countries.
In which countries was The Dark Knight filmed?
the United States, Hong Kong and the United Kingdom.
Was The Dark Knight filmed at a studio?
Yes. Pinewood Studios, recorded on Wikidata as a filming location.
Which other productions were filmed at the same places?
Pulp Fiction (1994), Back to the Future (1985), Fight Club (1999), The Terminator (1984) 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.