Where was The Meg filmed?
2018 film by Jon Turteltaub
The Meg (2018) was filmed in Auckland, Sanya, Hainan Island and Whangaparāoa Peninsula, 4 places named in its Wikipedia article, in New Zealand, China. Wikidata itself records the shoot only as New Zealand, China. A sentence in an article is weaker evidence than a statement, and every claim on this page says which it is.
Places per Wikipedia's article
The article names 4 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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Towns & cities
Auckland
New Zealand
city on the North Island, New Zealand
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Towns & cities
Sanya
China
prefecture-level city in Hainan, China
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Landscapes & nature
Hainan Island
China
island in China which makes up the majority of the province of the same name
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Landscapes & nature
Whangaparāoa Peninsula
New Zealand
peninsula in New Zealand
Recorded only at country level
Wikidata also records this film as shot in New Zealand, China, without saying where. Those statements are true but unmappable (a pin in the middle of a country would claim something nobody wrote), so they are listed here instead of guessed at.
Filming locations that are mapped there: New Zealand · China
Also shot in these places
- Mulan 2020
- M3GAN 2022
- Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence 1983
- M3GAN 2.0 2025
- Ash vs Evil Dead 2015–2018
- Cowboy Bebop 2021–
- Power Rangers Beast Morphers 2019–2020
- Ruby and Rata 1990
- American Playboy: The Hugh Hefner Story 2017–
- Go Go Squid! 2019–
Set in the same places
Frequently asked questions
How many filming locations does The Meg have?
No place recorded on Wikidata, but 4 places named in its Wikipedia article, labelled per Wikipedia.
Which other productions were filmed at the same places?
Mulan (2020), M3GAN (2022), Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (1983), M3GAN 2.0 (2025) and 6 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.