Landmarks & buildings
Tikal
ruins of major ancient Maya city
Guatemala · 17.2221, -89.6236
Tikal is recorded as a filming location for 1 production. Wikipedia names it for 3 more.
“The exterior of Drax's pyramid headquarters in the Amazon rain forest near the falls was actually filmed at the Tikal Mayan ruins in Guatemala.”
Movies filmed at Tikal
Filmed here, per Wikipedia
Productions whose English Wikipedia article names Tikal as somewhere it was shot, with no matching statement on Wikidata. Weaker evidence than the statements above, so it gets its own list, each production’s own page links the exact section the claim comes from.
Named here by Tikal’s own Wikipedia article
Productions this page’s own Wikipedia article says were shot at Tikal, where neither Wikidata nor the production’s own article records it. That is the weakest evidence on this atlas, so these get no pin on the map and stay out of the downloads — the sentence is quoted in full below each one so you can judge it.
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“Filmmaker George Lucas used Tikal as a filming location for the fictional moon Yavin 4 in the first Star Wars film, which premiered in 1977.” Wikipedia
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“Subsequent Star Wars movie Rogue One (2016) and season 2 of TV series Andor (2025) were also filmed at Tikal for the same fictional location.” Wikipedia
Filming locations nearby
Frequently asked questions
What was filmed at Tikal?
4 productions are recorded as filmed at Tikal, including Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope (1977), Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016) and Moonraker (1979). 3 of the credits come from Wikipedia articles rather than Wikidata statements and are labelled per Wikipedia.
Which is the best known production filmed at Tikal?
Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope (1977), covered by 96 Wikipedia language editions, which is how this atlas ranks fame.
Where is Tikal?
Tikal is in Guatemala. Its coordinates are 17.2221, -89.6236.
What other filming locations are near Tikal?
Tikal National Park (under 1 km), all within 40 km and listed on this page with photographs.
Where does this information come from?
Filming location statements on Wikidata, joined to the place's coordinates and Wikipedia article, plus places named in Wikipedia articles, which are labelled per Wikipedia wherever they appear. The photograph is from Wikimedia Commons, by Mundo Maya, CC BY-SA 4.0.