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Times Square

neighborhood and square in Manhattan, New York City, United States

🇺🇸 United States · 40.7575, -73.9858

Times Square is named as a filming location in the Wikipedia articles of 23 productions — in the section each entry below links back to. No Wikidata filming statement points here yet, so this page says plainly which kind of evidence it rests on. 1 video game is also set here.

“The Times Square sequence in which Spider-Man and the Green Goblin fight for the first time was filmed on soundstages and in Downey, California.”
Spider-Man (2002) · Wikipedia

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Times Square
Photo: Terabass · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Filmed here, per Wikipedia

Productions whose English Wikipedia article names Times Square as somewhere it was shot, with no matching statement on Wikidata. Weaker evidence than a Wikidata statement, and labelled as what it is — each production’s own page links the exact section the claim comes from.

  • Spider-Man 2002
  • Vanilla Sky 2001
    “On November 12, 2000, shooting for the scene of the deserted Times Square in New York took place in the early hours of the day.” Wikipedia
  • Mr. Robot 2015–2019
    “As the production crew was unable to shut down Times Square for filming, the scenes at Times Square in the first-season finale were shot late at night just before the July 4 holiday weekend to catch the area at its emptiest while other shots were done on sets.” Wikipedia
  • Enchanted 2007
    “The first scene in New York, which features Giselle emerging from a manhole in the middle of Times Square, was filmed on location in the center of the square.” Wikipedia
  • Hancock 2008
  • The Fantastic Four: First Steps 2025
    “Practical sets and props were employed whenever possible, with most of the film's locations—including the Baxter Building, Times Square, and Yancy Street—created on 30 sets spread across eight sound stages on the two backlots of Pinewood Studios, one of which was used in its entirety for the Times Square set.” Wikipedia
  • Mulan 2020
  • Knowing 2009
    “The solar flare destruction sequence is set in New York City, showing notable landmarks such as the Metlife Building, Times Square and the Empire State Building being obliterated as the flare spreads across the Earth's surface, destroying everything in its path.” Wikipedia
  • Succession 2018–2023
    “Filming locations in the city included the Woolworth Building in Tribeca, The Shed in Hudson Yards, and a number of hotels including the Marriott Marquis in Times Square and the Plaza Hotel on Fifth Avenue.” Wikipedia
  • Zack Snyder's Justice League 2021
    “For a similar campaign at the 2019 New York Comic Con, the movement purchased ad space on two billboards over Times Square featuring quotes from members of the cast and crew.” Wikipedia
  • Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom 2023
  • The Sorcerer's Apprentice 2010
    “On May 4, 2009, while being filmed for a chase scene, a Ferrari F430 crashed through the window of a Sbarro restaurant in Times Square; two pedestrians were injured, one of them struck by a falling lamppost.” Wikipedia
  • Resident Evil: Retribution 2012
    “Filming locations included Toronto at Cinespace's Kipling studio facility, Times Square in New York City, Tokyo and Red Square in Moscow.” Wikipedia
  • Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 1990
    “Much of the production took place in North Carolina, with a couple of location shoots in New York City during the summer of 1989 to capture famous landmark areas, such as the World Trade Center, Times Square, the Empire State Building, and the Hudson River.” Wikipedia
  • Sweet Smell of Success 1957
    “Mackendrick remembered, "We started shooting in Times Square at rush hour, and we had high-powered actors and a camera crane and police help and all the rest of it, but we didn't have any script.” Wikipedia
  • Shaft 1971
  • The Daily Show 1996–2015
    “After a stretch of episodes filmed from Trevor Noah's apartment due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the show returned to a smaller studio at One Astor Plaza, the corporate headquarters of ViacomCBS in Times Square.” Wikipedia
  • She-Devil 1989
    “Filming also took place in Manhattan in Times Square, at the Guggenheim Museum, and in New York City's historic South Street Seaport police precinct, the latter of which served as the location for the Vesta Rose Employment Agency.” Wikipedia
  • King of New York 1990
    “Filming locations included Sing Sing, the Plaza Hotel, Times Square, Times Square–42nd Street station, Williamsburg, Queensboro Bridge, Fifth Avenue, Ossining, and Saranac Lake.” Wikipedia
  • Fame 1980
    “The exterior of the school was shot using the left wing of the Church of Saint Mary the Virgin building almost directly opposite the real school on West 46th Street in Times Square.” Wikipedia
  • Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan 1989
  • Death to Smoochy 2002
    “Sequences were filmed in several locations in New York City, such as Times Square, Coney Island, Upper West Side and Duane Street in Lower Manhattan.” Wikipedia
  • Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa 2010
    “Scenes were shot throughout locations in Manhattan and New Jersey, with particular shots filmed at Brooklyn Bridge, Central Park and Times Square.” Wikipedia

Named here by Times Square’s own Wikipedia article

Productions this page’s own Wikipedia article says were shot at Times Square, 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.

Set here

Video games that take place here. A game is filmed nowhere, so this is where the story is set rather than where a camera stood — a different claim from everything above, and kept under its own heading for that reason.

Drawn from this place

Video games whose Japanese Wikipedia article names Times Square as a real place their setting was modelled on. Nothing was filmed here and no story happens here: somebody drew it from here. That is the weakest claim this atlas makes about a place, which is why it sits under its own heading, and each production’s page links the article the claim came from.

Filming locations nearby

Frequently asked questions

What was filmed in Times Square?

23 productions are recorded as filmed in Times Square, including Spider-Man (2002), Vanilla Sky (2001) and Mr. Robot (2015–2019). 23 of the credits come from Wikipedia articles rather than Wikidata statements and are labelled per Wikipedia.

Which is the best known production filmed in Times Square?

Spider-Man (2002), covered by 84 Wikipedia language editions, which is how this atlas ranks fame.

Where is Times Square?

Times Square is in the United States, at 40.7575, -73.9858.

What other filming locations are near Times Square?

New York City, Manhattan, Staten Island, East Harlem and 2 more, all within about 40 km and listed on this page.

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 Terabass, CC BY-SA 3.0.