Maps of Movies

Jupiter Ascending (2015)

Where Jupiter Ascending says it takes place, and where it was really shot.

The opening shows Bilbao and Prague, the chase is set in Chicago, and the alien worlds are never real places.

Scenes and places

The opening: two Gehry buildings (2015)

Over images of famous buildings, Jupiter tells how she was born without a country, a home or a father. Her story starts as the daughter of a family that moved to Chicago.

Set in Opening scenes (story place not stated) — The film opens on narration about Jupiter's birth and family; the on-screen place is not named in the sources.

Two buildings designed by the same architect, Frank Gehry, in two countries.

Filmed at Guggenheim Museum Bilbao (Basque Country, Bilbao, Spain) — Shown in the opening scenes. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Filmed at Dancing House (New Town, Prague, Czechia) — Shown in the opening scenes. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Jupiter's cleaning job in Chicago (2015)

Jupiter cleans the houses of wealthy neighbors, one after another, and dreams of something bigger. She longs for a telescope.

Set in Chicago — The city where Jupiter lives with her family and works as a housekeeper. Google Maps · Apple Maps

A large Midwestern city on Lake Michigan.

Filmed at Chicago, Illinois (Illinois, Chicago, United States) — Chicago locations were used from late July through August 2013; no single address is given for this scene. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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The attack at Katharine's house (2015)

Jupiter has agreed to sell her egg cells under her friend Katharine's name to afford a telescope. Strange attackers appear in the house, and she photographs them before her memory of it is wiped.

Set in Katharine Dunlevy's house — A friend's house where Jupiter uses her friend's name for an egg donation.

An ordinary house in the city; the sources give no address.

The egg donation clinic (2015)

Jupiter waits at the clinic, looking at a photo on her phone she cannot explain. During the procedure the staff turn out to be killers, and Caine bursts in to save her.

Set in Egg donation clinic — A medical clinic where Jupiter waits for the procedure.

A private medical clinic; the sources give no address.

The chase through downtown Chicago (2015)

Caine, on gravity boots, carries Jupiter away from the clinic as spaceships and aliens pursue them across the city. For the first time she sees what the world around her really is.

Set in Downtown Chicago — Jupiter and Caine flee aliens and spaceships through the city's streets and skyscrapers.

The Loop is Chicago's downtown core of skyscrapers.

Filmed at Willis Tower area, the Loop (The Loop, Chicago, United States) — Helicopter flights for the sequence took place in the Loop and near Willis Tower in August 2013; the exact scenes are not matched. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Filmed at Chicago Harbor Lock (Lakefront, Chicago, United States) — Helicopter flights moved to an area near the Chicago Harbor Lock; the exact scenes are not matched. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Filmed at Warner Bros. Studios, Leavesden (Hertfordshire, Leavesden, United Kingdom) — Principal photography began here on April 2, 2013; the stage work is a studio location, not a Chicago place. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Stinger's hideout and the bees (2015)

Caine brings Jupiter to a hideout filled with bees. The bees treat her as royalty, and Jupiter starts to learn who she is.

Set in Stinger Apini's residence — The hideout of another former soldier living in exile on Earth.

A home with bees, somewhere on Earth; the sources give no address.

Kalique's alcazar on Cerise (2015)

Jupiter wakes in a palace and learns where she is. Kalique tells her that Earth is her family's concern.

Set in Alcazar of Kalique Abrasax, planet Cerise — The palace of Kalique, second primary of the House of Abrasax, on the planet Cerise.

A fictional palace on a fictional planet.

The capital planet Orous (2015)

With police escorts from the Aegis, Caine takes Jupiter to the capital planet to claim her inheritance.

Set in Orous, the capital planet — The capital planet where Jupiter is taken to claim her inheritance as Sovereign of Abrasax.

A fictional capital planet.

The refinery in the Great Red Spot (2015)

Balem demands Earth in exchange for Jupiter's family. Jupiter refuses.

Set in Balem's refinery, Great Red Spot of Jupiter — Balem's refinery inside the Great Red Spot, where he demands Earth in exchange for Jupiter's family.

A fictional facility inside the real planet Jupiter's storm.

Filmed at Ely Cathedral (Cambridgeshire, Ely, United Kingdom) — Scene not specified in the sources Google Maps · Apple Maps

Characters

• Jupiter Jones — A Chicago housekeeper who learns she is galactic royalty.
• Caine Wise — A former soldier sent to bring her to Titus, who instead protects her.
• Kalique Abrasax — Second primary of the House of Abrasax and owner of the planet Cerise.