Forget about the recent media bashing. Niagara Falls is only a tourist trap in the sense of its awesomeness. How can anyone resist visiting? With that truth in mind, new research has revealed that Niagara Falls is the 4th most popular filming location in the world, having played a starring role in 143 films, including appearances in Pirates of the Caribbean and Superman 2 (1980).  

Giggster- a film location service, has revealed the most-used filming locations around the world, the locations that have the highest-grossing films, and the countries that have featured in the most movies. So, how does Canada fare?

💰Niagara Falls is the sole location used in Canada from the study – featuring in 143 movies, with an average box office gross of $212,260,000 usd / $274,667,624 cad from its top-three films but so has Toronto (David Cronenberg’s 80s horror masterpiece The Fly) , Vancouver and Montreal as well as the Eastern and Western Provinces have also been featured in Hollywood films.

The research has also revealed:

🗽Central Park in New York is the most-used film location in the world – featuring in over 352 movies.

💵 The Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles is the highest-grossing filming location on average ($253,366,667 usd / $327,860,268 cad ).

🎥 The top 3 countries featured in the most movies are, The United States, The United Kingdom and Canada.

US locations featured in over 900 more movies than any other country; The states featured most are New York, Arizona and Massachusetts.