#9: Gone Girl
Set Piece: Hawthorne Plaza Mall
Location: Hawthorne, California, USA
Production Budget: $61 million*
Directed by David Fincher, this nail-biting thriller follows Nick Dunne (played by Ben Affleck) as he searches for his missing wife, Amy (Rosamund Pike). It became Fincher’s biggest hit, making a whopping $369 million!
The scene where the cops discover Amy’s gun-buying attempt was filmed in a spooky abandoned mall in Hawthorne, California. It’s also been used for scenes in Westworld, Minority Report, and Rush Hour. In the movie, there’s a scene with a phone number to call if you have info about Amy’s disappearance. If you dial it in real life, you’ll hear a recording from the start of the book Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn, which inspired the movie.