Where was The Breakfast Club filmed

Locations

• Glenbrook North High School

  In movie

  Scene where The end of the movie where John walks across the football field.

  Real

  Glenbrook North High School on the map

  Scene was shot Glenbrook North High School, or GBN, is a public four-year high school located in Northbrook, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago, Illinois, in the United States. The director (and writer) of The Breakfast Club, John Hughes, is a alumnus of Glenbrook North High. Some interior scenes of The Breakfast Club were filmed inside Glenbrook North, and exterior shots of GBN were used in both The Breakfast Club and Ferris Bueller's Day Off.

  Chicago

• Opened in 1970

  In movie

  Scene where The students arrive at school for their detention.

  Real

  Opened in 1970 on the map

  Scene was shot At the time of the shooting, this was the Maine North High School. Today, it is the building of the Illinois State Police.