16 Years After it Failed to Predict the Future, a $791M Sci-Fi Disaster Movie Was Just Made Free to Stream

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It’s unusual for a film that earned almost $800 million to be largely forgotten, but that can happen when a movie is tied to a very specific moment in time. Roland Emmerich’s 2009 disaster film capitalized on anxieties surrounding ancient calendars and popular conspiracy theories, becoming a huge box office hit. While the predicted events never happened, the film was incredibly successful, and now you can watch it for free on Tubi.

In case you’re wondering, the movie we’re talking about is 2012, featuring John Cusack, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Thandiwe Newton, and Woody Harrelson. It became available to stream on Tubi in early November, so it’s now free to watch for everyone.

Interestingly, the movie 2012 came out in 2009, just as people were becoming fascinated with the 2012 doomsday predictions. These predictions stemmed from the Mayan calendar, which indicated the end of a major cycle on December 21, 2012, and were supported by various other beliefs and interpretations.

Despite the predictions ultimately being incorrect, Roland Emmerich’s film 2012 actually benefited from the widespread doomsday theories. The movie’s marketing team cleverly tapped into this excitement, creating a realistic website with supposed “evidence” gathered by a character in the film, and even a lottery offering a chance to win “safety” from the apocalypse. It seems outlandish, but it was clearly effective. The film earned over $791 million worldwide, making it the fifth-highest-grossing movie of 2009.

If you watch the movie 2012 on Tubi and don’t remember the original hype from 16 years ago, it’ll show you what kinds of disasters people were worried about back then.

New Movies Streaming Free on Tubi

Tubi added a lot of new movies to its free streaming service this month, including popular titles like Face/Off, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, Spider-Man: Homecoming, and The Godfather. 2012 was also among the new additions.

You can find a complete list of new titles coming to Tubi in November here, but we’ve also picked out some of the best ones for you below.

Here’s a list of movie titles: After Yang, American Made, Are We There Yet?, Black Hawk Down, Broken City, Carrie, Child’s Play, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, The Day the Earth Stood Still, Dinner for Schmucks, Face/Off, Free Fire, G.I. Joe: Retaliation, G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra, Gladiator, The Godfather, Godzilla: King of the Monsters, The Hateful Eight, Hot Tub Time Machine, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, The Long Kiss Goodnight, No Country for Old Men, The Punisher, The Punisher: War Zone, Shrek Forever After, Sisu, Snow Dogs, Space Jam, Spider-Man: Homecoming, Super 8, Swiss Army Man, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, True Grit, When You Finish Saving the World, You Got Served, and Zola.

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2025-11-09 18:14