<Tr> <Th> Budget </Th> <Td> $200 million </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Box office </Th> <Td> $769.7 million </Td> </Tr> <P> 2012 is a 2009 American epic disaster film directed by Roland Emmerich, and stars John Cusack, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Amanda Peet, Oliver Platt, Thandie Newton, Danny Glover and Woody Harrelson . The film was produced by Centropolis Entertainment and distributed by Columbia Pictures . </P> <P> Filming, originally planned for Los Angeles, began in Vancouver in August 2008 . The plot follows novelist Jackson Curtis as he attempts to bring his family to safety amid a worldwide geological disaster . The film refers to Mayanism and the 2012 phenomenon in its portrayal of cataclysmic events . </P>

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