Women rule, literally and figuratively, in “Raya and the Last Dragon,” starting with Raya, an intrepid warrior princess whom we first see riding through the desert like a bamboo-hatted Mad Max. One character calls it “a plague born from human discord,” which is to say it’s yet one more crushing reminder that we have met the enemy and he is us. No, the Druun isn’t the coronavirus, even if it does leave broken societies, devastated families and tribalist impulses in its wake. It’s an archetypal formless villain, a distant cousin of supernatural scourges like the Nothing from “The Neverending Story,” but it also carries a whiff of real-world metaphor. The chief antagonist in “Raya and the Last Dragon,” an enjoyable new adventure from Walt Disney Animation Studios, is something called the Druun, a shrieking, sludgy purple monster that turns people to stone. Because moviegoing carries risks during this time, we remind readers to follow health and safety guidelines as outlined by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and local health officials. Disney’s response to those exhibitors asking for a deal: If you don’t like the terms, don’t play the film.The Times is committed to reviewing theatrical film releases during the COVID-19 pandemic. Warner Bros has eased some of its rental terms for exhibition as they compete with the studio’s streaming service, HBO Max, which is making the studio’s 2021 theatrical slate available to subscribers for free. In terms of what films play in what theaters, that’s really a function of the exhibitors that own those theaters and whether or not they agree to the terms that the Walt Disney company lays out in terms of the economics for those particular theaters.”ĭeadline heard that Disney’s rental terms for Raya required a two-week minimum play with a scale that starts at a 50% rental should the movie gross between $0 and $37.5M, and then 51% if the domestic gross finals between $37.5M and $50M. So we are thrilled with what our creative teams have been able to come up with Raya. “We agree with you that Raya is a fantastic film and the audience scores universally have been really spectacular. In response to the girl’s question, Chapek’s response was…well, he gave her the company line: We broke the story last week that Cinemark, Harkins and Canada’s Cineplex refused to play Raya after Disney wouldn’t budge on their terms for the feature which was also available to Disney+ subscribers at the extra cost of $30. Harkins is one of the theater chains in the Peoria, AZ market that didn’t play Raya over Disney’s stiff rental terms.

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