Raya‘s rollout mirrors Disney’s release of the live-action Mulan last summer, an approach that confused consumers-as well as generated ire. “Now there are 10, 15 answers and permutations of how you can release a movie.” “‘Are you going to go streaming or theatrical?’ That used to be the question, and there were two answers,” he says. released Tom & Jerry both in theaters and on HBO Max (at no extra charge).Īccording to Paul Dergarabedian, senior media analyst for Comscore, this is the new world order wrought by the pandemic that has wreaked havoc on the theater exhibition business. For a sense of how chaotic and unresolved it all is-and how there is truly no single, settled-upon formula-consider that on March 4, Paramount released The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run exclusively on its new streaming platform, Paramount Plus, as well on premium video-on-demand rental platforms for $19.99. It also underlines just how many kinks still have not been worked out (i.e., with theater chains). theatrical debate, particularly when it comes to kids’ films.

This is a phenomenon that points to how entertainment conglomerates are still very much in experimentation mode when it comes to settling the streaming vs.

Raya and the last dragon movie free