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Related Party Transactions (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 26, 2019
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]  
Schedule of Mandatory Distributions to Members
Mandatory distributions for the years ended December 26, 2019, December 27, 2018 and December 28, 2017 are as shown within the table below (in millions). The amount presented within the tables for the distribution paid to AMC for the year ended December 27, 2018 represents only the distribution for the three months ended March 29, 2018 to AMC. AMC’s distribution for the three months ended June 28, 2018 was paid to Cinemark and Regal to accommodate agreements between AMC and each of Cinemark and Regal related to the sale. Further, there was no distribution shown to AMC for the year ended December 26, 2019 or the last six months of 2018 as they were no longer a related party.
 
Years Ended
 
December 26, 2019
 
December 27, 2018
 
December 28, 2017
AMC
$

 
$
2.2

 
$
27.1

Cinemark
37.2

 
34.3

 
29.1

Regal
39.1

 
35.8

 
28.8

Total founding members
76.3

 
72.3

 
85.0

NCM, Inc.
72.5

 
69.1

 
75.9

Total
$
148.8

 
$
141.4

 
$
160.9

Schedule of Amounts Due to Founding Members
Amounts due to founding members, net as of December 26, 2019 were comprised of the following (in millions):
 
Cinemark
 
Regal
 
Total
Theater access fees and revenue share, net of beverage revenues
   and other encumbered theater payments
$
2.0

 
$
2.5

 
$
4.5

Distributions payable to founding members
15.8

 
16.6

 
32.4

Integration payments due from founding members
(0.1
)
 

 
(0.1
)
Total amounts due to founding members, net
$
17.7

 
$
19.1

 
$
36.8

Amounts due to founding members, net as of December 27, 2018 were comprised of the following (in millions):
 
Cinemark
 
Regal
 
Total
Theater access fees, net of beverage revenues
   and other encumbered theater payments
$
1.0

 
$
1.5

 
$
2.5

Distributions payable to founding members
13.7

 
14.2

 
27.9

Integration payments due from founding members
(0.4
)
 

 
(0.4
)
Total amounts due to founding members, net
$
14.3

 
$
15.7

 
$
30.0

Related Party Founding Members  
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]  
Schedule of Related Party Transactions
Following is a summary of the related party transactions between the Company and the founding members (in millions):
 
Years Ended
Included in the Consolidated Statements of Income: (1)
December 26, 2019
 
December 27, 2018
 
December 28, 2017
Revenue:
 
 
 
 
 
Beverage concessionaire revenue (included in
   advertising revenue) (2)
$
23.0

 
$
28.4

 
$
29.9

Operating expenses:
 
 
 
 
 
Theater access fee and revenue share (3)
56.6

 
69.0

 
76.5

Purchase of movie tickets and concession products and
   rental of theater space (included in selling and
   marketing costs) (4)
0.4

 
1.1

 
2.1

Purchase of movie tickets and concession products and
   rental of theater space (included in advertising
   operating costs)
0.1

 
0.1

 
0.1

Non-operating expenses:
 
 
 
 
 
Interest income from notes receivable (included in
   interest income) (5)
0.2

 
0.3

 
0.6

 
(1)
AMC is no longer considered a related party as of July 5, 2018, as described further above. As such, the figures within the table above only include related party activity with AMC for the first six months of 2018 and the year ended December 28, 2017.
(2)
For the full years ended December 26, 2019, December 27, 2018 and December 28, 2017, two of the founding members purchased 60 seconds of on-screen advertising time and one founding member purchased 30 seconds (with all three founding members having a right to purchase up to 90 seconds) from NCM LLC to satisfy their obligations under their beverage concessionaire agreements at a 30 second equivalent CPM rate specified by the ESA.
(3)
Comprised of payments per theater attendee, payments per digital screen with respect to the founding member theaters included in the Company’s network, payments for access to higher quality digital cinema equipment and payments to Cinemark and Regal for their portion of the Platinum Spot revenue for the utilization of the theaters post-showtime in accordance with the 2019 ESA Amendments.
(4)
Used primarily for marketing to NCM LLC’s advertising clients.
(5)
Refer to the discussion of the Fathom Events sale under AC JV, LLC transactions below.
 
As of
Included in the Consolidated Balance Sheets:
December 26, 2019
 
December 27, 2018
Current portion of note receivable (1) (2)
$

 
$
4.2

Interest receivable on notes receivable (included in other current assets) (2)

 
0.1

Common unit adjustments, net of amortization and integration payments (included in
   intangible assets) (3)
620.5

 
657.5

Current payable to founding members under the TRA (1) (4)
10.3

 
11.2

Long-term payable to founding members under the TRA (1) (4)
133.5

 
141.1


(1)
AMC is no longer considered a related party as of July 5, 2018, as described further above. As such, the figures within the table above do not include AMC.
(2)
Refer to the discussion of the Fathom Events sale under AC JV, LLC transactions below.