Revenue Recognition

12 Months Ended

Dec. 27, 2020

Revenue from Contract with Customer [Abstract]

Revenue Recognition

Revenue Recognition

In addition to the required disclosures below, please see further discussion of the Company's revenue recognition policy in note 1.

Contract Assets and Liabilities

A contract asset is defined as an entity’s right to consideration for goods or services that the entity has transferred to a customer. A contract liability is defined to occur if the customer’s payment of consideration precedes the entity’s performance and represents the entity’s obligation to transfer goods or services to a customer for which the entity has received consideration. The Company occasionally will require payment from customers for finished product in advance of the customer receiving control of the finished product. In these situations, the Company defers revenue on the advanced payment until the customer has control of the finished product, generally within the next month. Within our Entertainment, Licensing and Digital segment and our eOne segment the Company may receive royalty payments from licensees in advance of the licensees’ subsequent sales to their customers, or in advance of the Company’s performance obligation being satisfied.  In addition, the Company may receive payments from its digital gaming business in advance of the recognition of the revenues. The Company defers revenues on these advanced payments until its performance obligation is satisfied and records the aggregate deferred revenues as contract liabilities. The current portion of contract liabilities were recorded within Accrued Liabilities and the long-term portion were recorded as Other Non-current Liabilities in the Company’s consolidated balance sheets. The Company records contract assets in the case of minimum guarantees that are being recognized ratably over the term of the respective license periods which varies based on sales over and above the contracts’ minimum guarantee. The current portion of contract assets were recorded in Prepaid Expenses and Other Current Assets, respectively, and the long-term portion were recorded as Other Long-Term Assets.

At December 27, 2020 and December 29, 2019, the Company had the following contract assets and liabilities in its consolidated balance sheets:

	December 27, 2020		December 29, 2019
Assets
Contract assets - current	$	284,418	32,182
Contract assets - long term	77,002		14,777
Total	$	361,420	46,959
Liabilities
Contract liabilities - current	$	161,018	48,465
Contract liabilities - long term	18,163		10,051
Total	$	179,181	58,516

For the year ended December 27, 2020, the Company recognized all of the contract assets and $14,507 of contract liabilities that were included in the December 29, 2019 balances.

In connection with the Company’s acquisition of eOne, the Company acquired $267,566 of contract assets, of which $223,901 were recorded in Prepaid Expenses and Other Current Assets and $43,665 were recorded in Other Long-term Assets, within the Company’s consolidated balances sheets. In addition, the Company acquired deferred revenues from eOne in the amount of $112,578, of which $105,161 were recorded in Accrued Liabilities and $7,417 were recorded in Other Non-current Liabilities within the Company's consolidated balance sheets. For the year ended December 27, 2020, the Company recognized all revenues related to the acquired current contract liabilities.

Contract assets and liabilities attributable to eOne represent approximately 78% and 59% of total contract asset balances and total contract liability balances, respectively, as of December 27, 2020.

Unsatisfied performance obligations relate primarily to in-production television content to be delivered in the future under existing agreements with partnering content providers such as broadcasters, distributors, television networks and subscription video on demand services. As of December 27, 2020, unrecognized revenue attributable to unsatisfied performance obligations expected to be recognized in the future was $314,164. Of this amount, we expect to recognize approximately $280,197 in 2021, $17,871 in 2022, and $16,096 in 2023. These amounts include only fixed consideration.

Accounts Receivable and Allowance for Credit Losses

The Company’s accounts receivable on the consolidated balance sheets as of December 27, 2020 and December 29, 2019 are primarily from contracts with customers. In the year ended December 30, 2018, the Company recorded a charge for credit losses for accounts receivable of approximately $49,000 related to Toys“R”Us. The Company had no other material expense for credit losses in the years ended December 27, 2020, December 29, 2019, or December 30, 2018.

Disaggregation of revenues

The Company disaggregates its revenues from contracts with customers by segment: US and Canada, International, Entertainment, Licensing and Digital, eOne and Global Operations. The Company further disaggregates revenues within its International segment by major geographic region: Europe, Latin America, and Asia Pacific. Finally, the Company disaggregates its revenues by brand portfolio into five brand categories: Franchise Brands, Partner Brands, Hasbro Gaming, Emerging Brands and TV/Film/Entertainment. We believe these collectively depict how the nature, amount, timing and uncertainty of revenue and cash flows are affected by economic factors. See note 21 for further information.