Revenue Recognition

9 Months Ended

Sep. 26, 2021

Revenue from Contract with Customer [Abstract]

Revenue Recognition

Revenue Recognition

Revenue Recognition

Revenue is recognized when control of the promised goods or content is transferred to the customers, in an amount that reflects the consideration the Company expects to be entitled to in exchange for transferring those goods or content. The Company accounts for a contract when it has approval and commitment from both parties, the rights of the parties are identified, payment terms are identified, the contract has commercial substance, and collectability of consideration is probable.

Contract Assets and Liabilities

Within our Consumer Products and Entertainment segments 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 was recorded within Accrued Liabilities and the long-term portion was recorded as Other Non-current Liabilities in the Company’s consolidated balance sheets. The Company records contract assets in the case of (1) minimum guarantees, which are recognized ratably over the term of the respective license period, being recognized in advance of contractual invoicing, and (2) film and television distribution revenue recorded for content delivered but for which payment will occur over the license term. The current portion of contract assets was recorded in Prepaid Expenses and Other Current Assets, respectively, and the long-term portion was recorded as Other Long-Term Assets.

At September 26, 2021, September 27, 2020 and December 27, 2020 the Company had the following contract assets and liabilities in its consolidated balance sheets:

	September 26, 2021		September 27, 2020		December 27, 2020
Assets
Contract assets - current	$	263.3	$	271.8	$	284.4
Contract assets - long term	108.1		84.9		77.0
Total	$	371.4	$	356.7	$	361.4
Liabilities
Contract liabilities - current	$	147.0	$	147.6	$	161.0
Contract liabilities - long term	9.7		17.9		18.2
Total	$	156.7	$	165.5	$	179.2

For the nine months ended September 26, 2021, the Company collected $35.0 million of the contract assets and recognized $88.9 million of contract liabilities that were included in the December 27, 2020 balances.

Unsatisfied performance obligations

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 September 26, 2021, unrecognized revenue attributable to unsatisfied performance obligations expected to be recognized in the future were $456.0 million. Of this amount, we expect to recognize $195.5 million in the remainder of 2021, $252.7 million in 2022, $4.3 million in 2023 and $3.5 million in 2024. These amounts include only fixed considerations.

Disaggregation of revenues

The Company disaggregates its revenues from contracts with customers by reportable segment: Consumer Products, Entertainment, and Wizards of the Coast and Digital Gaming. The Company further disaggregates revenues within its Consumer Products segment by major geographic region: North America, Europe, Latin America, and Asia Pacific; and within its Entertainment segment by category: Film & TV, Family Brands, and Other. 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 14 for further information.