Revenue Recognition

12 Months Ended

Dec. 26, 2021

Revenue from Contract with Customer [Abstract]

Revenue Recognition

Revenue Recognition

Contract Assets and Liabilities

In the ordinary course of business, the Company’s Consumer Products and Entertainment segments enter into contracts to license certain of the Company’s intellectual property, providing licensees right-to-use access for use in the production and sale of consumer products and digital game development, and for use within content for distribution over streaming platforms and for television and film. The Company also licenses owned television and film content for distribution to third parties in formats that include broadcast, digital streaming and theatrical. Through these arrangements, the Company may receive advanced royalty payments from licensees, either in advance of a licensees’ subsequent sales to customers or, prior to the completion of the Company’s performance obligation. In addition, the Company’s Wizards of the Coast and Digital Gaming segment may receive advanced payments from end users of its digital games at the time of the initial purchase or through in-application purchases. These digital gaming revenues are recognized over a period of time, determined based on player usage patterns or the estimated playing life of the user or when additional downloadable content is made available. The Company defers revenues on all licensee and digital gaming advanced payments until the respective performance obligations are satisfied. The Company records the aggregate deferred revenues as contract liabilities, with the current portion recorded within Accrued Liabilities and the long-term portion 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 being recognized in advance of contractual invoicing, which are recognized ratably over the terms of the respective license periods, and (2) film and television distribution revenues recorded for content delivered, where payment will occur over the license term. The current portion of contract assets is recorded in Prepaid Expenses and Other Current Assets, respectively, and the long-term portion is recorded within Other Long-Term Assets.

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

(In millions)	December 26, 2021		December 27, 2020
Assets
Contract assets - current	$	286.9	284.4
Contract assets - long term	104.2		77.0
Total	$	391.1	361.4
Liabilities
Contract liabilities - current	$	114.1	161.0
Contract liabilities - long term	7.1		18.2
Total	$	121.2	179.2

For the year ended December 26, 2021, the Company recognized $49.4 million of the contract assets and $123.2 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 December 26, 2021, unrecognized revenue attributable to unsatisfied performance obligations expected to be recognized in the future was $304.1 million. Of this amount, we expect to recognize approximately $238.1 million in 2022, $53.9 million in 2023, and $12.1 million in 2024. These amounts include only fixed consideration.

Accounts Receivable and Allowance for Credit Losses

The Company’s balance for accounts receivable on the consolidated balance sheets as of December 26, 2021 and December 27, 2020 are primarily from contracts with customers. In the year ended December 29, 2019, the Company recorded a charge for credit losses for accounts receivable of approximately $49.0 million related to Toys“R”Us. The Company had no other material expense for credit losses in the years ended December 26, 2021, December 27, 2020, or December 29, 2019.

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 Music 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 21 for additional information on disaggregation of revenues.

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