Investments in Productions and Investments in Acquired Content Rights (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 27, 2022

Other Industries [Abstract]

Schedule of Program Production Costs

The Company's unamortized investments in productions and investments in acquired content rights consisted of the following at March 27, 2022, March 28, 2021, and December 26, 2021:

	March 27, 2022		March 28, 2021		December 26, 2021
Investment in Films and Television Programs:
Individual Monetization
Released, net of amortization	$	489.1	$	481.9	$	481.7
Completed and not released	12.7		35.0		18.5
In production	157.8		147.4		151.6
Pre-production	87.7		72.8		84.0
	747.3		737.1		735.8
Film/TV Group Monetization (1)
Released, net of amortization	31.5		—		32.2
In production	15.8		—		13.0
	47.3		—		45.2
Investment in Other Programming
Released, net of amortization	5.2		14.8		5.3
Completed and not released	0.4		2.8		0.4
In production	14.4		4.2		12.6
Pre-production	1.8		8.7		1.7
	21.8		30.5		20.0
Total Program Investments	$	816.4	$	767.6	$	801.0

(1) Due to a monetization strategy change, as of December 26, 2021 the Company began monetizing certain content assets as a Film/TV group.

Program Cost Amortization

The Company recorded $138.5 million of program cost amortization related to released programming in the quarter ended March 27, 2022, consisting of the following:

	Investment in Production		Investment in Content		Other		Total
Program cost amortization	$	122.8	$	15.6	$	0.1	$	138.5