Revenue Recognition

9 Months Ended

Oct. 01, 2023

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, Wizards of the Coast and Digital Gaming and Entertainment segments enter into contracts to license certain of the Company’s intellectual property, providing licensees right-to-use or access to such intellectual property 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, primarily related to (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.

The changes in carrying amounts of contract assets and liabilities for the nine months ended October 1, 2023 are as follows:

	October 1, 2023
Assets
Balance at beginning of the year	$	594.4
Recognized in current year	389.4
Amounts reclassified to accounts receivable	(427.4)
Reclassified to assets held for sale (1)	(384.6)
Foreign currency impact	(5.3)
Ending Balance	$	166.5
Liabilities
Balance at beginning of the year	$	113.0
Recognized in current year	254.5
Amounts in beginning balance reclassified to revenue	(68.3)
Current year amounts reclassified to revenue	(156.6)
Reclassified to liabilities held for sale (1)	(27.5)
Foreign currency impact	(2.1)
Ending Balance	$	113.0

(1) See note 15 for additional information on assets and liabilities held for sale.

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 October 1, 2023, unrecognized revenue attributable to unsatisfied performance obligations expected to be recognized in the future was $137.3 million of which $120.5 million is attributable to the Company's non-core entertainment business, expected to be sold to Lionsgate. Of the performance obligations expected to be retained following the pending sale, we expect to recognize $6.4 million in the remainder of 2023, $5.5 million in 2024 and $5.0 million in 2025. 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 October 1, 2023 and September 25, 2022 are primarily from contracts with customers. The Company had no material expense for credit losses for the quarters ended October 1, 2023 and September 25, 2022.

Disaggregation of revenues

The Company disaggregates its revenues from contracts with customers by reportable segment: Consumer Products, Wizards of the Coast and Digital Gaming, and Entertainment. The Company further disaggregates revenues within its Consumer Products segment by major geographic region: North America, Europe, Latin America, and Asia Pacific; within its Wizards of the Coast and Digital Gaming segment by category: Tabletop Gaming and Digital and Licensed Gaming; and within its Entertainment segment by category: Film & TV, Family Brands, and Other. Finally, the Company disaggregates its revenues by brand portfolio into four brand categories: Franchise Brands, Partner Brands, Portfolio Brands, and Non-Hasbro Branded Film & TV. We believe these collectively depict how the nature, amount, timing and uncertainty of revenue and cash flows are affected by economic factors. See note 13 for further information.