Revenue Recognition

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 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 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, through in-application purchases or through subscription services. These digital gaming revenues are recognized over a period of time, determined based on either player usage patterns or the estimated playing life of the user, or when additional downloadable content is made available, or as with subscription services, ratably over the subscription term. 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 change in the carrying amount of contract assets and liabilities for the year ended December 31, 2023 is as follows:

(In millions)	December 31, 2023
Assets
Balance at beginning of the year	$	594.4
Recognized in current year	478.6
Amounts reclassified (1)	(474.2)
Assets disposed (2)	(402.3)
Foreign currency impact	16.8
Ending Balance	$	213.3
Liabilities
Balance at beginning of the year	$	113.0
Recognized in current year	460.1
Amounts in beginning balance reclassified to revenue	(89.9)
Current year amounts reclassified to revenue	(224.3)
Liabilities disposed (1)	(25.8)
Foreign currency impact	(2.3)
Ending Balance	$	230.8

(1) These amounts are primarily related to balances reclassified to Accounts receivable.

(2) See note 3 for additional information on the sale of the eOne film and TV business.

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 31, 2023, unrecognized revenue attributable to unsatisfied performance obligations expected to be recognized in the future was $11.7 million. Of this amount, we expect to recognize approximately $6.6 million in 2024 and $5.1 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 December 31, 2023 and December 25, 2022 are primarily from contracts with customers. The Company had no material expense for credit losses in the fiscal years ended 2023, 2022, or 2021.

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 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.