Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies (Policy)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2017

Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Abstract]

Basis of Consolidation

The accompanying consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company’s wholly-owned subsidiaries as well as majority-owned subsidiaries that the Company controls, and should be read in conjunction with the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K as of and for the year-ended December 31, 2016 (“2016 Form 10-K”). All significant intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation. These were prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”) for interim reporting with the instructions for Form 10-Q and Rule 10-01 of Regulation S-X of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). As such, they do not include all information and footnotes required by U.S. GAAP for complete financial statements. We believe that we have included all normal and recurring adjustments necessary for a fair presentation of the results for the interim period. Operating results for the quarter and six months ended June 30, 2017 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the year ending December 31, 2017.

Use Of Estimates

Use of Estimates

The preparation of consolidated financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP that requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the consolidated financial statements and footnotes thereto. Significant estimates include (i) projections we make regarding the recoverability and impairment of our assets (including goodwill and intangibles), (ii) valuations of our derivative instruments, (iii) recoverability of our deferred tax assets, (iv) estimation of gift card and gift certificate breakage which we concluded to have remote likelihood of redemption, and (v) allocation of insurance proceeds to various recoverable components. Actual results may differ from those estimates.

Reclassifications

Certain reclassifications have been made in the 2016 comparative information in the consolidated balance sheets, statement of cash flows and notes to conform to the 2017 presentation. These reclassifications relate to the following, for which we assessed to be allowable under Regulation S-X, Rule 10.01 due to immaterial balances:

(i)

reclassification of Investment in Reading International Trust I as part of “Other assets” line in our consolidated balance sheets; and,

(ii)

combination of certain amortization items in our consolidated statement of cash flows (under Operating Activities section) into one line, called “Other amortization”.

Recently Adopted And Issued Accounting Pronouncements

Recently Adopted and Issued Accounting Pronouncements

Adopted:

On January 1, 2017, the Company adopted ASU 2016-09, Compensation—Stock Compensation (Topic 718): Improvements to Employee Share-Based Payment Accounting. This new guidance, which became effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2016, provided simplifications to several aspects of the accounting for share-based payment transactions, including (i) accounting for tax benefits in excess of compensation cost and tax deficiencies, (ii) accounting for forfeitures, and (iii) classification on the statement of cash flows. The significant impact of the adoption of this new guidance to us is the immediate recognition of excess tax benefits (or “windfalls”) and tax deficiencies (or “shortfalls”) in the consolidated statement of income. Previously, (i) tax windfalls were recorded in additional paid-in capital (“APIC”) in the consolidated statement of stockholder’s equity and (ii) tax shortfalls were recorded in APIC to the extent of previous windfalls and then to the consolidated statement of income. This simplification eliminated the administrative complexity of tracking the “windfall pool”.

Issued:

In March 2017, the FASB issued ASU 2017-07, Compensation—Retirement Benefits (Topic 715): Improving the Presentation of Net Periodic Pension Cost and Net Periodic Postretirement Benefit Cost. The amendments in this Update (i) require that an employer disaggregate the service cost component from the other components of net benefit cost, and (ii) provide explicit guidance on how to present the service cost component and the other components of net benefit cost in the income statement and allow only the service cost component of net benefit cost to be eligible for capitalization. The new guidance is effective for the Company on January 1, 2018. Early adoption is permitted as of the beginning of an annual period for which financial statements (interim or annual) have not been issued or made available for issuance. As our existing pension annuity (replacing the supplemental executive retirement plan) for our now deceased former Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer does not include any service cost component, we do not anticipate the adoption of ASU 2017-07 to have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements.

In January 2017, the FASB issued ASU 2017-04, Intangibles – Goodwill and Other (Topic 350): Simplifying the Test for Goodwill Impairment. This new guidance simplifies the subsequent measurement of goodwill by removing the second step of the two-step impairment test. The amendment requires an entity to perform its annual, or interim goodwill impairment test by comparing the fair value of a reporting unit with its carrying amount. An impairment charge should be recognized for the amount by which the carrying amount exceeds the reporting unit's fair value; however, the loss recognized should not exceed the total amount of goodwill allocated to that reporting unit. An entity still has the option to perform the qualitative assessment for a reporting unit to determine if the quantitative impairment test is necessary. The amendment should be applied on a prospective basis. The new guidance is effective for the Company on January 1, 2020, including interim periods within the year of adoption. Early adoption is permitted for interim or annual goodwill impairment tests performed on testing dates after January 1, 2017. We do not anticipate the adoption of ASU 2017-04 to have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements.

Also, in January 2017, the FASB issued ASU 2017-01, Business Combination (Topic 805): Clarifying the Definition of a Business. This ASU provides additional guidance in regards evaluating whether a transaction should be treated as an asset acquisition (or disposal) or a business combination. Particularly, the amendments to this ASU provide that when substantially all of the fair value of the gross assets acquired (or disposed of) is concentrated in a single identifiable asset or a group of similar identifiable assets, the set is not a business. This clarification reduces the number of transactions that needs further evaluation for business combination. This becomes effective for the Company on January 1, 2018. As there are no anticipated acquisitions for 2017, we do not anticipate the ASU 2017-01 to be applicable on our 2017 consolidated financial statements.

Further, in January 2017, the FASB issued ASU 2017-03, Accounting Changes and Error Corrections (Topic 250) and Investments—Equity Method and Joint Ventures (Topic 323): Amendments to SEC Paragraphs Pursuant to Staff Announcements at the September 22, 2016 and November 17, 2016 EITF Meetings. This ASU incorporates into the Codification the SEC Staff announcements made at previous EITF meetings expressing its expectations about the extent of disclosures issuers should make about the effects of the recently issued FASB guidance (including any amendments issued prior to adoption) on (i) revenue from contract with customers (ASU 2016-13), (ii) leases (ASU 2016-02) and (iii) credit losses on financial instruments (ASU 2016-13) in accordance with Staff Accounting Bulletin (“SAB”) Topic 11.M. SAB 11.M requires issuers to disclose the effect that recently issued accounting standards will have on their financial statements when adopted in a future period. ASU 2017-03 incorporates these SEC staff views into ASC 250 and adds references to that guidance in the transition paragraphs of each of the three new standards. In accordance with this disclosure requirement, we provide below our initial analysis of the impact of the following recently issued standards (including any amendments prior to adoption) that are effective in future periods:

ASU 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606) – FASB issued this new guidance, which becomes effective to us and for which we plan to adopt by January 1, 2018, to achieve a consistent application of revenue recognition within the U.S., resulting in a single revenue model to be applied by reporting companies under U.S. GAAP. Under this new model, recognition of revenues occurs when a customer obtains control of promised goods or services in an amount that reflects the consideration to which the entity expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods or services. This new standard is required to be applied either: (i) retrospectively to each prior reporting period presented, or (ii) retrospectively with the cumulative effect of initially applying it recognized at the date of initial application. We have not yet selected a transition method nor have we fully determined the impact of this new standard on our consolidated financial statements. However, we believe the proposed guidance will not have a material impact to our cinema exhibition business given revenues from movie ticket and food and beverage sales are not contractually-driven (rather, based on published rates) and are principally collected in cash or credit cards at our theatre locations and through our online selling channels. In addition, the new standard requires that reporting companies disclose the nature, amount, timing and uncertainty of revenue and cash flows arising from contracts with customers. As a result, there might be incremental disclosures in our future filings once this guidance is adopted. We are in the process of completing an analysis to ensure full compliance prior to the effective date. In regards to ASUs subsequently issued that amends or are related to ASU 2014-09, we disclose our initial analysis as follows:

ASU 2016-04, Recognition of Breakage for Certain Prepaid Stored-Value Products (Subtopic 405-20) – FASB issued this new guidance on extinguishment of liabilities, which becomes effective to us and for which we plan to adopt by January 1, 2018, related to prepaid stored-value products (such as our gift cards and gift certificates) based on the same breakage model required by Topic 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers. Accordingly, issuers will be required to recognize the expected breakage amount (i.e., derecognize the liability) either (1) proportionally in earnings as redemptions occur, or (2) when redemption is remote. While this guidance is not applicable until 2018, we have effectively applied this through our recording of the gift card breakage income as a change in accounting policy in our 2016 Form 10-K with retrospective application to January 1, 2014. As a result, the Company does not anticipate the adoption of ASU 2016-04 to have a material impact on the consolidated financial statements and related disclosures when it becomes effective in 2018.

ASU 2016-08, Principal vs Agent Considerations (Reporting Revenue Gross versus Net) (Topic 606) – FASB issued this amendment to the principal versus agent guidance in the new revenue standard to clarify that the analysis must focus on whether the entity has control of the goods or services before they are transferred to the customer. If control is not certain, the reporting company would need to evaluate three indicators that control has been obtained before the entity transfers the goods or services to a customer: (a) entity is primary responsible for fulfilment, (b) entity has inventory risk before or after the good or service is transferred to the customer, and (c) entity has discretion to establish pricing. In regards our live theatre business, we provide administrative support, including collection of ticket sales, as part of our license agreement with the production companies. We recognize revenues on a weekly basis after performance of a show occurs based on fixed and variable fees (as a percentage of ticket sales) pursuant to such license agreement. Given our involvement is to provide only administrative support and control over the “performance of the show” to the ultimate customers (that is, the spectators) is held by the production companies, we believe we mainly act as an agent. Accordingly, reporting revenues net (that is, record only the fixed and variable fees per the license agreement rather than the gross collections) continues to be appropriate.

ASU 2016-02, Leases (Topic 842) – This new guidance, which becomes effective to us and for which we plan to adopt by January 1, 2019, establishes a right-of-use ("ROU") model that requires a lessee to record a ROU asset and a lease liability on the balance sheet for all leases with terms longer than 12 months. Leases will be classified as either finance or operating, with classification affecting the pattern of expense recognition in the income statement. A modified retrospective transition approach is required for lessees with capital and operating leases existing at, or entered into after, the beginning of the earliest comparative period presented in the financial statements, with certain practical expedients available. While we are still evaluating the impact of our pending adoption of this new standard on our consolidated financial statements, we expect that upon adoption we will recognize ROU assets and lease liabilities and that the amounts could be material since a majority of our operating cinemas are on leased-facility model. We are in the process of developing an implementation plan and significant implementation matters yet to be addressed include, among others, the following: (i) assessment of lease population, (ii) determination of appropriate discount rate to use and (ii) assessment of renewal options to include in the initial lease term.