XML 22 R7.htm IDEA: XBRL DOCUMENT v3.21.1
Description Of Business And Segment Reporting
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2021
Description Of Business And Segment Reporting [Abstract]  
Description Of Business And Segment Reporting Note 1 – Description of Business and Segment Reporting

Our Company

Reading International, Inc., a Nevada corporation (“RDI” and collectively with our consolidated subsidiaries and corporate predecessors, the “Company,” “Reading,” and “we,” “us,” or “our”) was incorporated in 1999. Our businesses consist primarily of:

the development, ownership, and operation of cinemas in the United States, Australia, and New Zealand; and,

the development, ownership, operation and/or rental of retail, commercial and live venue real estate assets in Australia, New Zealand, and the United States.

Business Segments

Reported below are the operating segments of our Company for which separate financial information is available and evaluated regularly by the Chief Executive Officer, the chief operating decision-maker of our Company. As part of our real estate activities, we hold undeveloped land in urban and suburban centers in the United States, Australia, and New Zealand. In the first quarter of 2021, we sold our undeveloped land in Coachella, California, and Manukau, New Zealand.

The table below summarizes the results of operations for each of our business segments for the quarter ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively. Operating expense includes costs associated with the day-to-day operations of the cinemas and the management of rental properties, including our live theatre assets.

Three Months Ended

March 31,

(Dollars in thousands)

2021

2020

Revenue:

Cinema exhibition

$

18,115

$

46,310

Real estate

3,323

4,602

Inter-segment elimination

(131)

(1,684)

$

21,307

$

49,228

Segment operating income (loss):

Cinema exhibition

$

(8,275)

$

(2,654)

Real estate

(1,368)

187

$

(9,643)

$

(2,467)

A reconciliation of segment operating income to income before income taxes is as follows:

Three Months Ended

March 31,

(Dollars in thousands)

2021

2020

Segment operating income (loss)

$

(9,643)

$

(2,467)

Unallocated corporate expense

Depreciation and amortization expense

(231)

(192)

General and administrative expense

(4,103)

(4,380)

Interest expense, net

(4,363)

(1,789)

Equity earnings of unconsolidated joint ventures

(50)

78

Gain (loss) on sale of assets

46,545

Other income (expense)

1,641

(218)

Income (loss) before income tax expense

$

29,796

$

(8,968)