Revenue from contracts with customers (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2018

Revenue from Contract with Customer [Abstract]

Disaggregation of Revenue

Revenue Disaggregated by Reportable Segment and Type of Service

(In millions)	Core Services		High-Value Services	Other Security Services	Total
Three months ended June 30, 2018
Reportable Segments:
North America	$	189.8	134.2	—	324.0
South America	113.9		116.2	3.2	233.3
Rest of World	88.3		128.9	49.6	266.8
Total reportable segments	392.0		379.3	52.8	824.1
Not Allocated to Segments:
Venezuela	7.7		17.9	—	25.6
Total	$	399.7	397.2	52.8	849.7
Three months ended June 30, 2017
Reportable Segments:
North America	$	182.9	128.1	—	311.0
South America	97.0		104.6	3.0	204.6
Rest of World	77.1		117.0	49.9	244.0
Total reportable segments	357.0		349.7	52.9	759.6
Not Allocated to Segments:
Venezuela	24.3		22.0	—	46.3
Total	$	381.3	371.7	52.9	805.9
Six months ended June 30, 2018
Reportable Segments:
North America	$	379.8	264.3	—	644.1
South America	239.3		242.7	6.1	488.1
Rest of World	181.9		259.3	104.0	545.2
Total reportable segments	801.0		766.3	110.1	1,677.4
Not Allocated to Segments:
Venezuela	18.4		33.0	—	51.4
Total	$	819.4	799.3	110.1	1,728.8
Six months ended June 30, 2017
Reportable Segments:
North America	$	355.2	260.4	—	615.6
South America	193.8		206.0	7.0	406.8
Rest of World	155.8		228.0	93.7	477.5
Total reportable segments	704.8		694.4	100.7	1,499.9
Not Allocated to Segments:
Venezuela	48.4		46.0	—	94.4
Total	$	753.2	740.4	100.7	1,594.3

Contract with Customer, Asset and Liability

The opening and closing balances of receivables, contract assets and contract liabilities related to contracts with customers are as follows:

(In millions)	Receivables			Contract Asset	Contract Liability
Opening (January 1, 2018)	$	642.3		0.4	5.6
Closing (June 30, 2018)	595.7			0.8	4.4
Increase (decrease)	$	(46.6	)	0.4	(1.2	)

Schedule of Prospective Adoption of New Accounting Pronouncements

The adoption of the new revenue recognition standard impacted our reported amounts in 2018 as follows:

(In millions)	As reported			Impact of New Revenue Recognition Standard		Pro Forma under Old Revenue Recognition Standard
Three months ended June 30, 2018
Statement of Operations
Revenues	$	849.7		(0.3	)	850.0
Operating profit	61.7			(0.7	)	62.4
Net income (loss) attributable to Brink's	(107.9		)	(0.4	)	(107.5	)
Six months ended June 30, 2018
Statement of Operations
Revenues	$	1,728.8		2.7		1,726.1
Operating profit	126.5			0.4		126.1
Net income (loss) attributable to Brink's	(85.6		)	0.2		(85.8	)
As of June 30, 2018
Balance Sheet
Prepaid expenses and other assets	$	151.6		0.8		150.8
Other assets	166.4			1.6		164.8
Retained earnings	467.4			1.7		465.7