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Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Allocation of Performance-Based Restricted Units

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The number of non-vested equity-based payment instruments, excluding stock (or unit) options, that validly exist and are outstanding at the end of the period.

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Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Target Units as a Percentage of Total Units to be Earned

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Amount of cost to be recognized for nonvested award under share-based payment arrangement. Excludes share and unit options.

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STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION - NARRATIVE (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2020	Mar. 31, 2019	Mar. 31, 2018
Management Agreement
Reversal of forfeiture awards	$ 425	$ 5,784	$ 17,609
Reversal of capitalized costs	$ 2,607	$ 17,504
Restricted stock
Management Agreement
Award vesting period	3 years
Future unrecognized compensation cost, net of estimated forfeitures	$ 250,271
Weighted average remaining contractual terms	2 years 1 month 6 days
Time Based
Management Agreement
Intrinsic value (in dollars per share)	$ 115.01	$ 103.79	$ 106.28
Time Based \| Zelnick Media Corporation
Management Agreement
Intrinsic value (in dollars per share)	92.65	97.19	78.53
Market-based restricted shares \| Zelnick Media Corporation
Management Agreement
Options granted in period (in dollars per shares)	132.50	119.21	185.66
Employee Market-Based
Management Agreement
Options granted in period (in dollars per shares)	$ 201.07	$ 150.91	141.78
2017 Management Agreement \| Restricted stock
Management Agreement
Vested (in shares)	209,000
Forfeited (in shares)	20,000
Non-vested restricted stock units (in shares)	613,000	526,000
Performance Based Awards
Management Agreement
Granted (in shares)	500,000
Nonvested shares (in shares)	3,239,000	3,000,000
Vested (in shares)	233,000
Forfeited (in shares)	28,000
Options granted in period (in dollars per shares)	$ 124.50	$ 100.29	102.57
Performance Based Awards \| Zelnick Media Corporation
Management Agreement
Options granted in period (in dollars per shares)	$ 92.65	$ 97.19	$ 97.78
Performance and market-based restricted stock awards
Management Agreement
Fair values of restricted stock units vested	$ 219,007	$ 264,162	$ 268,570
Market-based restricted stock units
Management Agreement
Award vesting period	2 years
Target units as a percentage of total units to be earned	50.00%
Performance-based restricted stock units
Management Agreement
Award vesting period	2 years
Target units as a percentage of total units to be earned	50.00%
IP
Management Agreement
Allocation of performance-based restricted stock units	50.00%
Recurrent Consumer Spending ("RCS")
Management Agreement
Allocation of performance-based restricted stock units	50.00%