Impact Of COVID-19 Pandemic And Liquidity	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2020
Impact Of COVID-19 Pandemic And Liquidity [Abstract]
Impact Of COVID-19 Pandemic And Liquidity	Note 3 – Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic and Liquidity On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization (“WHO”) declared the recent spread of the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, a global pandemic. Since the date of this declaration, a number of nations have, either voluntarily or through government legislation, gone into various states of self-isolation in order to slow the spread of COVID-19. These measures involved closure of all business deemed ‘non-essential’, and that all ‘non-essential’ workers, and all members of the public, remain in their homes until further notice. These measures are widely expected to continue, in one form or another, until the COVID-19 spread is considered contained. There is no reliable estimate as to how long this may be. Recently, several jurisdictions have begun relaxing these measures but principally due to pressure on their economies, rather than material containment of the COVID-19 virus. As a result of COVID-19 and the associated local government legislation, beginning in March 2020 and continuing through and beyond the end of the first quarter of 2020, we temporarily closed all of our live theatres and cinema operations in the U.S., Australia and New Zealand. Trading restrictions enforced by the local governments in Australia and New Zealand have also affected many of our tenants at our centers, most of which remained open for trading through the COVID-19 crisis. As of the date of this Form 10-Q, all of our New Zealand cinemas are open with no social distancing measures, and approximately half our Australian cinemas are open, albeit with social distancing measures in place. We expect that, for a period of time, the number of patrons returning to our cinemas will be lower than that experienced before COVID-19. The repercussions of COVID-19 resulted in a significant decrease in the Company’s revenues and earnings in the first quarter of 2020. During the period in which our cinemas and theaters are closed, we will continue to experience a significant decline in earnings. Our cinema and live theatre operations will generate effectively no revenue while they are closed to the public. Our real estate revenue and earnings will be affected by the closure of a number of our tenants’ businesses and the potential need to issue certain tenants with abatements in order to assist them through this period. The Company may continue to be significantly impacted by COVID-19 even after some or all of our theaters are re-opened. The global economic impact of COVID-19 has led to high levels of unemployment in our operating jurisdictions and may lead to lower consumer spending in the near term. The timing of a recovery of consumer behavior and willingness to spend discretionary income on movie-going may delay our ability to produce financial results at pre-COVID-19 levels until such time as consumer spending recovers. As discussed below in Note 11 – Debt, due to the matters noted above, there is uncertainty regarding our ability to continue to meet future debt covenants per our lending agreements with Bank of America and National Australia Bank. While we have to date been able to obtain waivers of these covenants, the determination whether to grant or not grant such waivers is in the hands of our lenders. Accordingly, as mandated by U.S. GAAP, we have classified a portion of our debt as current. As of March 31, 2020, the Company had negative working capital of $163.7 million. In response to the uncertainties associated with COVID-19, the Company has taken and is continuing to take significant steps to preserve cash by eliminating non-essential costs, reducing employee hours and deferring all non-essential capital expenditures to minimum levels. The Company has successfully negotiated rent abatements and deferrals with a number of its landlords and continues to pursue additional concessions. The Company has also successfully secured access to government wage subsidy programs in Australia and New Zealand. The Company continues to review and apply for additional financial support where appropriate, but there can be no guarantee that the Company will be successful, or the degree that it may be successful, in its applications for such support. Management has drawn down in full the debt facilities available to the Company and has reviewed the potential sale of certain non-core real estate assets or the use of our unencumbered properties to provide collateral to support current or new financings in order to meet future liquidity demands. The Company considers that the events and factors described above constitute impairment indicators under ASC 360 Property, Plant and Equipment. The Company performed a quantitative recoverability test of the carrying values of all of its asset groups. The Company estimated the undiscounted future cash flows expected to result from the use of these asset groups and determined that there was no impairment as of March 31, 2020. The cash flow estimates used in this review are consistent with budgetary revisions performed by management in response to COVID-19. The realization of these forecasts is dependent on a number of variables and conditions, many of which are due to the uncertainties associated with COVID-19 and as a result, actual results may materially differ from management’s estimates. The Company considers that the events and factors described above constitute impairment indicators under ASC 350 Intangibles – Goodwill and Other. The Company performed a quantitative goodwill impairment test and determined that its goodwill was not impaired as of March 31, 2020. The test was performed at reporting unit level by comparing each reporting unit’s carrying value, including goodwill, to its fair value. The fair value of each reporting unit was assessed using a discounted cash flow model based on the budgetary revisions performed by management in response to COVID-19. The realization of these forecasts is dependent on a number of variables and conditions, many of which are due to the uncertainties associated with COVID-19 and as a result, actual results may materially differ from management’s estimates.

Note 3 – Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic and Liquidity

On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization (“WHO”) declared the recent spread of the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, a global pandemic. Since the date of this declaration, a number of nations have, either voluntarily or through government legislation, gone into various states of self-isolation in order to slow the spread of COVID-19. These measures involved closure of all business deemed ‘non-essential’, and that all ‘non-essential’ workers, and all members of the public, remain in their homes until further notice. These measures are widely expected to continue, in one form or another, until the COVID-19 spread is considered contained. There is no reliable estimate as to how long this may be. Recently, several jurisdictions have begun relaxing these measures but principally due to pressure on their economies, rather than material containment of the COVID-19 virus. As a result of COVID-19 and the associated local government legislation, beginning in March 2020 and continuing through and beyond the end of the first quarter of 2020, we temporarily closed all of our live theatres and cinema operations in the U.S., Australia and New Zealand. Trading restrictions enforced by the local governments in Australia and New Zealand have also affected many of our tenants at our centers, most of which remained open for trading through the COVID-19 crisis. As of the date of this Form 10-Q, all of our New Zealand cinemas are open with no social distancing measures, and approximately half our Australian cinemas are open, albeit with social distancing measures in place. We expect that, for a period of time, the number of patrons returning to our cinemas will be lower than that experienced before COVID-19.

The repercussions of COVID-19 resulted in a significant decrease in the Company’s revenues and earnings in the first quarter of 2020. During the period in which our cinemas and theaters are closed, we will continue to experience a significant decline in earnings. Our cinema and live theatre operations will generate effectively no revenue while they are closed to the public. Our real estate revenue and earnings will be affected by the closure of a number of our tenants’ businesses and the potential need to issue certain tenants with abatements in order to assist them through this period.

The Company may continue to be significantly impacted by COVID-19 even after some or all of our theaters are re-opened. The global economic impact of COVID-19 has led to high levels of unemployment in our operating jurisdictions and may lead to lower consumer spending in the near term. The timing of a recovery of consumer behavior and willingness to spend discretionary income on movie-going may delay our ability to produce financial results at pre-COVID-19 levels until such time as consumer spending recovers.

As discussed below in Note 11 – Debt, due to the matters noted above, there is uncertainty regarding our ability to continue to meet future debt covenants per our lending agreements with Bank of America and National Australia Bank. While we have to date been able to obtain waivers of these covenants, the determination whether to grant or not grant such waivers is in the hands of our lenders. Accordingly, as mandated by U.S. GAAP, we have classified a portion of our debt as current. As of March 31, 2020, the Company had negative working capital of $163.7 million. In response to the uncertainties associated with COVID-19, the Company has taken and is continuing to take significant steps to preserve cash by eliminating non-essential costs, reducing employee hours and deferring all non-essential capital expenditures to minimum levels. The Company has successfully negotiated rent abatements and deferrals with a number of its landlords and continues to pursue additional concessions. The Company has also successfully secured access to government wage subsidy programs in Australia and New Zealand. The Company continues to review and apply for additional financial support where appropriate, but there can be no guarantee that the Company will be successful, or the degree that it may be successful, in its applications for such support. Management has drawn down in full the debt facilities available to the Company and has reviewed the potential sale of certain non-core real estate assets or the use of our unencumbered properties to provide collateral to support current or new financings in order to meet future liquidity demands.

The Company considers that the events and factors described above constitute impairment indicators under ASC 360 Property, Plant and Equipment. The Company performed a quantitative recoverability test of the carrying values of all of its asset groups. The Company estimated the undiscounted future cash flows expected to result from the use of these asset groups and determined that there was no impairment as of March 31, 2020. The cash flow estimates used in this review are consistent with budgetary revisions performed by management in response to COVID-19. The realization of these forecasts is dependent on a number of variables and conditions, many of which are due to the uncertainties associated with COVID-19 and as a result, actual results may materially differ from management’s estimates.

The Company considers that the events and factors described above constitute impairment indicators under ASC 350 Intangibles – Goodwill and Other. The Company performed a quantitative goodwill impairment test and determined that its goodwill was not impaired as of March 31, 2020. The test was performed at reporting unit level by comparing each reporting unit’s carrying value, including goodwill, to its fair value. The fair value of each reporting unit was assessed using a discounted cash flow model based on the budgetary revisions performed by management in response to COVID-19. The realization of these forecasts is dependent on a number of variables and conditions, many of which are due to the uncertainties associated with COVID-19 and as a result, actual results may materially differ from management’s estimates.