Impact Of COVID-19 Pandemic And Liquidity	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2020
Impact Of COVID-19 Pandemic And Liquidity [Abstract]
Impact Of COVID-19 Pandemic And Liquidity	NOTE 3 – IMPACT OF COVID-19 PANDEMIC ON LIQUIDITY On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization (“WHO”) declared the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, a global pandemic. Following the date of this declaration, many jurisdictions imposed various restrictions on “non-essential” activities. In the jurisdictions in which we operate, these restrictions typically included closure of all business deemed “non-essential” (including movie-theaters and most other indoor forms of entertainment), and that all “non-essential” workers, and all members of the public, remain in their homes. As a result, 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. Operating restrictions adopted in Australia and New Zealand also affected, and to varying degrees continue to affect, many of our tenants at our retail shopping centers. While most of these tenants have, to date, remained open for trading, we have in many cases agreed to rent abatements or deferrals. In the second to fourth quarters of 2020, and continuing into 2021, several jurisdictions began relaxing COVID-19 restrictions, however other jurisdictions are, to varying degrees reinstating their lockdowns due to the resurgence of COVID-19. Even where businesses have been allowed to reopen, operational limitations on density, hours of operation, and other operating factors, and public concern about interacting with third parties, have prevented a return to normal operations. Vaccination programs have begun across the globe, but periodic closures and limitations on operating activities are expected to continue until the COVID-19 spread is considered materially contained. There is no reliable estimate as to when this will be. Cinema Segment Impact As of March 31, 2021, we had reopened 19 of our 24 cinemas in the U.S. Our Kahala cinema is closed pending the completion of renovations which have been delayed due to COVID-19. We will open the remaining five cinemas when Management determines it is operationally expedient to do so. In the second quarter of 2020, we reopened all the cinemas in our New Zealand circuit except for our Reading Cinemas at Courtenay Central (which continues to be closed due to seismic concerns), with social distancing measures in place. Government imposed social distancing requirements were discontinued in New Zealand on June 8, 2020. In June and July 2020, we reopened all our Australia circuit with social distancing measures in place. Certain locations in Australia and New Zealand have been, and may be in the future, subject to short local lockdowns in instances where community transition of the virus as spread, but these have been isolated to individual areas. As we complete the reopening of our cinemas in the U.S., COVID-19 has and continues to adversely impact our business not only because of government mandated closures, but also by reducing our seating capacities, increasing our costs of operation due to the need for the implementation of enhanced cleaning protocols, deterring potential customers from sharing entertainment spaces with third parties, and deterring film distributors from releasing their films to exhibitors. While we have confidence in the movies anticipated for release in 2021 and 2022, there can be no assurances that the timing of these releases will not be materially rescheduled by movie studios. Such rescheduling may push the relative revenues into later quarters, and in circumstances where a movie is released to streaming on the same day as the theaters, also have the effect of reducing our potential patronage. For these reasons, even if legally permitted to reopen, our decisions to reopen any particular theaters, and whether to have that theater remain open, will be impacted by a variety of considerations including movie availability, customer demand, and safety considerations relative to our staff and customers. Real Estate Segment Impact Substantially all our tenants in our Australian real estate business are currently open for trading. All our tenants in our New Zealand real estate business are currently open for trading. However, most of the rentable retail portions of our Courtenay Central location continue to be closed since January 2019 due to seismic concerns. We have, to varying degrees, supported certain tenants with rent abatements and deferrals, and may continue to do so until we believe that such tenants are able to fully perform their obligations despite COVID-19 impacts, although the magnitude of such assistance has diminished since the end of the third quarter of 2020. In the U.S., much of our real estate income is generated by rental revenue from our live theatres which, as of the date of this Report, are closed to the public due to COVID-19. Liquidity Impact The repercussions of COVID-19 resulted in a significant decrease in our Company’s revenues and earnings for the year ended December 31, 2020. The closure of our global cinemas resulted in effectively no revenue in the second quarter of 2020, and significantly reduced revenues for the remainder of the year, albeit with some improvements in Australia and New Zealand towards the end of the fourth quarter. The closures caused our Company to experience significantly reduced revenues and incur operating losses due to (i) the continuing closure of certain cinemas due to government mandates as a result of COVID-19, (ii) the major studios postponing or removing their tentpole movies from the global 2020 release calendar as a direct result of COVID-19, (iii) increased operating costs due to COVID-19 safety protocols, and (iv) reduced attendance due to potential audience hesitance to engage socially with third parties and/or a lack of compelling movies scheduled at reopened theaters. Despite our third and fourth quarter losses being partially offset by income generated by our reopened New Zealand and Australia cinemas, and to a lesser extent our reopened U.S. cinemas, as a result of the conditions described in (ii), (iii) and (iv) above, even in markets where we have been permitted to reopen, we have, in many cases, not been able to operate profitably at the theater level. With regards to our real estate operations, while all our New Zealand and Australian real estate tenants are currently trading (other than certain tenants who have closed for reasons unrelated to COVID-19), our real estate revenue and earnings may continue to be affected by any rent relief that we may deem necessary to provide to certain tenants experiencing impacts from COVID-19. Cost reduction activities As of December 31, 2020, our Company had negative working capital of $64.1 million compared to negative working capital of $84.1 million at December 31, 2019.   Due to timing differences between the date revenues are recognized at our cinemas and the date on which we pay our film rent, we customarily have some level of negative working capital. In response to the issues associated with COVID-19, our Company has taken, and continues to take, significant proactive steps to preserve cash by: (i)Completing arrangements with substantially all our third-party landlords, arrangements which have resulted in both abatements and deferrals of our occupancy costs. We continue to negotiate with landlords for further abatement and/or deferrals of occupancy costs and related terms; (ii)Reducing our costs of labor across the company through a combination of terminations, working hour reductions, cash bonus eliminations and hiring freezes; (iii)Eliminating non-essential operating costs; (iv)Deferring, to the extent practicable, certain operating expenses, such as utility costs; and (v)Deferring, to the extent practicable, all non-essential capital expenditures. Cash generation activities In addition to the actions taken to preserve cash during the effects of COVID-19, our Company has taken proactive steps to generate additional cash inflows. As detailed at Note 5 – Real Estate Transactions, we sold our non-income generating land at Manukau, New Zealand, and Coachella, California, in the first quarter of 2021. These sales produced net cash inflow of $60.0 million, net of transfers to our 50% partner with respect to the sale of Coachella. Our Company secured access to government wage subsidy programs in Australia and New Zealand. The Australian wage subsidy program expired on March 27, 2021. The New Zealand program expired on August 25, 2020. Our Company continues to review various programs offered by governmental agencies in the jurisdictions where it operates as those programs are further defined or revised, but there can be no assurances that our Company will qualify for any such programs or, even if it does qualify, the degree that it may be successful in its applications for such support. In addition, during the third quarter of 2020, Management lodged an application to carry back certain operating losses under the recently enacted CARES Act. The CARES Act permits net operating losses generated from tax years 2018 through 2020 to be carried back five years. During the third quarter of 2020, the Company filed its 2019 federal income tax return and carried back the net operating losses generated in 2019 to offset taxable income from tax years 2015 and 2016. The CARES Act also permits corporate taxpayers to claim in full any previously unrefunded alternative minimum tax credit in the 2019 tax year. This claim was made with our Company’s 2019 federal income tax return. The carryback of the 2019 net operating loss and the refund claim for 100% of the remaining alternative minimum tax credit resulted in a tax refund receivable of approximately $5.1 million after the filing of the 2019 federal income tax return. The $5.1 million refund was received as of January 31, 2021. Debt Management To address the impacts of COVID-19 on our financing arrangements, we have renegotiated certain financial covenant modifications with our applicable lenders. These modifications permit us to classify the relevant debt instruments as long term and are further discussed below in Note 11 – Borrowings. As of March 31, 2020, Management had drawn down in full the operating debt facilities available to our Company. As of December 31, 2020, all our Company’s facilities remain fully drawn with the exception of the Bank of America Credit Facility which has $3.8 million of capacity available, as detailed in Note 11 – Borrowings. Our Company’s use of these funds is in some ways limited due to limitations on the repatriation of funds from Australia and New Zealand to the United States and limitations on our use of the proceeds from our $55.0 million Bank of America Credit Facility for purposes unrelated to our U.S. cinema activities. Our Company has continued its efforts to secure our financing position in 2021. On March 26, 2021, we repaid in full the $40.6 million construction loan secured by our 44 Union Square property. We are actively engaged in the refinancing of this property and while no assurances can be given, believe that this financing will be in place by June 30, 2021. Going Concern Management continues to evaluate the assertion required by ASC 205-40 Going Concern as it relates to our Company, including its operations in its various individual operating jurisdictions: U.S., Australia and New Zealand. Management’s evaluation is informed by current liquidity positions, cash flow estimates, known capital and other expenditure requirements and commitments and Management’s current business plan and strategies. Our Company’s business plan - two businesses (real estate and cinema) in three countries (Australia, New Zealand and the U.S.) - has served us well since the onset of COVID-19 and is key to Management’s overall evaluation of ASC 205-40 Going Concern. The above discussed factors, including principally but not limited, to the temporary closure of our cinemas, materially reduced cinema attendances and as a result materially reduced revenues and cash flows mean that, absent Management plans, the Company’s liquidity is insufficient to meet its obligations as they fall due. As a result, there is substantial doubt that the Company will be able to continue as a going concern for at least twelve months following the issuance of our financial statements; however, it is probable that Management’s plans described herein will alleviate that substantial doubt. Management’s forecasts and cash flow estimates are based on the current expectation that the global cinema industry will begin to recover in 2021, but this forecast relies upon, among other things, the elimination of governmental restrictions on the reopening of cinemas, the resumption of release of tentpole movies, and confidence of moviegoers in the safety protocols established by the global cinema industry. These named factors are both out of Management’s control and are material, individually and in the aggregate, to the realization of Management’s forecasts and expectations throughout the period of COVID-19. Management recognizes that in times of domestic or global economic turmoil, including COVID-19, our estimates and judgments with respect to these cash flow estimates are subject to greater uncertainty than in more stable periods. The forecasts are inherently uncertain and have required us to make estimates and judgements regarding the extent to which COVID-19 will continue to affect the cinema industry. Management reviewed its significant cinema and real estate operations in Australia and New Zealand, two geographies that have experienced relatively more success in controlling COVID-19 than the U.S. As of December 31, 2020, substantially all our cinema operations and real estate operations had resumed in Australia and New Zealand. However, the cash flow of our Australian and New Zealand cinemas has been diminished by the temporary determinations by the major studios to delay the global release of tentpole movies. The major studios are delaying these releases, largely because key cinema markets in the U.S. (i.e. New York City and Los Angeles) had remained, and to an extent continue to be, closed. Our Australian real estate’s revenue generation abilities are less affected by COVID-19, and aside from the issuance of rental abatements and deferrals to certain tenants, our portfolio continues to generate near-to-expected cash flows. In order to alleviate the substantial doubt that the Company will be able to generate sufficient cash flows within the twelve month period after the issuance of these financial statements to meet its obligations as they become due, Management has in place specific plans to meet such obligations. Firstly, Management is implementing its business plan to refinance our Company’s 44 Union Square property, having on March 26, 2021, repaid the $40.6 million construction loan. The refinancing of 44 Union Square has been a key part of the three-year real estate business strategy presented to our Board of Directors annually since 2018. Although no assurances can be given, based on current facts and circumstances, including, without limitation, recent appraisals and the progress of negotiations with a prospective lender, Management is confident that this takeout financing will be completed before the end of the second quarter 2021, on satisfactory terms. Secondly, we are continuing to implement our plan to monetize certain assets within our real estate portfolio. As noted at Note 23 – Subsequent Events, we began actively marketing for sale our Auburn/Redyard and our Royal George Theater properties, in January 2021 and February 2021, respectively. Real Estate development and monetization is a core component of our Company’s real estate business. Although no assurances can be given, based on current facts and circumstances and the interest received in these properties to date, Management is confident that these real estate sales will be completed in or around the second quarter of 2021, on satisfactory terms. In conclusion, as of the date of issuance of these financial statements, based on Management’s evaluation of ASC 205-40 Going Concern and the current conditions and events, considered in the aggregate, and Management’s various plans for enhancing its liquidity and the extent to which those plans are progressing, Management concludes that the plans are probable of being implemented and probable that they alleviate the substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. Impairment Considerations Our Company considers that the events and factors described above constitute impairment indicators under ASC 360 Property, Plant and Equipment. Our Company performed a quantitative recoverability test of the carrying values of all its asset groups. Our Company estimated the undiscounted future cash flows expected to result from the use of these asset groups. The cash flow estimates used in this review are consistent with budgetary revisions performed by Management in response to COVID-19 and the developing market conditions. The realization of these forecasts is dependent on several variables and conditions, many of which are subject to the uncertainties associated with COVID-19 and as a result, actual results may materially differ from Management’s estimates. Our recoverability testing determined that, for certain asset groups, the sum of the estimated undiscounted future cash flows attributable to those assets was less than their carrying amount. Our Company evaluated the fair value of these assets which consisted of certain items of machinery and equipment and concluded that their fair value was less than their carrying values and recorded a $217,000 impairment loss, reducing the relevant machinery and equipment. The remaining net book value of the impaired assets was $nil. Our Company also considers that the events and factors described above constitute impairment indicators under ASC 350 Intangibles – Goodwill and Other. Our Company performed a quantitative goodwill impairment test and determined that its goodwill was not impaired as of December 31, 2020. The test was performed at a 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 and the developing market conditions. The realization of these forecasts is dependent on several variables and conditions, many of which are subject to the uncertainties associated with COVID-19 and as a result, actual results may materially differ from Management’s estimates.