The Company and Basis of Presentation

12 Months Ended

Jan. 01, 2015

Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]

The Company and Basis of Presentation

The Company and Basis of Presentation

United Artists Theatre Company (the "Parent" or "United Artists"), a Delaware corporation, is the parent company of United Artists Theatre Circuit, Inc. ("we," "us," "our," the "Company" or "UATC") and United Artists Realty Company ("UAR"), which is the parent company of United Artists Properties I Corp. ("Prop I").  UATC leases certain theatres from Prop I.  The terms UATC and the Company shall be deemed to include the respective subsidiaries of such entity when used in discussions included herein regarding the current operations or assets of such entity.

The accompanying consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and those of all majority owned subsidiaries.  All significant intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.

UATC operates 445 screens in 49 theatres in 17 states as of January 1, 2015. As of December 26, 2013, UATC operated 476 screens in 53 theatres in 17 states. The Company formally operates on a 52-week fiscal year with each quarter generally consisting of 13 weeks, unless otherwise noted.  The Company’s fiscal year ends on the first Thursday after December 25, which in certain years (such as fiscal 2014) results in a 53-week fiscal year. On August 27, 2014, Regal Entertainment Group's ("REG" or "Regal") Board of Directors approved a change in the Company’s fiscal year from a 52-53 week fiscal year ending on the first Thursday after December 25 of each year to a fiscal year ending on December 31 of each year, effective with the fiscal year commencing January 2, 2015. Beginning January 2, 2015, the Company’s quarterly results will be for three month periods ending March 31, June 30, September 30 and December 31 of each year.

The Company became a subsidiary of Regal on April 12, 2002, in conjunction with an exchange transaction in which REG, through its wholly owned subsidiary Regal Entertainment Holdings, Inc. ("REH"), also acquired Edwards Theatres, Inc. ("Edwards"), Regal Cinemas Corporation ("Regal Cinemas") and Regal CineMedia Corporation ("Regal CineMedia"). REG is controlled by the Anschutz Company ("Anschutz"), which indirectly controlled each of us, Edwards, Regal Cinemas, United Artists and Regal CineMedia prior to REG’s acquisition of us and them in the exchange transaction. For a detailed discussion of the transactions resulting in Regal’s acquisition of its subsidiaries, see Note 2 to the consolidated financial statements.  On August 17, 2005, REH transferred the stock of United Artists to Regal Cinemas, Inc. ("RCI").  As a result, United Artists and its subsidiaries became subsidiaries of RCI.

In connection with Regal’s acquisition of its subsidiaries, RCI, an indirect subsidiary of Regal, agreed to manage all aspects of the theatre operations of UATC and its subsidiaries and make all business decisions on behalf of UATC pursuant to a management agreement.  In certain markets where UATC operates theatres, RCI also operates theatres.