Receivables - Additional Information (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2025	Sep. 30, 2024	Sep. 30, 2025	Sep. 30, 2024
Current Expected Credit Losses [Line Items]
Finance income related to net investment in leases with billed amounts past due	$ 0.0	$ 0.0	$ 0.0	$ 0.0
Finance income related to the financed sales receivables in nonaccrual status (less than)	0.1	0.4	0.2	1.0
Net investment in leases
Current Expected Credit Losses [Line Items]
Increase (decrease) in allowance for current expected credit losses	0.1	0.1	(0.2)	0.1
Financed sales receivables
Current Expected Credit Losses [Line Items]
Increase (decrease) in allowance for current expected credit losses	0.1	(0.1)	(0.3)	(0.1)
Theatre and Foreign Movie Studio
Current Expected Credit Losses [Line Items]
Increase (decrease) in allowance for current expected credit losses, accounts receivable	0.3	(1.4)	0.3	(1.5)
Theater Operators
Current Expected Credit Losses [Line Items]
Increase (decrease) in allowance for current expected credit losses, variable consideration receivables	$ 0.0	$ 0.1	$ 0.1	$ 0.2

Allowance for doubtful variable consideration receivable net of foreign exchange current provision.

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Current expected credit losses.

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Financed sales receivables nonaccrual status finance income.

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Increase (decrease) in allowance for doubtful accounts receivable current provision.

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Net investment in lease past due finance income.

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Amount of increase (decrease) in allowance for credit loss on financing receivable.

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Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/otherTransitionRef
-Topic 310
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Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
-Topic 326
-SubTopic 20
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Section 50
-Paragraph 13
-Publisher FASB
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