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Investments in Productions and Investments in Acquired Content Rights (Tables)
9 Months Ended
Sep. 25, 2022
Other Industries [Abstract]  
Schedule of Program Production Costs
The Company's unamortized investments in productions and investments in acquired content rights consisted of the following at September 25, 2022, September 26, 2021, and December 26, 2021:
September 25, 2022
September 26, 2021December 26, 2021
Investment in Films and Television Programs:
Individual Monetization
Released, net of amortization$486.3 $512.6 $481.7 
Completed and not released1.2 20.1 18.5 
In production176.9 202.1 151.6 
Pre-production109.7 91.9 84.0 
774.1 826.7 735.8 
Film/TV Group Monetization (1)
Released, net of amortization24.5 — 32.2 
In production24.5 — 13.0 
49.0 — 45.2 
Investment in Other Programming
Released, net of amortization12.9 3.9 5.3 
Completed and not released0.3 0.4 0.4 
In production8.4 5.9 12.6 
Pre-production1.5 2.5 1.7 
23.1 12.7 20.0 
Total Program Investments$846.2 $839.4 $801.0 
(1) Due to a monetization strategy change, as of December 26, 2021 the Company began monetizing certain content assets as a Film/TV group.
Program Cost Amortization
The Company recorded $365.7 million of program cost amortization related to released programming in the nine months ended September 25, 2022, consisting of the following:
Investment in ProductionInvestment in ContentOtherTotal
Program cost amortization$321.8 $43.9 $— $365.7