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Receivables, net of allowance of $5.6 and $4.3, respectively

^[1]

13.2

21.7

148.9

116.5

Prepaid expenses

2.8

3.6

Deferred tax assets

6.2

6.9

Income tax receivable

2.5

6.1

Current portion of notes receivable - founding members

^[2]

4.2

Other current assets

0.3

Total current assets

209.8

172.4

NON-CURRENT ASSETS:

Property and equipment, net of accumulated depreciation of $64.1 and $72.9, respectively

25.1

22.4

Intangible assets, net of accumulated amortization of $91.9 and $69.3, respectively

566.7

488.6

Deferred tax assets

210.9

227.3

Debt issuance costs, net of accumulated amortization of $20.4 and $17.8, respectively

12.9

15.5

Long-term notes receivable, net of current portion - founding members

^[2]

12.5

16.6

Other investments (including $1.2 and $1.3 with related parties, respectively)

5.4

2.5

Amounts due to founding members

^[1]

40.5

45.5

Other assets

0.5

0.6

Total non-current assets

874.5

819.0

TOTAL ASSETS

1,084.3

991.4

CURRENT LIABILITIES:

35.5

34.9

Payable to founding members under tax receivable agreement

26.2

19.6

Accrued expenses

19.8

19.2

Accrued payroll and related expenses

18.1

10.7

Accounts payable

14.9

13.3

Deferred revenue

10.2

8.5

Deferred tax liability

0.5

1.0

Total current liabilities

125.2

107.2

NON-CURRENT LIABILITIES:

Long-term debt

936.0

892.0

Deferred tax liability

49.6

54.2

Income tax payable

4.9

Payable to founding members under tax receivable agreement

140.3

146.7

Total non-current liabilities

1,130.8

1,092.9

Total liabilities

1,256.0

1,200.1

COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES (NOTE 13)

EQUITY/(DEFICIT):

Preferred stock, $0.01 par value; 10,000,000 shares authorized, none issued and outstanding, respectively

Common stock, $0.01 par value; 175,000,000 shares authorized, 59,239,154 and 58,750,926 issued and outstanding, respectively

0.6

Additional paid in capital (deficit)

(221.5)

(261.0)

Retained earnings (distributions in excess of earnings)

(186.1)

(147.4)

Accumulated other comprehensive loss

(0.4)

Total NCM, Inc. stockholders’ equity/(deficit)

(407.0)

(408.2)

Noncontrolling interests

235.3

199.5

Total equity/(deficit)

(171.7)

(208.7)

TOTAL LIABILITIES AND EQUITY/DEFICIT

$ 1,084.3

$ 991.4

[1]

Short-Term and Long-Term Marketable Securities— The carrying amount and fair value of the marketable securities are equivalent since the Company accounts for these instruments at fair value. The Company’s government agency bonds, commercial paper and certificates of deposit are valued using third party broker quotes. The value of the Company’s government agency bonds is derived from quoted market information. The inputs in the valuation are generally classified as Level 1 given the active market for these securities; however if an active market does not exist, the inputs are recorded at a lower level in the fair value hierarchy. The value of commercial paper and certificates of deposit is derived from pricing models using inputs based upon market information, including contractual terms, market prices and yield curves. The inputs to the valuation pricing models are observable in the market, and as such are generally classified as Level 2 in the fair value hierarchy. For the years ended December 31, 2015 and January 1, 2015, there was an inconsequential amount of net realized gains (losses) recognized in interest income and an inconsequential amount of net unrealized holding gains (losses) included in other comprehensive income. Original cost of short term marketable securities is based on the specific identification method. As of December 31, 2015 and January 1, 2015, there were no gross unrealized losses related to individual securities that had been in a continuous loss position for 12 months or longer.

[2]

Refer to discussion of Fathom sale in Note 2—Divestiture.

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS (PARENTHETICAL) - USD ($)
$ in Millions

Dec. 31, 2015

Jan. 01, 2015

Statement Of Financial Position [Abstract]

Allowance for doubtful accounts receivable

$ 5.6

$ 4.3

Accumulated depreciation, property and equipment

64.1

72.9

Accumulated amortization, intangible assets

91.9

69.3

Accumulated amortization, debt issuance costs

20.4

17.8

Preferred stock, par value

^[1]

$ 1.2

$ 1.3

$ 0.01

Preferred stock, shares authorized

10,000,000

Preferred stock, shares issued

Preferred stock, shares outstanding

Common stock, par value

$ 0.01

Common stock, shares authorized

175,000,000

Common stock, shares issued

59,239,154

58,750,926

Common stock, shares outstanding

59,239,154

58,750,926

[1]	Refer to Note 9—Related Party Transactions.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME - USD ($)
$ in Millions

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Jan. 01, 2015

Dec. 26, 2013

REVENUE:

Advertising (including revenue from founding members of $30.2, $38.7 and $41.6, respectively)

$ 446.5

$ 394.0

$ 426.3

Fathom Events

36.5

Total

446.5

394.0

462.8

OPERATING EXPENSES:

Advertising operating costs

30.8

26.4

29.0

Theatre access fees—founding members

25.5

Network costs

17.8

18.3

19.4

^[1]

72.5

70.6

69.4

Selling and marketing costs

72.3

57.6

61.5

Administrative and other costs

34.3

7.5

38.6

29.5

29.4

Depreciation and amortization

32.2

32.4

26.6

Total

298.5

242.3

260.8

OPERATING INCOME

148.0

151.7

202.0

NON-OPERATING EXPENSES:

Interest on borrowings

52.2

52.6

51.6

Interest income

(1.6)

(1.8)

(0.4)

Accretion of interest on the discounted payable to founding members under tax receivable agreement

14.1

14.6

13.9

Amortization of terminated derivatives

1.6

10.0

10.3

Impairment of investment

0.0

0.8

Gain on sale of Fathom Events to founding members

^[2]

(25.4)

Other non-operating expense

0.2

0.8

1.2

Total

66.5

76.2

52.0

INCOME BEFORE INCOME TAXES

81.5

75.5

150.0

Income tax expense

17.8

9.9

20.2

CONSOLIDATED NET INCOME

63.7

65.6

129.8

Less: Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests

48.3

52.2

88.6

NET INCOME ATTRIBUTABLE TO NCM, INC.

$ 15.4

$ 13.4

$ 41.2

NET INCOME PER NCM, INC. COMMON SHARE:

$ 0.26

$ 0.23

$ 0.74

WEIGHTED AVERAGE SHARES OUTSTANDING:

$ 0.26

$ 0.23

$ 0.73

58,979,508

58,709,534

56,014,404

Dividends declared per common share

59,589,299

59,005,320

56,628,457

$ 0.88

$ 1.38

$ 0.88

[1]	Comprised of payments per theatre attendee, payments per digital screen with respect to the founding member theatres included in the Company’s network and payments for access to higher quality digital cinema equipment.
[2]	Refer to discussion of Fathom sale in Note 2—Divestiture.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME (PARENTHETICAL) - USD ($) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2015	Jan. 01, 2015	Dec. 26, 2013
Income Statement [Abstract]
Revenue from founding members	$ 30.2	$ 38.7	$ 41.6

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME - USD ($) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2015	Jan. 01, 2015	Dec. 26, 2013
Statement Of Income And Comprehensive Income [Abstract]
CONSOLIDATED NET INCOME, NET OF TAX OF $17.8, $9.9 AND $20.2, RESPECTIVELY	$ 63.7	$ 65.6	$ 129.8
OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME, NET OF TAX:
Amortization of terminated derivatives, net of tax of $0.3, $1.8 and $1.8, respectively	1.3	8.2	8.5
CONSOLIDATED COMPREHENSIVE INCOME	65.0	73.8	138.3
Less: Comprehensive income attributable to noncontrolling interests	49.2	57.6	94.2
COMPREHENSIVE INCOME ATTRIBUTABLE TO NCM, INC.	$ 15.8	$ 16.2	$ 44.1

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (PARENTHETICAL) - USD ($) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2015	Jan. 01, 2015	Dec. 26, 2013
Statement Of Income And Comprehensive Income [Abstract]
Consolidated net income , tax	$ 17.8	$ 9.9	$ 20.2
Amortization of terminated derivatives, tax	$ 0.3	$ 1.8	$ 1.8

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF EQUITY/(DEFICIT) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Total	Common Stock [Member]	Additional Paid In Capital (Deficit) [Member]	Retained Earnings (Distribution In Excess Of Earnings) [Member]	Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss [Member]	Noncontrolling Interest [Member]
Balance at Dec. 27, 2012	$ (356.4)	$ 0.5	$ (362.4)	$ (70.5)	$ (6.7)	$ 82.7
Balance, shares at Dec. 27, 2012		54,486,259
Distributions to founding members	(103.8)					(103.8)
NCM LLC equity issued for purchase of intangible asset	221.6		101.4			120.2
Income tax and other impacts of NCM LLC ownership changes	(19.5)		(33.2)		0.6	13.1
Issuance of shares, value	41.1		41.1
Issuance of shares, shares		2,300,000
NCM, Inc. investment in NCM LLC	(41.3)		(41.3)
Comprehensive income, net of tax	138.3			41.2	2.9	94.2
Share-based compensation issued, net of withholdings, value	18.6	$ 0.1	18.5
Share-based compensation issued, net of withholdings, shares		1,732,878
Share-based compensation expense/capitalized	6.0		4.2			1.8
Cash dividends declared	(50.7)			(50.7)
Balance at Dec. 26, 2013	(146.1)	$ 0.6	(271.7)	(80.0)	(3.2)	208.2
Balance, shares at Dec. 26, 2013		58,519,137
Distributions to founding members	(79.4)					(79.4)
NCM LLC equity issued for purchase of intangible asset	16.4		7.5			8.9
Income tax and other impacts of NCM LLC ownership changes	0.1		(1.6)			1.7
Comprehensive income, net of tax	73.8			13.4	2.8	57.6
Share-based compensation issued, net of withholdings, value	(0.6)		(0.6)
Share-based compensation issued, net of withholdings, shares		231,789
Share-based compensation expense/capitalized	7.8		5.3			2.5
Excess tax benefit from share-based compensation	0.1		0.1
Cash dividends declared	(80.8)			(80.8)
Balance at Jan. 01, 2015	(208.7)	$ 0.6	(261.0)	(147.4)	(0.4)	199.5
Balance, shares at Jan. 01, 2015		58,750,926
Distributions to founding members	(82.2)					(82.2)
NCM LLC equity issued for purchase of intangible asset	100.7		44.4			56.3
Income tax and other impacts of NCM LLC ownership changes	(7.2)		(15.1)			7.9
Issuance of shares, value	3.2		3.2
Issuance of shares, shares		200,000
NCM, Inc. investment in NCM LLC	(3.2)		(3.2)
Comprehensive income, net of tax	65.0			15.4	0.4	49.2
Share-based compensation issued, net of withholdings, value	(0.1)		(0.1)
Share-based compensation issued, net of withholdings, shares		288,228
Share-based compensation expense/capitalized	15.0		10.4			4.6
Excess tax benefit from share-based compensation	(0.1)		(0.1)
Cash dividends declared	(54.1)			(54.1)
Balance at Dec. 31, 2015	$ (171.7)	$ 0.6	$ (221.5)	$ (186.1)	$ 0.0	$ 235.3
Balance, shares at Dec. 31, 2015		59,239,154

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF EQUITY/(DEFICIT) (PARENTHETICAL) - $ / shares	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2015	Jan. 01, 2015	Dec. 26, 2013
Statement Of Stockholders Equity [Abstract]
Dividends per share	$ 0.88	$ 1.38	$ 0.88

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS - USD ($) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2015	Jan. 01, 2015	Dec. 26, 2013
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:
CONSOLIDATED NET INCOME, NET OF TAX OF $17.8, $9.9 AND $20.2, RESPECTIVELY	$ 63.7	$ 65.6	$ 129.8
Adjustments to reconcile consolidated net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
Deferred income tax expense	12.1	12.6	14.6
Depreciation and amortization	32.2	32.4	26.6
Non-cash share-based compensation	14.8	7.7	5.9
Excess tax benefit from share-based compensation	(0.1)	0.1
Accretion of interest on the discounted payable to founding members under tax receivable agreement	14.1	14.6	13.9
Impairment of investment	0.0	0.0	0.8
Amortization of terminated derivatives	1.6	10.0	10.3
Amortization of debt issuance costs	2.6	2.8	2.8
Equity in earnings of non-consolidated entities	(0.1)	(0.2)
Write-off of debt issuance costs and other non-operating items			1.2
Gain on sale of Fathom Events			(26.0)
Other	1.2
Cash distributions from non-consolidated entities	0.2
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
Receivables, net	(35.5)	2.7	(22.0)
Accounts payable and accrued expenses	7.8	(10.3)	6.6
Amounts due to founding members	1.4	3.0	0.9
Payment to founding members under tax receivable agreement	(21.1)	(27.1)	(10.1)
Deferred revenue	1.7	3.8	(1.0)
Income taxes and other	8.7	0.2	(1.2)
Net cash provided by operating activities	105.3	117.9	153.1
CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES:
Purchases of property and equipment	(12.6)	(8.7)	(10.1)
Purchases of marketable securities	(70.6)	(116.8)	(135.0)
Proceeds from sale and maturities of marketable securities	83.1	120.8	98.1
Purchases of intangible assets from network affiliates	(2.7)	(3.0)	(8.9)
Proceeds from note receivable - founding members	4.2	4.2
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities	1.4	(3.5)	(55.9)
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
Payment of dividends	(52.3)	(81.0)	(49.2)
Proceeds from borrowings	215.0	138.0	59.0
Repayments of borrowings	(171.0)	(136.0)	(48.0)
Payment of debt issuance costs		(0.6)	(3.4)
Founding member integration payments	2.6	2.1	2.1
Distributions to founding members	(82.7)	(77.5)	(93.8)
Payment of offering costs and fees			(0.2)
Excess tax benefit from share-based compensation	0.1	(0.1)
Proceeds from stock option exercises	1.3	0.8	20.3
Repurchase of stock for restricted stock tax withholding	(1.4)	(1.4)	(1.7)
Net cash used in financing activities	(88.4)	(155.7)	(114.9)
CHANGE IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS	18.3	(41.3)	(17.7)
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period	13.4	54.7
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period	31.7	13.4	54.7
Supplemental disclosure of non-cash financing and investing activity:
Purchase of an intangible asset with NCM LLC equity	100.7	16.4	221.6
Accrued distributions to founding members	32.4	32.9	31.0
Operating segment sold under notes receivable			25.0
Purchase of subsidiary equity with NCM, Inc. equity	3.2		41.1
Increase in cost and equity method investments	3.1	1.2	0.3
Increase (decrease) in dividends not requiring cash in the period	1.8	(0.2)	1.5
Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information:
Cash paid for interest	49.7	49.9	49.3
(Refunds) payments for income taxes, net	$ (2.7)	$ (5.2)	$ 4.3

Basis Of Presentation And Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Basis Of Presentation And Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies

1.	BASIS OF PRESENTATION AND SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

National CineMedia, Inc. (“NCM, Inc.”) was incorporated in Delaware as a holding company with the sole purpose of becoming a member and sole manager of National CineMedia, LLC (“NCM LLC”), an LLC owned by NCM, Inc., American Multi-Cinema, Inc. and AMC ShowPlace Theatres, Inc. (“AMC”), wholly owned subsidiaries of AMC Entertainment, Inc. (“AMCE”), Regal Cinemas, Inc. and Regal CineMedia Holdings, LLC, wholly owned subsidiaries of Regal Entertainment Group (“Regal”) and Cinemark Media, Inc. and Cinemark USA, Inc., wholly owned subsidiaries of Cinemark Holdings, Inc. (“Cinemark”). The terms “NCM”, “the Company” or “we” shall, unless the context otherwise requires, be deemed to include the consolidated entity. AMC, Regal and Cinemark and their affiliates are referred to in this document as “founding members”. The Company operates the largest digital in-theatre network in North America, allowing NCM to sell advertising (the “Services”) under long-term exhibitor services agreements (“ESAs”) with the founding members and certain third-party theatre circuits under long-term network affiliate agreements referred to in this document as “network affiliates”, which have terms from three to twenty years.

As of December 31, 2015, NCM LLC had 135,142,972 common membership units outstanding, of which 59,239,154 (43.8%) were owned by NCM, Inc., 26,409,784 (19.5%) were owned by Regal, 25,631,046 (19.0%) were owned by Cinemark and 23,862,988 (17.7%) were owned by AMC. The membership units held by the founding members are exchangeable into NCM, Inc. common stock on a one-for-one basis.

Recent Transactions

On December 26, 2013, NCM LLC sold its Fathom Events business to a newly formed limited liability company owned 32% by each of the founding members and 4% by NCM LLC, as described further in Note 2—Divestiture.

On May 5, 2014, NCM, Inc. entered into the Merger Agreement to merge with Screenvision. On November 3, 2014, the Department of Justice filed a lawsuit seeking to enjoin the merger. On March 16, 2015, the Company announced the termination of the Merger Agreement and the lawsuit was dismissed. After the Merger Agreement was terminated, NCM LLC reimbursed NCM, Inc. for certain expenses pursuant to an indemnification agreement among NCM LLC, NCM, Inc. and the founding members. On March 17, 2015, NCM LLC paid Screenvision an approximate $26.8 million termination payment on behalf of NCM, Inc. This payment was $2 million lower than the reverse termination fee contemplated by the Merger Agreement. During the year ended December 31, 2015, NCM LLC also either paid directly or reimbursed NCM, Inc. for the legal and other merger-related costs of approximately $15.0 million ($7.5 million incurred by NCM, Inc. during the year ended January 1, 2015 and approximately $7.5 million incurred by NCM LLC during the year ended December 31, 2015). The Company and the founding members each bore a pro rata portion of the merger termination fee and the related merger expenses based on their aggregate ownership percentages in NCM LLC when the expenses were incurred.

Basis of Presentation

The Company has prepared its Consolidated Financial Statements and related notes of NCM, Inc. in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) and the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). Certain reclassifications have been made to the prior years’ financial statements to conform to the current presentation (refer to Note 7—Income Taxes, whereby certain captions were broken out due to their significance in 2015). These reclassifications had no effect on previously reported results of operations or retained earnings.

As a result of the various related-party agreements discussed in Note 9—Related Party Transactions, the operating results as presented are not necessarily indicative of the results that might have occurred if all agreements were with non-related third parties.

Estimates—The preparation of the financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Significant estimates include those related to the reserve for uncollectible accounts receivable, share-based compensation, interest rate swaps and income taxes. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

Significant Accounting Policies

Accounting Period— The Company has a 52-week or 53-week fiscal year ending on the first Thursday after December 25. Fiscal year 2015 contained 52 weeks. Fiscal years 2014 and 2013 contained 53 and 52 weeks, respectively. Throughout this document, the fiscal years are referred to as set forth below:

		Reference in
Fiscal Year Ended		this Document
December 31, 2015		2015
January 1, 2015		2014
December 26, 2013		2013

Segment Reporting—Advertising is the principal business activity of the Company and is the Company’s only reportable segment under the requirements of ASC 280 – Segment Reporting. Fathom Events (prior to its sale) was an operating segment under ASC 280. The Company does not evaluate its segments on a fully allocated cost basis, nor does the Company track segment assets separately. As such, the results are not indicative of what segment results of operations would have been had it been operated on a fully allocated cost basis. The Company cautions that it would be inappropriate to assume that unallocated operating costs are incurred proportional to segment revenue or any directly identifiable segment expenses. Refer to Note 16—Segment Reporting.

Revenue Recognition—The Company derives revenue principally from the advertising business, which includes on-screen and lobby network (LEN) advertising and lobby promotions and advertising on entertainment websites and mobile applications owned by us and other companies. Revenue is recognized when persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists, delivery occurs or services are rendered, the sales price is fixed and determinable and collectability is reasonably assured. The Company considers the terms of each arrangement to determine the appropriate accounting treatment.

On-screen advertising consists of national and local advertising. National advertising is sold on a cost per thousand (“CPM”) basis, while local and regional advertising is sold on a per-screen, per-week basis and to a lesser extent on a CPM basis. The Company recognizes national advertising as impressions (or theatre attendees) are delivered and recognizes local on-screen advertising revenue during the period in which the advertising airs. The Company recognizes revenue derived from lobby network and promotions when the advertising is displayed in theatre lobbies and recognizes revenue from branded entertainment websites and mobile applications when the online or mobile impressions are served. The Company may make contractual guarantees to deliver a specified number of impressions to view the customers’ advertising. If those contracted number of impressions are not delivered, the Company will run additional advertising to deliver the contracted impressions at a later date. The deferred portion of the revenue associated with the undelivered impressions is referred to as a make-good provision. In rare cases, the Company will make a cash refund of the portion of the contract related to the undelivered impressions. The Company defers the revenue associated with the make-good until the advertising airs to the theatre attendance specified in the advertising contract. The make-good provision is recorded within accrued expenses in the Consolidated Balance Sheets. The Company records deferred revenue when cash payments are received, or invoices are issued, in advance of revenue being earned. Deferred revenue is classified as a current liability as it is expected to be earned within the next twelve months. Fathom Events revenue was recognized in the period in which the event was held.

The Company recorded $3.1 million, $1.2 million and $0.0 million during the years ended December 31, 2015, January 1, 2015 and December 26, 2013, respectively, as advertising revenue whereby the Company received as consideration equity securities in privately held companies. The Company recorded the revenue at the estimated fair value of the advertising exchanged based upon the fair value of the advertising sold for cash within contracts.

Barter Transactions—The Company enters into barter transactions that exchange advertising program time for products and services used principally for selling and marketing activities. The Company records barter transactions at the estimated fair value of the advertising exchanged based on fair value received for similar advertising from cash paying customers. Revenues for advertising barter transactions are recognized when advertising is provided, and products and services received are charged to expense when used. Any timing differences between the delivery of the bartered revenue and the use of the bartered expense products and services are recorded through accounts receivable. Revenue from barter transactions for the years ended December 31, 2015, January 1, 2015 and December 26, 2013 was $2.0 million, $1.3 million and $1.9 million, respectively. Expense recorded from barter transactions for the years ended December 31, 2015, January 1, 2015 and December 26, 2013 was $2.5 million, $1.2 million and $2.9 million, respectively.

Operating Costs—Advertising-related operating costs primarily include personnel and other costs related to advertising fulfillment, payments due to unaffiliated theatre circuits under the network affiliate agreements, and to a lesser extent, production costs of non-digital advertising.

Fathom Events operating costs include revenue share under the ESAs to the founding members and revenue share to affiliate theatres under separate agreements, payments to event content producers and other direct costs of the meeting or event, including equipment rental, catering and movie tickets acquired primarily from the founding members.

Payments to the founding members of a theatre access fee is comprised of a payment per theatre attendee, a payment per digital screen and a payment per digital cinema projector equipped in the theatres, all of which escalate over time. Refer to Item 7—“Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” included elsewhere in this document.

Network costs include personnel, satellite bandwidth, repairs, and other costs of maintaining and operating the digital network and preparing advertising and other content for transmission across the digital network. These costs were not specifically allocated between the advertising business and the Fathom Events business (prior to the sale of Fathom Events).

Cash and Cash Equivalents—All highly liquid debt instruments and investments purchased with an original maturity of three months or less are classified as cash equivalents and are considered available-for-sale securities. There are cash balances in a bank in excess of the federally insured limits or in the form of a money market demand account with a major financial institution.

Restricted Cash—As of December 31, 2015 and January 1, 2015, other non-current assets included restricted cash of $0.3 million, which secures a letter of credit used as a lease deposit on the Company’s New York office.

Marketable Securities—The Company’s marketable securities are classified as available-for-sale and are reported at fair value. The fair value of substantially all securities is determined by quoted market information and pricing models using inputs based upon market information, including contractual terms, market prices and yield curves. The estimated fair value of securities for which there are no quoted market prices is based on similar types of securities that are traded in the market.

Concentration of Credit Risk and Significant Customers —Bad debts are provided for using the allowance for doubtful accounts method based on historical experience and management’s evaluation of outstanding receivables at the end of the period. Receivables are written off when management determines amounts are uncollectible. Trade accounts receivable are uncollateralized and represent a large number of geographically dispersed debtors. The collectability risk with respect to national and regional advertising is reduced by transacting with founding members or large, national advertising agencies who have strong reputations in the advertising industry and clients with stable financial positions. The Company has smaller contracts with thousands of local clients that are not individually significant. As of December 31, 2015 and January 1, 2015, there were no advertising agency groups or individual customers through which the Company sources national advertising revenue representing more than 10% of the Company’s outstanding gross receivable balance. During the years ended December 31, 2015, January 1, 2015 and December 26, 2013, there were no customers that accounted for more than 10% of revenue.

Receivables consisted of the following (in millions):

	As of
	December 31, 2015			January 1, 2015
Trade accounts	$	153.6		$	119.4
Other		0.9			1.4
Less: Allowance for doubtful accounts		(5.6	)		(4.3	)
Total	$	148.9		$	116.5

Long-lived Assets—Property and equipment is stated at cost, net of accumulated depreciation or amortization. Generally, the equipment associated with the digital network of the founding member theatres is owned by the founding members, while the equipment associated with network affiliate theatres is owned by the Company. Major renewals and improvements are capitalized, while replacements, maintenance, and repairs that do not improve or extend the lives of the respective assets are expensed as incurred. The Company records depreciation and amortization using the straight-line method over the following estimated useful lives:

Equipment	4-10 years
Computer hardware and software	3-5 years
Leasehold improvements	Lesser of lease term or asset life

Software and website development costs developed or obtained for internal use are accounted for in accordance with ASC 350—Internal Use Software and ASC 350– Website Development Costs. The subtopics require the capitalization of certain costs incurred in developing or obtaining software for internal use. The majority of software costs related primarily to the Company’s inventory management systems and digital network distribution system (DCS) and website development costs, which are included in equipment, are depreciated over three to five years. As of December 31, 2015 and January 1, 2015, the Company had a net book value of $7.4 million and $9.5 million, respectively, of capitalized software and website development costs. Approximately $5.0 million, $6.5 million and $6.1 million was recorded for the years ended December 31, 2015, January 1, 2015 and December 26, 2013, respectively, in depreciation expense related to software and website development. For the years ended December 31, 2015, January 1, 2015 and December 26, 2013, the Company recorded $1.5 million, $1.7 million and $1.8 million in research and development expense, respectively.

The Company assesses impairment of long-lived assets pursuant with ASC 360 – Property, Plant and Equipment. This includes determining if certain triggering events have occurred that could affect the value of an asset. The Company recorded losses of $0.4 million, $0.4 million and $0.0 million related to the write-off of property, plant and equipment during the years ended December 31, 2015, January 1, 2015 and December 26, 2013, respectively.

Intangible assets—Intangible assets consist of contractual rights to provide its services within the theatres of the founding members and network affiliates and are stated at cost, net of accumulated amortization. The Company records amortization using the straight-line method over the contractual life of the intangibles, corresponding to the term of the ESAs or the term of the contract with the network affiliate. Intangible assets are tested for impairment at least annually during the fourth quarter or whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate the carrying value may not be fully recoverable. In its impairment testing, the Company estimates the fair value of its ESAs or network affiliate agreements by determining the estimated future cash flows associated with the ESAs or network affiliate agreements. If the estimated fair value is less than the carrying value, the intangible asset is written down to its estimated fair value. Significant judgment is involved in estimating long-term cash flow forecasts. The Company has not recorded impairment charges related to intangible assets.

Other Investments—Other investments consisted of the following (in millions):

	As of
	December 31, 2015		January 1, 2015
Investment in AC JV, LLC (1)	$	1.2	$	1.3
Other investments (2)		4.2		1.2
Total	$	5.4	$	2.5

(1)

Refer to Note 9—Related Party Transactions.

(2)

The Company received equity securities in some privately held companies as consideration for advertising contracts. The equity securities were accounted for under the cost method and represent an ownership of less than 20%. The Company does not exert significant influence of these companies’ operating or financial activities.

The Company reviews investments accounted for under the cost and equity methods for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of the investment may not be fully recoverable. In order to determine whether the carrying value of investments may have experienced an “other-than-temporary” decline in value necessitating the write-down of the recorded investment, the Company considers various factors including the investees financial condition and quality of assets, the length of time the investee has been operating, the severity and nature of losses sustained in current and prior years, qualifications in accountant’s reports due to liquidity or going concern issues, investee announcements of adverse changes, downgrading of investee debt, regulatory actions, loss of principal customer, negative operating cash flows or working capital deficiencies and the record of an impairment charge by the investee for goodwill, intangible or long-lived assets. If a determination is made that an other-than-temporary impairment exists, the Company writes down its investment to fair value. During the years ended December 31, 2015, January 1, 2015 and December 26, 2013, the Company recorded other-than-temporary impairment charges of $0.0 million, $0.0 million and $0.8 million, respectively. The impairment charge during 2013 brought the investment to a remaining fair value of $0.0 million.

Amounts Due to/from Founding Members—Amounts due to/from founding members include amounts due for the theatre access fee, offset by a receivable for advertising time purchased by the founding members on behalf of their beverage concessionaire plus any amounts outstanding under other contractually obligated payments. Payments to or received from the founding members against outstanding balances are made monthly. Available cash distributions are made quarterly.

Income Taxes— Income taxes are accounted for under the asset and liability method, which requires recognition of deferred tax assets and liabilities for the expected future tax consequences of events that have been included in the financial statements. Under this method, deferred tax assets and liabilities are determined based on the differences between the financial statements and tax basis of assets and liabilities using enacted tax rates in effect for the year in which differences are expected to be recovered or settled pursuant to the provisions of ASC 740 – Income Taxes. The effect of a change in tax rates on deferred tax assets and liabilities is recognized in income in the period that includes the enactment date.

The Company records a valuation allowance if it is deemed more likely than not that all or a portion of its deferred income tax assets will not be realized, which will be assessed on an on-going basis. In addition, income tax rules and regulations are subject to interpretation and the application of those rules and regulations require judgment by the Company and may be challenged by the taxation authorities. The Company follows ASC 740-10-25, which requires the use of a two-step approach for recognizing and measuring tax benefits taken or expected to be taken in a tax return and disclosures regarding uncertainties in income tax positions. Only tax positions that meet the more likely than not recognition threshold are recognized.

The Company recognizes the tax benefits from uncertain tax positions only when it is more likely than not, based on the technical merits of the position, the tax position will be sustained upon examination, including the resolution of any related appeals or litigation. The tax benefits recognized in the Consolidated Financial Statements from such a position are measured as the largest benefit that has a greater than fifty percent likelihood of being realized upon ultimate resolution. The Company recognizes interest and penalties related to uncertain tax positions in income tax expense. Refer to Note 7—Income Taxes.

Debt Issuance Costs—In relation to the issuance of outstanding debt discussed in Note 10—Borrowings, there is a balance of $12.9 million and $15.5 million in deferred financing costs as of December 31, 2015 and January 1, 2015, respectively. The debt issuance costs are being amortized on a straight-line basis over the terms of the underlying obligations and are included in interest on borrowings, which approximates the effective interest method.

The changes in debt issuance costs are as follows (in millions):

	Years Ended
	December 31, 2015			January 1, 2015			December 26, 2013
Beginning balance	$	15.5		$	17.7		$	18.3
Debt issuance payments		—			0.6			3.4
Amortization of debt issuance costs		(2.6	)		(2.8	)		(2.8	)
Write-off of debt issuance costs		—			—			(1.2	)
Ending balance	$	12.9		$	15.5		$	17.7

Share-Based Compensation— Through 2012, the Company issued stock options, restricted stock and restricted stock units. Since 2013, the Company has only issued restricted stock and restricted stock units. Restricted stock and restricted stock units vest upon the achievement of Company performance measures and service conditions or only service conditions. Compensation expense of restricted stock that vests upon the achievement of Company performance measures is based on management’s financial projections and the probability of achieving the projections, which require considerable judgment. A cumulative adjustment is recorded to share-based compensation expense in periods that management changes its estimate of the number of shares expected to vest. Ultimately, the Company adjusts the expense recognized to reflect the actual vested shares following the resolution of the performance conditions. Dividends are accrued when declared on unvested restricted stock that is expected to vest and are only paid with respect to shares that actually vest.

Compensation cost of stock options was based on the estimated grant date fair value using the Black-Scholes option pricing model, which requires that the Company make estimates of various factors. Under the fair value recognition provisions of ASC 718 Compensation – Stock Compensation, the Company recognizes share-based compensation net of an estimated forfeiture rate, and therefore only recognizes compensation cost for those shares expected to vest over the requisite service period of the award. Refer to Note 11—Share-Based Compensation for more information.

Fair Value Measurements— Fair value is the price that would be received from selling an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. Fair value is estimated by applying the following hierarchy, which prioritizes the inputs used to measure fair value into three levels and bases the categorization within the hierarchy upon the lowest level of input that is available and significant to the fair value measurement:

Level 1 – Quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities.

Level 2 – Observable inputs other than quoted prices in active markets for identical assets and liabilities, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in inactive markets, or other inputs that are observable or can be corroborated by observable market data for substantially the full term of the assets or liabilities.

Level 3 – Inputs that are generally unobservable and typically reflect management’s estimate of assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability.

Derivative Instruments— NCM LLC is exposed to various financial and market risks including changes in interest rates that exist as part of its ongoing operations. In 2012, NCM LLC utilized certain interest rate swaps to manage these risks. In accordance with ASC 815—Derivatives and Hedging, the effective portion of changes in the fair value of a derivative that was designated as a cash flow hedge was recorded in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (“AOCI”) and reclassified into earnings in the same period or periods during which the hedged transaction affects earnings. Any ineffectiveness associated with designated cash flow hedges, as well as, any change in the fair value of a derivative that is not designated as a hedge, was recorded immediately in the Consolidated Statements of Income. For more information, refer to Note 15—Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities.

Consolidation—NCM, Inc. consolidates the accounts of NCM LLC under the provision of ASC 810, Consolidation (“ASC 810”). Under ASC 810, a managing member of a limited liability company (“LLC”) is presumed to control the LLC, unless the non-managing members have the right to dissolve the entity or remove the managing member without cause, or if the non-managing members have substantive participating rights. The non-managing members of NCM LLC do not have dissolution rights or removal rights. NCM, Inc. has evaluated the provisions of the NCM LLC membership agreement and has concluded that the various rights of the non-managing members are not substantive participation rights under ASC 810, as they do not limit NCM, Inc.’s ability to make decisions in the ordinary course of business.

The following table presents the changes in NCM, Inc.’s equity resulting from net income attributable to NCM, Inc. and transfers to or from noncontrolling interests (in millions):

	Years Ended
	December 31, 2015			January 1, 2015			December 26, 2013
Net income attributable to NCM, Inc.	$	15.4		$	13.4		$	41.2
NCM LLC equity issued for purchase of intangible asset		44.4			7.5			101.4
Income tax and other impacts of NCM LLC ownership changes		(15.1	)		(1.6	)		(33.2	)
NCM, Inc. investment in NCM LLC		(3.2	)		—			(41.3	)
Issuance of shares		3.2			—			41.1
Change from net income attributable to NCM, Inc. and transfers from noncontrolling interests	$	44.7		$	19.3		$	109.2

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In May 2014, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606) (“ASU 2014-09”), which supersedes the revenue recognition requirements in Accounting Standards Codification 605, Revenue Recognition. The new revenue recognition standard requires entities to recognize revenue in a way that depicts the transfer of promised goods or services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration to which the entity expects to be entitled to in exchange for those goods or services. Accounting Standards Update 2015-14, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606): Deferral of the Effective Date, which was issued in August 2015, revised the effective date for this standard to annual and interim periods beginning on or after December 15, 2017, with early adoption permitted, but not earlier than the original effective date of annual and interim periods beginning after December 15, 2016, for public entities. The standard allows for either a full retrospective or a modified retrospective transition method. The Company is currently evaluating the effect that adopting this new accounting guidance will have on its audited Consolidated Financial Statements or notes thereto, as well as, which transition method it intends to use and the impact of adopting this guidance.

In January 2015, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update 2015-01, Income Statement Extraordinary and Unusual Items (Subtopic 225-20): Simplifying Income Statement Presentation by Eliminating the Concept of Extraordinary Items (“ASU 2015-01”), which eliminates the concept of extraordinary items from GAAP. Under ASU 2015-01, reporting entities will no longer be required to assess whether an underlying event or transaction is extraordinary, however, presentation and disclosure guidance for items that are unusual in nature or occur infrequently are retained, and are expanded to include items that are both unusual in nature and infrequently occurring. This guidance is effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning after December 15, 2015. Early adoption is permitted provided that the guidance is applied from the beginning of the fiscal year of adoption. A reporting entity may apply ASU 2015-01 prospectively. A reporting entity may also apply ASU 2015-01 retrospectively to all periods presented in the financial statements. The Company expects to adopt this accounting guidance in its first quarter of 2016 and does not expect the application of ASU 2015-01 to have a material impact in the audited Consolidated Financial Statements or notes thereto.

In February 2015, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update 2015-02, Consolidation (Topic 810): Amendments to the Consolidation Analysis (“ASU 2015-02”). ASU 2015-02 amends current consolidation guidance by modifying the evaluation of whether limited partnerships and similar legal entities are variable interest entities or voting interest entities, eliminating the presumption that a general partner should consolidate a limited partnership, and affects the consolidation analysis of reporting entities that are involved with variable interest entities. ASU 2015-02 is effective for interim and annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2015, with early adoption permitted. The Company does not expect the application of ASU 2015-02 to have a material impact in the audited Consolidated Financial Statements or notes thereto.

In April 2015, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update 2015-03, Interest - Imputation of Interest (Subtopic 835-30): Simplifying the Presentation of Debt Issuance Costs (“ASU 2015-03”), which provides guidance for simplifying the presentation of debt issuance costs. ASU 2015-03 requires that debt issuance costs be presented in the balance sheet as a direct deduction from the carrying amount of debt liability, consistent with debt discounts or premiums. This guidance will be effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2015, and early adoption is permitted for financial statements that have not been previously issued. The standard requires application on a retrospective basis and represents a change in accounting principle. In addition, in August 2015, Accounting Standards Update 2015-15, Interest — Imputation of Interest, was released which added SEC paragraphs pursuant to the SEC Staff Announcement at the June 18, 2015 Emerging Issues Task Force (EITF) meeting about the presentation and subsequent measurement of debt issuance costs associated with line-of-credit arrangements. Given the absence of authoritative guidance within ASU 2015-03 for debt issuance costs related to line-of-credit arrangements, ASU 2015-15 states the SEC staff would not object to an entity deferring and presenting debt issuance costs as an asset and subsequently amortizing the deferred debt issuance costs ratably over the term of the line-of-credit arrangement, regardless of whether there are any outstanding borrowings on the line-of-credit arrangement. The impact of ASU 2015-03 and ASU 2015-15 on the Company’s Consolidated Financial Statements includes a reclassification of net deferred financing costs related to the Company’s Term Loans, Senior Secured Notes and Senior Unsecured Notes to be presented in the Consolidated Balance Sheets as a direct deduction from the carrying amount of those borrowings, while net deferred financing costs related to the Company’s Revolving Credit Facility will remain an asset. As of December 31, 2015, the Company had $10.7 million of net deferred financing costs related to its Term Loans, Senior Secured Notes and Senior Unsecured Notes. The Company expects to adopt this accounting guidance in its first quarter of 2016.

In April 2015, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update 2015-05, “Intangibles-Goodwill and Other – Internal-Use Software (Subtopic 350-40): Customer’s Accounting for Fees Paid in a Cloud Computing Arrangement” (“ASU 2015-05”), which provides guidance on accounting for fees paid by a customer in a cloud computing arrangement. If a cloud computing arrangement includes a software license, then the customer should account for the software license element of the arrangement consistent with the acquisition of other software licenses. If a cloud computing arrangement does not include a software license, the customer should account for the arrangement as a service contract. This guidance is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2015, including interim periods within that reporting period, with early adoption permitted. The Company does not expect the application of ASU 2015-05 to have a material impact in the audited Consolidated Financial Statements or notes thereto.

In November 2015, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update 2015-17, “Income Taxes (Topic740) - Balance Sheet Classification of Deferred Taxes” (“ASU 2015-17”), which will require the presentation of deferred tax liabilities and assets be classified as noncurrent in a classified statement of financial position. This guidance is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2016, including interim periods within that reporting period, with early adoption permitted. The Company expects to adopt this guidance during its first quarter of 2016. The adoption will only impact presentation on the Company’s Consolidated Financial Statements and related disclosure.

In January 2016, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update 2016-01, “Recognition and Measurement of Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities” (“ASU 2016-01”), which requires equity investments that are not accounted for under the equity method of accounting to be measured at fair value with changes recognized in earnings (rather than reported through other comprehensive income) and updates certain presentation and disclosure requirements. ASU 2016-01 is effective beginning after December 15, 2017 and the Company is currently assessing the impact the adoption will have on its Consolidated Financial Statements and related disclosures.

The Company has considered all other recently issued accounting pronouncements and does not believe the adoption of such pronouncements will have a material impact on its audited Consolidated Financial Statements.

Divestiture

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Discontinued Operations And Disposal Groups [Abstract]

Divestiture

2.	DIVESTITURE

On December 26, 2013, NCM LLC sold its Fathom Events business to a newly formed limited liability company (AC JV, LLC) owned 32% by each of the founding members and 4% by NCM LLC. In consideration for the sale, NCM LLC received a total of $25.0 million in promissory notes from its founding members (one-third or approximately $8.3 million from each founding member). The notes receivable bear interest at a fixed rate of 5.0% per annum, compounded annually. Interest and principal payments are due annually in six equal installments commencing on the first anniversary of the closing. Due to the related party nature of the transaction, NCM LLC formed a committee of independent directors that hired a separate legal counsel and an investment banking firm who advised the committee and rendered an opinion as to the fairness of the transaction. NCM LLC deconsolidated Fathom Events and recognized a gain on the sale of approximately $26.0 million during the year ended December 26, 2013. The gain was measured as the difference between (a) the net fair value of the retained noncontrolling investment and the consideration received for the sale and (b) the carrying value of Fathom Events net assets (approximately $0.1 million). NCM LLC recorded approximately $0.6 million of expenses related to the sale, which were recorded as a reduction to the gain on the sale. Approximately $1.1 million of the gain recognized related to the re-measurement of the Company’s retained 4% interest in AC JV, LLC. The fair value of NCM LLC’s retained noncontrolling investment was determined by applying NCM LLC’s ownership percentage to the fair value of AC JV, LLC, which was valued using comparative market multiples. Under the terms of the agreement, the assets and liabilities related to Fathom events held prior to the sale were not assumed by the buyer and those pertaining to Fathom events held post-closing were transferred to the buyer.

Future minimum principal payments under the notes receivable as of December 31, 2015 are approximately as follows (in millions):

Year	Minimum Principal Payments
2016	$	4.2
2017		4.2
2018		4.2
2019		4.1
2020		—
Total	$	16.7

On December 26, 2013, NCM LLC amended and restated its existing ESAs with each of the founding members to remove those provisions addressing the rights and obligations related to the digital programming services of the Fathom Events business. These rights and obligations were conveyed to AC JV, LLC in connection with the sale. In connection with the sale, NCM LLC entered into a transition services agreement to provide certain corporate overhead services for a fee and reimbursement for the use of facilities and certain services including creative, technical event management and event management for the newly formed limited liability company. In addition, NCM LLC entered into a services agreement with a term coinciding with the ESAs, which grants the newly formed limited liability company advertising on-screen and on the LEN and a pre-feature program prior to Fathom events reasonably consistent with what was previously dedicated to Fathom. In addition, the services agreement provides that NCM LLC will assist with event sponsorship sales in return for a share of the sponsorship revenue. NCM LLC has also agreed to provide creative and media production services for a fee. For more information, refer to Note 9—Related Party Transactions.

Due to the Company’s continuing equity method investment in the newly formed limited liability company, the operations of Fathom Events and the gain on the sale were recorded in continuing operations on the Consolidated Statements of Income. Refer to Note 9—Related Party Transactions for further discussion of the investment.

The entire disclosure related to a disposal group. Includes, but is not limited to, a discontinued operation, disposal classified as held-for-sale or disposed of by means other than sale or disposal of an individually significant component.

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Property Plant And Equipment [Abstract]

Earnings Per Share

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Earnings Per Share [Abstract]

Earnings Per Share

3.	EARNINGS PER SHARE

Basic earnings per share is computed on the basis of the weighted average number of common shares outstanding. Diluted earnings per share is computed on the basis of the weighted average number of common shares outstanding plus the effect of potentially dilutive common stock options and restricted stock using the treasury stock method. The components of basic and diluted earnings per NCM, Inc. share are as follows:

	Years Ended
	December 31, 2015		January 1, 2015		December 26, 2013
Net income attributable to NCM, Inc. (in millions)	$	15.4	$	13.4	$	41.2
Weighted average shares outstanding:
Basic		58,979,508		58,709,534		56,014,404
Add: Dilutive effect of stock options and restricted stock		609,791		295,786		614,053
Diluted		59,589,299		59,005,320		56,628,457
Earnings per NCM, Inc. share:
Basic	$	0.26	$	0.23	$	0.74
Diluted	$	0.26	$	0.23	$	0.73

The effect of the 71,439,992, 69,306,057 and 63,718,411 exchangeable NCM LLC common units held by the founding members for the years ended December 31, 2015, January 1, 2015 and December 26, 2013, respectively, have been excluded from the calculation of diluted weighted average shares and earnings per NCM, Inc. share as they were antidilutive. NCM LLC common units do not participate in dividends paid on NCM Inc.’s common shares. In addition, there were 64,519, 72,533 and 30,358 stock options and non-vested (restricted) shares for the years ended December 31, 2015, January 1, 2015 and December 26, 2013, respectively, excluded from the calculation as they were antidilutive, primarily because exercise prices associated with those shares were above the average market value. The Company’s non-vested (restricted) shares do not meet the definition of a participating security as the dividends will not be paid if the shares do not vest.

Property And Equipment

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Property And Equipment

4.	PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT

The following is a summary of property and equipment, at cost less accumulated depreciation (in millions):

	As of
	December 31, 2015			January 1, 2015
Equipment, computer hardware and software	$	77.1		$	89.4
Leasehold improvements		3.4			3.6
Less: Accumulated depreciation		(64.1	)		(72.9	)
Subtotal		16.4			20.1
Construction in progress		8.7			2.3
Total property and equipment	$	25.1		$	22.4

For the years ended December 31, 2015, January 1, 2015 and December 26, 2013, the Company recorded depreciation expense of $9.6 million, $11.1 million, and $10.4 million, respectively.

Intangible Assets

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Goodwill And Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract]

Intangible Assets

5.	INTANGIBLE ASSETS

The Company’s intangible assets consist of contractual rights to provide its services within the theatres of the founding members and network affiliates. The Company records amortization using the straight-line method over the contractual life of the intangibles, corresponding to the term of the ESAs or the term of the contract with the network affiliate. The Company’s intangible assets with NCM LLC’s founding members are recorded at the fair market value of NCM, Inc.’s publicly traded stock as of the date on which the common membership units were issued. The NCM LLC common membership units are fully convertible into NCM, Inc.’s common stock. The Company also records intangible assets for upfront fees paid to network affiliates upon commencement of a network affiliate agreement. Pursuant to ASC 350-10—Intangibles—Goodwill and Other, the Company’s intangible assets have a finite useful life and the Company amortizes the assets over the remaining useful life corresponding with the ESAs or the term of the contract with the network affiliate. If common membership units are issued to a founding member for newly acquired theatres that are subject to an existing on-screen advertising agreement with an alternative provider, the amortization of the intangible asset commences after the existing agreement expires and NCM LLC can utilize the theatres for all of its services. In addition, if common membership units are issued to a founding member for theatres under an existing on-screen advertising agreement with an alternative provider, NCM LLC may receive payments from the founding member pursuant to the ESAs on a quarterly basis in arrears in accordance with certain run-out provisions (“integration payments”). Integration payments approximate the advertising cash flow that the Company would have generated if it had exclusive access to sell advertising in the theatres with pre-existing advertising agreements. The integration payments are recorded as a reduction to net intangible assets, and not as part of operating income.

In accordance with NCM LLC’s Common Unit Adjustment Agreement with its founding members, on an annual basis NCM LLC determines the amount of common membership units to be issued to or returned by the founding members based on theatre additions or dispositions during the previous year. In addition, NCM LLC’s Common Unit Adjustment Agreement requires that a Common Unit Adjustment occur for a specific founding member if its acquisition or disposition of theatres, in a single transaction or cumulatively since the most recent Common Unit Adjustment, results in an attendance increase or decrease of two percent or more in the total annual attendance of all founding members as of the last adjustment date.

The following is a summary of the Company’s intangible assets (in millions):

	As of January 1, 2015			Additions (1)		Amortization			Integration Payments (3)			As of December 31, 2015
Gross carrying amount	$	557.9		$	103.4	$	—		$	(2.7	)	$	658.6
Accumulated amortization		(69.3	)		—		(22.6	)		—			(91.9	)
Total intangible assets, net	$	488.6		$	103.4	$	(22.6	)	$	(2.7	)	$	566.7

	As of December 26, 2013			Additions (2)		Amortization			Integration Payments (3)			As of January 1, 2015
Gross carrying amount	$	540.7		$	19.4	$	—		$	(2.2	)	$	557.9
Accumulated amortization		(48.7	)		—		(20.6	)		—			(69.3	)
Total intangible assets, net	$	492.0		$	19.4	$	(20.6	)	$	(2.2	)	$	488.6

(1)

During the first quarter of 2015, NCM LLC issued 2,160,915 common membership units to its founding members for the rights to exclusive access to net new theatre screens and attendees added by the founding members to NCM LLC’s network during 2014. NCM LLC recorded a net intangible asset of $31.4 million in the first quarter of 2015 as a result of the Common Unit Adjustment.

In December 2015, NCM LLC issued 4,399,324 common membership units to AMC for attendees added in connection with AMC’s acquisition of Starplex Cinemas and other newly built or acquired theatres. NCM LLC recorded a net intangible asset of approximately $69.3 million for this Common Unit Adjustment.

During 2015, the Company purchased intangible assets for $2.7 million associated with network affiliate agreements.

(2)

During the first quarter of 2014, NCM LLC issued 1,087,911 common membership units to its founding members for the rights to exclusive access to net new theatre screens and attendees added by the founding members to NCM LLC’s network during 2013. NCM LLC recorded a net intangible asset of $16.4 million in the first quarter of 2014 as a result of the Common Unit Adjustment.

During 2014, the Company purchased intangible assets for $3.0 million associated with network affiliate agreements.

(3)

Rave Cinemas had pre-existing advertising agreements for some of the theatres it owned prior to its acquisition by Cinemark, as well as, prior to the acquisition of certain Rave theatres by AMC in December 2012. As a result, AMC and Cinemark will make integration payments over the remaining term of those agreements. During the year ended December 31, 2015 and January 1, 2015, NCM LLC recorded a reduction to net intangible assets of $2.7 million and $2.2 million, respectively, related to integration payments due from AMC and Cinemark.

During the year ended December 31, 2015 and January 1, 2015, the founding members paid $2.6 million and $2.1 million, respectively, in integration payments.

As of December 31, 2015 and January 1, 2015, the Company’s intangible assets related to the founding members, net of accumulated amortization was $535.9 million and $458.3 million, respectively with weighted average remaining lives of 21.2 years and 22.2 years as of December 31, 2015 and January 1, 2015, respectively.

As of December 31, 2015 and January 1, 2015, the Company’s intangible assets related to the network affiliates, net of accumulated amortization was $30.8 million and $30.3 million, respectively with weighted average remaining lives of 13.9 years and 14.9 years as of December 31, 2015 and January 1, 2015, respectively.

For the years ended December 31, 2015, January 1, 2015 and December 26, 2013, the Company recorded amortization expense of $22.6 million, $20.6 million and $16.2 million, respectively. The estimated aggregate amortization expense for each of the five succeeding years is as follows (in millions):

Year	Amortization
2016	$	24.6
2017	$	24.6
2018	$	25.0
2019	$	26.8
2020	$	26.7

Accrued Expenses

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Payables And Accruals [Abstract]

Accrued Expenses

6.	ACCRUED EXPENSES

The following is a summary of the Company’s accrued expenses (in millions):

	As of December 31, 2015		As of January 1, 2015
Make-good reserve	$	3.4	$	2.0
Accrued interest		12.5		12.6
Deferred rent		2.1		2.4
Other accrued expenses		1.8		2.2
Total accrued expenses	$	19.8	$	19.2

Income Taxes

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]

Income Taxes

7.	INCOME TAXES

On the IPO date, NCM, Inc. and the founding members entered into a tax receivable agreement. Under the terms of this agreement, NCM, Inc. will make cash payments to the founding members in amounts equal to 90% of NCM, Inc.’s actual tax benefit realized from the tax amortization of the intangible assets described below. For purposes of the tax receivable agreement, cash savings in income and franchise tax will be computed by comparing NCM, Inc.’s actual income and franchise tax liability to the amount of such taxes that NCM, Inc. would have been required to pay had there been no increase in NCM, Inc.’s proportionate share of tax basis in NCM LLC’s tangible and intangible assets and had the tax receivable agreement not been entered into. The tax receivable agreement applies to NCM, Inc.’s taxable years up to and including the 30^th anniversary date of the offering. The Company paid the founding members $10.1 million in 2013 ($0.9 million was for the 2011 tax year and $9.2 million for the 2012 tax year), $27.1 million in 2014 ($0.1 million was for the 2012 tax year, $6.7 million was net operating loss carrybacks for the 2009, 2010 and 2011 tax years and $20.3 million for the 2013 tax year), and $21.1 million in 2015 ($0.9 million was net operating loss carrybacks for the 2009, 2010 and 2011 tax year and $20.2 million for the 2014 tax year).

The Company has provided total income taxes, as follows (in millions):

	Years Ended
	December 31, 2015		January 1, 2015			December 26, 2013
Current:
Federal	$	4.5	$	(3.3	)	$	3.6
State		1.2		0.4			1.9
Total current income tax expense/(benefit)	$	5.7	$	(2.9	)	$	5.5
Deferred:
Federal	$	9.8	$	10.3		$	16.7
State		2.3		2.5			1.2
Total deferred income tax expense	$	12.1	$	12.8		$	17.9
Valuation allowance		—		—			(3.3	)
Total income tax provision on Consolidated Statements of Income	$	17.8	$	9.9		$	20.2
Income tax expense on other comprehensive income	$	0.3	$	1.8		$	1.8

A reconciliation of the provision for income taxes as reported and the amount computed by multiplying income before taxes, less noncontrolling interest, by the U.S. federal statutory rate of 35% was (in millions):

	Years Ended
	December 31, 2015			January 1, 2015			December 26, 2013
Provision calculated at federal statutory income tax rate:
Income before income taxes	$	28.5		$	26.2		$	52.1
Less: Noncontrolling interests		(16.9	)		(18.3	)		(30.9	)
Income attributable to NCM, Inc.		11.6			7.9			21.2
Current year change to enacted state rate		0.8			0.8			(1.2	)
State and local income taxes, net of federal benefit		1.4			0.9			2.2
NCM LLC income taxes		0.1			0.9			0.8
Share-based compensation		0.3			0.9			—
Allocation to founding members under tax receivable agreement		(1.5	)		(1.8	)		(0.7	)
Uncertain tax positions (1)		4.9			—			—
Change in valuation allowance		—			—			(3.3	)
Other		0.2			0.3			1.2
Total income tax provision	$	17.8		$	9.9		$	20.2

(1)

During the year ended December 31, 2015, the Company established a contingency reserve for material, known tax exposures of $4.9 million, including accrued interest and penalties. The reserve relates to tax exposures from prior periods (2010 through 2014). The impact of this reserve was a total out of period impact of $4.9 million to Income tax expense and Income tax payable in the Consolidated Financial Statements. Further information is provided below.

Significant components of the Company’s deferred tax assets and deferred tax liability consisted of the following (in millions):

	Years Ended
	December 31, 2015		January 1, 2015
Deferred tax assets:
Investment in consolidated subsidiary NCM LLC (1)(2)	$	198.3	$	218.7
Share-based compensation		9.0		6.6
Net operating losses		3.3		4.1
Accrued bonus		2.7		1.0
Other		3.8		3.8
Total deferred tax assets	$	217.1	$	234.2
Deferred tax liabilities:
Discount on liability for income taxes payable to founding members under tax sharing agreement (3)	$	45.9	$	48.9
Depreciation and amortization		2.0		2.8
Notes receivable		2.0		2.5
Other		0.2		1.0
Total deferred tax liabilities	$	50.1	$	55.2

(1)

NCM LLC made an election under Internal Revenue code (“IRC”) §754 of the Internal Revenue Code to step-up the Company’s outside basis in its share of NCM LLC’s inside basis of assets under IRC §743(b) resulting in a deferred tax asset for the Company’s acquired share of NCM LLC’s assets. The majority of this deferred tax asset is attributable to intangible assets that are amortized over the remainder of the 15-year period for federal income tax purposes and accounted for as distributions under U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. The Company recorded additional step-up in tax basis as a result of subsequent payments made by NCM, Inc. to the founding members under the tax receivable agreement resulting from amortization of the IRC §743(b) adjustment.

(2)

For federal income tax purposes, an amortizable intangible asset was created on the tax-basis balance sheet of NCM LLC as a result of the founding members agreeing to modify NCM LLC’s payment obligations under the ESAs and as a result of the common unit adjustments, which are further described in Note 5—Intangible Assets. The tax effect of NCM, Inc.’s share of the intangible asset is amortized over the remainder of the 30-year life for federal income tax purposes. Additionally, units issued under Common Unit Adjustments and subsequent payments to the founding members under the tax receivable agreement, create additional layers of tax basis amortized over the remaining period of the ESA. The ESA deferred tax asset was adjusted to reflect the changes in ownership that occurred during the year due primarily to the common unit adjustments.

(3)

NCM, Inc. recorded a long-term payable to founding members related to the tax receivable agreement, which is recorded at its present value. The discount on this liability is a temporary difference that resulted in a deferred tax liability. The Company recorded accretion of interest on the discounted payable of $14.1 million and $14.6 million for the year ended December 31, 2015 and January 1, 2015, respectively.

As of December 31, 2015, the Company had gross federal net operating loss carryforwards of approximately $6.5 million, which expire in 2034 and 2035. As of December 31, 2015, the Company had gross state net operating loss carryforwards of approximately $26.1 million, which expire at various dates between 2017 and 2035. The Company reversed a valuation allowance it had against its capital loss carryforwards as of December 26, 2013, as some of the carryforwards were utilized in 2013 and the remainder were utilized in 2014. As of December 31, 2015, the Company had gross capital loss carryforwards of approximately $2.7 million, which expire in 2020.

The Company is subject to taxation in the U.S. and various states. NCM LLC’s fiscal year 2007 and 2008 tax returns were under examination by the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”). On September 10, 2013, NCM LLC and NCM, Inc., in its capacity as tax matters partner for NCM LLC, received a “No Adjustments Letter” from the IRS which stated that the IRS completed its review of the NCM LLC tax returns for the fiscal years ended 2007 and 2008 and did not propose any adjustments to those tax returns. NCM, Inc. had previously contested adjustments proposed by the IRS through the administrative appeals process. The Company had not recorded any adjustment to its financial statements for this matter and as such there was no effect on the Company’s financial statements for the year ended December 26, 2013 related to the closure of these audits. The Company’s tax returns for the calendar years 2010 through 2014 remain open to examination by the IRS in their entirety. With respect to state taxing jurisdictions, the Company’s tax returns for calendar years ended 2011 through 2014 remain open to examination by various state revenue services.

The Company has established a contingency reserve for material, known tax exposures. As of December 31, 2015, the total amount of the tax contingency reserve was $4.9 million, including accrued interest and penalties. The Company’s reserve reflects management’s judgment as to the resolution of the issues involved if subject to judicial review or other settlement. While the Company believes its reserves are adequate to cover reasonably expected tax risks, there can be no assurance that, in all instances, an issue raised by a tax authority will be resolved at a financial cost that does not exceed its related reserve. With respect to the reserve, the Company’ income tax expense would include (i) any changes in tax reserves arising from material changes during the period in the facts and circumstances (i.e., new information) surrounding a tax issue and (ii) any difference from the Company’s tax position as recorded in the financial statements and the final resolution of a tax issue during the period. Such resolution could materially increase or decrease income tax expense in the Consolidated Financial Statements in future periods and could impact operating cash flows.

Unrecognized tax benefits represent the aggregate tax effect of differences between tax return positions and the amounts otherwise recognized in the Consolidated Financial Statements. A reconciliation of the beginning and ending amount of unrecognized tax benefits, excluding interest and penalties, is as follows (in millions):

	Years Ended
	December 31, 2015		January 1, 2015
Balance at beginning of period	$	—	$	—
Additions based on tax positions related to prior years		3.9		—
Balance at end of period	$	3.9	$	—

The total amount of unrecognized tax benefits that, if recognized, would affect the effective tax rate was $3.9 million and $0.0 million as of December 31, 2015 and January 1, 2015, respectively, excluding interest and penalties. It is reasonably possible that the Company’s total unrecognized tax benefits will decrease by approximately $2.2 million during the next twelve months due to the expiration of certain statutes of limitations.

The Company recognizes interest and penalties with respect to unrecognized tax benefits in income tax expense in the Consolidated Statements of Income and records the liability in income taxes payable in the Consolidated Balance Sheets. The Company recognized $1.0 million, $0.0 million and $0.0 million in interest and penalties during the years ended December 31, 2015, January 1, 2015 and December 26, 2013, respectively.

Equity

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Stockholders Equity Note [Abstract]

Equity

EQUITY

As of December 31, 2015, the Company has authorized capital stock of 175,000,000 shares of common stock, par value of $0.01 per share, and 10,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value of $0.01 per share. There were no shares of preferred stock issued or outstanding as of December 31, 2015. There were 59,239,154 shares of common stock issued and outstanding as of December 31, 2015.

The holders of NCM Inc. common stock are entitled to one vote per share on all matters submitted for action by the NCM Inc. stockholders. Holders of common stock are entitled to share equally, share for share, in declared dividends.

The authorized but unissued shares of common stock and preferred stock are available for future issuance without stockholder approval. These additional shares may be used for a variety of corporate purposes, including share based compensation, future public offerings to raise additional capital, corporate acquisitions and exchange on a one-for-one basis under the founding members’ right to convert their NCM LLC membership units into Company common stock.

NCM LLC’s founding members received all proceeds from NCM, Inc.’s IPO and related issuances of debt, except for amounts needed to pay out-of-pocket costs of the financings and other expenses. The ESAs with the founding members were amended and restated in conjunction with the IPO under which NCM LLC became the exclusive provider of advertising services to the founding members for a 30-year term. In conformity with accounting guidance of the SEC concerning monetary consideration paid to promoters, such as the founding members, in exchange for property conveyed by the promoters, the excess over predecessor cost was treated as a special distribution. Because the founding members had no cost basis in the ESAs, nearly all payments to the founding members with the proceeds of the IPO and related debt, have been accounted for as distributions. The distributions by NCM LLC to the founding members made at the date of the IPO resulted in a consolidated stockholders’ deficit. As a noncontrolling interest cannot be shown as an asset, the founding members’ interest in NCM LLC’s members equity is included in distributions in excess of paid in capital in the accompanying Consolidated Balance Sheets.

The entire disclosure for shareholders' equity comprised of portions attributable to the parent entity and noncontrolling interest, including other comprehensive income. Includes, but is not limited to, balances of common stock, preferred stock, additional paid-in capital, other capital and retained earnings, accumulated balance for each classification of other comprehensive income and amount of comprehensive income.

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Related-Party Transactions

Related-Party Transactions

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

9.	RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

Founding Member Transactions— In connection with the IPO, the Company entered into several agreements to define and regulate the relationships among NCM, Inc., NCM LLC and the founding members. They include the following:

ESAs. Under the ESAs, NCM LLC is the exclusive provider within the United States of advertising services in the founding members’ theatres (subject to pre-existing contractual obligations and other limited exceptions for the benefit of the founding members). The advertising services include the use of the DCN equipment required to deliver the on-screen advertising and other content included in the FirstLook pre-show, use of the LEN and rights to sell and display certain lobby promotions. Further, 30 to 60 seconds of advertising included in the FirstLook pre-show is sold to NCM LLC’s founding members to satisfy the founding members’ on-screen advertising commitments under their beverage concessionaire agreements. In consideration for access to the founding members’ theatres, theatre patrons, the network equipment required to display on-screen and LEN video advertising and the use of theatres for lobby promotions, the founding members receive a monthly theatre access fee.

Common Unit Adjustment Agreement. The common unit adjustment agreement provides a mechanism for increasing or decreasing the membership units held by the founding members based on the acquisition or construction of new theatres or sale of theatres that are operated by each founding member and included in NCM LLC’s network.

Tax Receivable Agreement. The tax receivable agreement provides for the effective payment by NCM, Inc. to the founding members of 90% of the amount of cash savings, if any, in U.S. federal, state and local income tax or franchise tax that is actually realized as a result of certain increases in NCM, Inc.’s proportionate share of tax basis in NCM LLC’s tangible and intangible assets resulting from the IPO and related transactions.

Software License Agreement. At the date of the Company’s IPO, NCM LLC was granted a perpetual, royalty-free license from NCM LLC’s founding members to use certain proprietary software that existed at the time for the delivery of digital advertising and other content through the DCN to screens in the U.S. NCM LLC has made improvements to this software since the IPO date and NCM LLC owns those improvements, except for improvements that were developed jointly by NCM LLC and NCM LLC’s founding members, if any.

Following is a summary of the transactions between the Company and the founding members (in millions):

	Years Ended
Included in the Consolidated Statements of Income:	December 31, 2015		January 1, 2015		December 26, 2013
Revenue:
Beverage concessionaire revenue (included in advertising revenue) (1)	$	30.0	$	38.4	$	41.4
Advertising inventory revenue (included in advertising revenue) (2)		0.2		0.3		0.2
Operating expenses:
Theatre access fee (3)		72.5		70.6		69.4
Revenue share from Fathom Events (included in Fathom Events operating costs) (4)		—		—		5.1
Purchase of movie tickets and concession products and rental of theatre space (included in Fathom Events operating costs) (5)		—		—		0.2
Purchase of movie tickets and concession products and rental of theatre space (included in selling and marketing costs) (6)		1.2		0.9		1.4
Purchase of movie tickets and concession products (included in advertising operating costs) (6)		—		—		0.2
Purchase of movie tickets and concession products and rental of theatre space (included in other administrative and other costs)		0.1		0.1		—
Non-operating expenses:
Gain on sale of Fathom Events (7)		—		—		25.4
Interest income from notes receivable (included in interest income) (7)		1.0		1.2		—

(1)

For the six months ended December 31, 2015, two of the founding members purchased 60 seconds of on-screen advertising time and one founding member purchased 30 seconds (with all three founding members having a right to purchase up to 90 seconds) from NCM LLC to satisfy their obligations under their beverage concessionaire agreements at a 30 second equivalent CPM rate specified by the ESA. For the first six months of 2015 and for the years ended December 31, 2015 and January 1, 2015, the founding members purchased 60 seconds of on-screen advertising time.

(2)

The value of such purchases is calculated by reference to NCM LLC’s advertising rate card.

(3)

Comprised of payments per theatre attendee, payments per digital screen with respect to the founding member theatres included in the Company’s network and payments for access to higher quality digital cinema equipment.

(4)

Prior to the sale of Fathom Events on December 26, 2013, these payments are at rates (percentage of event revenue) included in the ESAs based on the nature of the event.

(5)

Prior to the sale of Fathom Events on December 26, 2013, these were used primarily for marketing resale to Fathom Events customers.

(6)

Used primarily for marketing to NCM LLC’s advertising clients.

(7)

Refer to discussion of Fathom sale in Note 2—Divestiture.

	As of
Included in the Consolidated Balance Sheets:	December 31, 2015		January 1, 2015
Current portion of note receivable - founding members (1)	$	4.2	$	4.2
Long-term portion of note receivable - founding members (1)		12.5		16.6
Common unit adjustments and integration payments, net of amortization (included in intangible assets)		535.9		458.3
Current payable to founding members under tax receivable agreement		26.2		19.6
Long-term payable to founding members under tax receivable agreement		140.3		146.7

(1)

Refer to discussion of Fathom sale in Note 2—Divestiture.

At the date of the Company’s IPO, NCM LLC was granted a perpetual, royalty-free license from NCM LLC’s founding members to use certain proprietary software that existed at the time for the delivery of digital advertising and other content through the DCN to screens in the U.S. NCM LLC has made improvements to this software since the IPO date and NCM LLC owns those improvements, except for improvements that were developed jointly by NCM LLC and NCM LLC’s founding members, if any.

On March 16, 2015, the Company announced the termination of the Merger Agreement with Screenvision. After the Merger Agreement was terminated, NCM LLC reimbursed NCM, Inc. for certain expenses pursuant to an indemnification agreement among NCM LLC, NCM, Inc. and the founding members. On March 17, 2015, NCM LLC paid Screenvision an approximate $26.8 million termination payment on behalf of NCM, Inc. This payment was $2 million lower than the reverse termination fee contemplated by the Merger Agreement. During the year ended December 31, 2015, NCM LLC also either paid directly or reimbursed NCM, Inc. for the legal and other merger-related costs of approximately $15.0 million ($7.5 million incurred by NCM, Inc. during the year ended January 1, 2015 and approximately $7.5 million incurred by NCM LLC during the year ended December 31, 2015). The Company and the founding members each bore a pro rata portion of the termination fee and the related merger expenses based on their aggregate ownership percentages in NCM LLC when the expenses were incurred.

Pursuant to the terms of the NCM LLC Operating Agreement in place since the completion of the IPO, NCM LLC is required to make mandatory distributions on a proportionate basis to its members of available cash, as defined in the NCM LLC Operating Agreement, on a quarterly basis in arrears. Mandatory distributions for the years ended December 31, 2015, January 1, 2015 and December 26, 2013 are as follows (in millions):

	Years Ended
	December 31, 2015		January 1, 2015		December 26, 2013
AMC	$	23.8	$	21.9	$	29.8
Cinemark		28.7		28.0		36.9
Regal		29.6		29.5		37.1
Total founding members		82.1		79.4		103.8
NCM, Inc.		66.4		67.0		89.6
Total	$	148.5	$	146.4	$	193.4

Due to the merger termination fee and related merger expenses, the mandatory distributions of available cash by NCM LLC to its founding members and NCM, Inc. for the three months ended April 2, 2015 was calculated as negative $25.5 million ($14.0 million for the founding members and $11.5 million for NCM, Inc.). Therefore, there was no payment made in the second quarter of 2015. Under the terms of the NCM LLC Operating Agreement, this negative amount will be netted against the available cash distributions for the second quarter of 2016, which will be paid in the third quarter of 2016. Until the settlement in the third quarter of 2016, the remaining merger-related costs will be funded through borrowings on the NCM LLC revolving credit facility.

The mandatory distributions of available cash by NCM LLC to its founding members for the quarter ended December 31, 2015 of $32.3 million, is included in amounts due to founding members in the Consolidated Balance Sheets as of December 31, 2015 and will be made in the first quarter of 2016. The distributions to NCM, Inc. are eliminated in consolidation.

Amounts due to founding members as of December 31, 2015 were comprised of the following (in millions):

	AMC			Cinemark			Regal		Total
Theatre access fees, net of beverage revenues	$	1.8		$	1.0		$	1.5	$	4.3
Cost and other reimbursement		(0.9	)		(0.3	)		—		(1.2	)
Distributions payable to founding members		10.2			10.9			11.3		32.4
Total	$	11.1		$	11.6		$	12.8	$	35.5

Amounts due to founding members as of January 1, 2015 were comprised of the following (in millions):

	AMC			Cinemark			Regal		Total
Theatre access fees, net of beverage revenues	$	0.8		$	0.8		$	1.2	$	2.8
Cost and other reimbursement		(0.6	)		(0.2	)		—		(0.8	)
Distributions payable to founding members		9.1			11.6			12.2		32.9
Total	$	9.3		$	12.2		$	13.4	$	34.9

Common Unit Membership Redemption— The NCM LLC Operating Agreement provides a redemption right of the founding members to exchange common membership units of NCM LLC for shares of the Company’s common stock on a one-for-one basis, or at the Company’s option, a cash payment equal to the market price of one share of NCM, Inc. common stock. During the third quarter of 2013, Regal exercised the redemption right of an aggregate 2,300,000 common membership units for a like number of shares of common stock. Such redemptions took place immediately prior to the closing of an underwritten public offering and the closing of an overallotment option. The Company did not receive any proceeds from the sale of its common stock by Regal. During the fourth quarter of 2015, AMC exercised the redemption right of an aggregate 200,000 common membership units for a like number of shares of NCM, Inc.’s common stock. These shares were not sold and as of December 31, 2015 AMC owned 200,000 shares of NCM, Inc. common stock. Pursuant to ASC 810-10-45, the Company accounted for the change in its ownership interest in NCM LLC from these redemptions as equity transactions and no gain or loss was recognized in the Consolidated Statements of Income. During the years ended December 31, 2015 and December 26, 2013, the Company recorded deferred tax assets of $1.4 million and $4.1 million, respectively for its additional ownership interest in NCM LLC as a result of these redemptions to reflect the tax effective difference between the tax basis and the book basis, the majority of which will be amortized over a 15-year period for federal income tax purposes. In addition, the Company recorded an increase of $0.7 million and $4.5 million during the years ended December 31, 2015 and December 26, 2013, respectively in its long-term payable to founding members for the estimated payment to the founding members of 90% of the amount of cash savings, if any, in U.S. federal, state and local income tax or franchise tax that the Company expects to realize as a result of the deferred tax asset, which is recorded at its present value. The discount on this liability is a temporary difference that resulted in an additional $0.2 million and $2.1 million deferred tax liability during the years ended December 31, 2015 and December 26, 2013, respectively.

AC JV, LLC Transactions— The Company accounts for its investment in AC JV, LLC under the equity method of accounting in accordance with ASC 323-30, Investments—Equity Method and Joint Ventures (“ASC 323-30”) because AC JV, LLC is a limited liability company with the characteristics of a limited partnership and ASC 323-30 requires the use of equity method accounting unless the Company’s interest is so minor that it would have virtually no influence over partnership operating and financial policies. Although NCM LLC does not have a representative on AC JV, LLC’s Board of Directors or any voting, consent or blocking rights with respect to the governance or operations of AC JV, LLC, the Company concluded that its interest was more than minor under the accounting guidance. The Company’s investment in AC JV, LLC was $1.2 million and $1.3 million as of December 31, 2015 and January 1, 2015, respectively. During the year ended December 31, 2015, NCM LLC received a cash distribution from AC JV, LLC of $0.2 million. Following is a summary of the transactions between NCM LLC and AC JV, LLC (in millions):

	Years Ended
Included in the Consolidated Statements of Income:	December 31, 2015		January 1, 2015		December 26, 2013
Transition services (included in network costs) (1)	$	0.1	$	0.2	$	—
Equity in earnings of non-consolidated entities (included in other non-operating expense)		0.1		0.2		—

(1)

In connection with the sale of Fathom Events, NCM LLC entered into a transition services agreement to provide certain corporate overhead services for a fee and reimbursement for the use of facilities and certain services including creative, technical event management and event management for the newly formed limited liability company. These fees received by NCM LLC are included as an offset to network costs in the audited Consolidated Statements of Income.

Related Party Affiliates— NCM LLC enters into network affiliate agreements with network affiliates for NCM LLC to provide in-theatre advertising at theatre locations that are owned by companies that are affiliates of certain of the founding members or directors of NCM, Inc. Related party affiliate agreements are entered into at terms that are similar to those of the Company’s other network affiliates.

NCM LLC has an agreement with LA Live, an affiliate of The Anschutz Corporation. The Anschutz Corporation is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Anschutz Company, which is the controlling stockholder of Regal. During the years ended December 31, 2015, January 1, 2015 and December 26, 2013 there was approximately $0.2 million, $0.2 million and $0.2 million, respectively, included in advertising operating costs related to LA Live, and there was approximately $0.1 million and $0.1 million of accounts payable with this company as of December 31, 2015 and January 1, 2015, respectively.

Other Transactions— NCM LLC had an agreement with an interactive media company to sell some of its online inventory. One of NCM, Inc.’s directors is also a director of this media company. During the years ended December 31, 2015, January 1, 2015 and December 26, 2013, this company generated approximately $0.0 million, $0.3 million and $0.6 million, respectively, in revenue for NCM LLC and there was approximately $0.3 million and $0.3 million, respectively, of accounts receivable due from this company as of December 31, 2015 and January 1, 2015.

NCM LLC has an agreement with AEG Live, an affiliate of The Anschutz Corporation, for AEG Live to showcase musical artists in the FirstLook pre-show. The Anschutz Corporation is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Anschutz Company, which is the controlling stockholder of Regal. During the years ended December 31, 2015, January 1, 2015 and December 26, 2013, NCM LLC received approximately $1.6 million, $0.7 million and $0.2 million, respectively, in revenue from AEG Live and as of December 31, 2015 and January 1, 2015, had $0.4 million and $0.4 million, respectively, of accounts receivable from AEG Live.

The entire disclosure for related party transactions. Examples of related party transactions include transactions between (a) a parent company and its subsidiary; (b) subsidiaries of a common parent; (c) and entity and its principal owners; and (d) affiliates.

Disclosure Of Compensation Related Costs Sharebased Payments [Abstract]

Borrowings

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Debt Disclosure [Abstract]

Borrowings

10.	BORROWINGS

The following table summarizes NCM LLC’s total outstanding debt as of December 31, 2015 and January 1, 2015 and the significant terms of its borrowing arrangements:

	Outstanding Balance as of
Borrowings ($ in millions)	December 31, 2015		January 1, 2015		Maturity Date	Interest Rate
Revolving Credit Facility	$	66.0	$	22.0	November 26, 2019	(1)
Term Loans		270.0		270.0	November 26, 2019	(1)
Senior Unsecured Notes		200.0		200.0	July 15, 2021		7.875%
Senior Secured Notes		400.0		400.0	April 15, 2022		6.000%
Total	$	936.0	$	892.0

(1)	The interest rates on the revolving credit facility and term loan are described below.

Senior Secured Credit Facility – As of December 31, 2015, NCM LLC’s senior secured credit facility consisted of a $135.0 million revolving credit facility and a $270.0 million term loan. On June 18, 2014, NCM LLC entered into an incremental amendment of its senior secured credit facility whereby the revolving credit facility was increased by $25.0 million. In addition, on July 2, 2014, NCM LLC entered into an amendment of its senior secured credit facility whereby the maturity date was extended by two years to November 26, 2019, which corresponds to the maturity date of the $270 million term loans. The obligations under the senior secured credit facility are secured by a lien on substantially all of the assets of NCM LLC.

Revolving Credit Facility – The revolving credit facility portion of NCM LLC’s total borrowings is available, subject to certain conditions, for general corporate purposes of NCM LLC in the ordinary course of business and for other transactions permitted under the senior secured credit facility, and a portion is available for letters of credit.

As of December 31, 2015, NCM LLC’s total availability under the $135.0 million revolving credit facility was $69.0 million. The unused line fee is 0.50% per annum. Borrowings under the revolving credit facility bear interest at NCM LLC’s option of either the LIBOR index plus an applicable margin or the base rate (Prime Rate or the Federal Funds Effective Rate, as defined in the senior secured credit facility) plus an applicable margin. The applicable margin for the revolving credit facility is determined quarterly and is subject to adjustment based upon a consolidated net senior secured leverage ratio for NCM LLC (the ratio of secured funded debt less unrestricted cash and cash equivalents, over a non-GAAP measure defined in the senior secured credit facility). The applicable margins on the revolving credit facility are the LIBOR index plus 2.00% or the base rate plus 1.00%. The weighted-average interest rate on the outstanding balance on the revolving credit facility as of December 31, 2015 was 2.24%. On December 31, 2014, $14.0 million of the revolving credit facility matured and NCM LLC paid the balance in full, along with any accrued and unpaid fees and interest. The maturity date applicable to the remaining revolving credit facility principal is November 26, 2019.

Term Loans – In connection with the amendment of its senior secured credit facility on May 2, 2013, the interest rate on the term loans decreased by 50 basis points to a rate at NCM LLC’s option of either the LIBOR index plus 2.75% or the base rate (Prime Rate or the Federal Funds Effective Rate, as defined in the senior secured credit facility) plus 1.75%. The weighted-average interest rate on the term loans as of December 31, 2015 was 2.99%. Interest on the term loans is currently paid monthly.

The senior secured credit facility contains a number of covenants and financial ratio requirements, with which NCM LLC was in compliance at December 31, 2015, including maintaining a consolidated net senior secured leverage ratio of 6.5 times on a quarterly basis. NCM LLC is permitted to make quarterly dividend payments and other payments based on leverage ratios for NCM LLC and its subsidiaries so long as no default or event of default has occurred and continues to occur. The quarterly dividend payments and other distributions are made even if consolidated net senior secured leverage ratio is less than or equal to 6.5 times. In addition, there are no borrower distribution restrictions as long as NCM LLC’s consolidated net senior secured leverage ratio is below 6.5 times and NCM LLC is in compliance with its debt covenants. If there are limitations on the restricted payments, NCM LLC may not declare or pay any dividends, or make any payments on account of NCM LLC, or set aside assets for the retirement or other acquisition of capital stock of the borrower or any subsidiaries, or make any other distribution for obligations of NCM LLC. When these restrictions are effective, NCM LLC may still pay the services fee and reimbursable costs pursuant to terms of the management agreement. NCM LLC can also make payments pursuant to the tax receivable agreement in the amount, and at the time necessary to satisfy the contractual obligations with respect to the actual cash tax benefits payable to NCM LLC’s founding members. As of December 31, 2015, the NCM LLC’s consolidated net senior secured leverage ratio was 3.3 times (versus the covenant of 6.5 times).

Senior Unsecured Notes due 2021 – On July 5, 2011, NCM LLC completed a private placement of $200.0 million in aggregate principal amount of 7.875% Senior Unsecured Notes for which the registered exchange offering was completed on September 22, 2011. The Senior Unsecured Notes pay interest semi-annually in arrears on January 15 and July 15 of each year, which commenced January 15, 2012. The notes are subordinated to all existing and future secured debt, including indebtedness under the Company’s existing senior secured credit facility and the Senior Secured Notes defined below. The Senior Unsecured Notes contain certain non-maintenance covenants with which NCM LLC was in compliance as of December 31, 2015.

Senior Secured Notes due 2022 – On April 27, 2012, NCM LLC completed a private placement of $400.0 million in aggregate principal amount of 6.00% Senior Secured Notes for which the registered exchange offering was completed on November 26, 2012. The Senior Secured Notes pay interest semi-annually in arrears on April 15 and October 15 of each year, which commenced October 15, 2012. The Senior Secured Notes are senior secured obligations of NCM LLC, rank the same as NCM LLC’s senior secured credit facility, subject to certain exceptions, and share in the same collateral that secures NCM LLC’s obligations under the senior secured credit facility. The Senior Secured Notes contain certain non-maintenance covenants with which NCM LLC was in compliance as of December 31, 2015.

Future Maturities of Borrowings – The scheduled annual maturities on the Senior Secured Credit Facility and Senior Secured and Senior Unsecured Notes as of December 31, 2015 are as follows (in millions):

Year	Amount
2016	$	—
2017		—
2018		—
2019		336.0
2020		—
Thereafter		600.0
Total	$	936.0

Share-Based Compensation

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Share-Based Compensation

11.	SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION

The NCM, Inc. 2007 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended (the “Equity Incentive Plan”), reserves 12,974,589 shares of common stock available for issuance or delivery under the Equity Incentive Plan of which 3,636,589 shares remain available for future grants as of December 31, 2015 (assuming 100% achievement of targets on performance-based restricted stock). The types of awards that may be granted under the Equity Incentive Plan include stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock, restricted stock units or other stock based awards. Stock options awarded under the Equity Incentive Plan are granted with an exercise price equal to the closing market price of NCM, Inc. common stock on the date the Company’s board of directors approves the grant. Upon vesting of the restricted stock awards or exercise of options, NCM LLC will issue common membership units to the Company equal to the number of shares of the Company’s common stock represented by such awards. Options and restricted stock vest annually over a three or five-year period and options have either 10-year or 15-year contractual terms. A forfeiture rate of 5% was estimated to reflect the potential separation of employees. Certain option and share awards provide for accelerated vesting if there is a change in control, as defined in the Equity Incentive Plan. In addition, certain restricted stock awards include performance vesting conditions, which permit vesting to the extent that the Company achieves specified non-GAAP targets at the end of the measurement period. The length of the measurement period is two to three years. Restricted stock units granted to non-employee directors vest after approximately one year.

Compensation Cost—The Company recognized $14.8 million, $7.7 million and $5.9 million for the years ended December 31, 2015, January 1, 2015 and December 26, 2013, respectively, of share-based compensation expense and $0.3 million, $0.1 million and $0.1 million was capitalized during the years ended December 31, 2015, January 1, 2015 and December 26, 2013, respectively. The income tax benefit recognized in the income statement for share-based compensation was approximately $2.5 million, $1.4 million, and $1.0 million for the years ended December 31, 2015, January 1, 2015 and December 26, 2013, respectively. As of December 31, 2015, unrecognized compensation cost related to unvested options was approximately $0.0 million, as stock options were fully vested as of December 31, 2015. As of December 31, 2015, unrecognized compensation cost related to restricted stock and restricted stock units was approximately $19.6 million, which will be recognized over a weighted average remaining period of 1.8 years.

Stock Options—A summary of option award activity under the Equity Incentive Plan as of December 31, 2015, and changes during the year then ended are presented below:

	Options			Weighted Average Exercise Price		Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Life (in years)		Aggregate Intrinsic Value (in millions)
Outstanding as of January 1, 2015		3,004,841		$	16.53
Granted		—			—
Exercised		(104,837	)	$	12.25
Forfeited		(192,252	)	$	17.93
Expired		—			—
Outstanding as of December 31, 2015		2,707,752		$	16.60		4.8	$	1.4
Exercisable as of December 31, 2015		2,707,752		$	16.60		4.8	$	1.4
Vested and expected to vest as of December 31, 2015		2,707,752		$	16.60		4.8	$	1.4

The Company did not grant stock options during the years ended December 31, 2015, January 1, 2015 or December 26, 2013. The fair value of each option award was estimated on the date of grant using the Black-Scholes option pricing valuation model. The intrinsic value of options exercised during the year was $0.4 million, $0.2 million and $6.1 million for the years ended December 31, 2015, January 1, 2015 and December 26, 2013, respectively. The total fair value of awards vested during the years ended December 31, 2015, January 1, 2015 and December 26, 2013 was $0.7 million, $2.2 million and $4.9 million, respectively.

Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units—Under the non-vested stock program, common stock of the Company may be granted at no cost to officers, independent directors and employees, subject to requisite service and/or meeting financial performance targets, and as such restrictions lapse, the award vests in that proportion. The participants are entitled to cash dividends and to vote their respective shares (in the case of restricted stock), although the sale and transfer of such shares is prohibited and the shares are subject to forfeiture during the restricted period. Additionally, the accrued cash dividends for 2013, 2014 and 2015 grants are subject to forfeiture during the restricted period should the underlying shares not vest. As of December 31, 2015 and January 1, 2015, accrued dividends totaled $3.7 million and $1.8 million, respectively.

The weighted average grant date fair value of non-vested stock was $14.76, $19.18, and $15.17 for the years ended December 31, 2015, January 1, 2015 and December 26, 2013, respectively. The total fair value of awards vested was $11.6 million, $3.6 million and $7.5 million during the years ended December 31, 2015, January 1, 2015 and December 26, 2013, respectively.

As of December 31, 2015, the total number of restricted stock and restricted stock units that are ultimately expected to vest, after consideration of expected forfeitures and estimated vesting of performance-based restricted stock is 2,337,754.

A summary of restricted stock award and restricted stock unit activity under the Equity Incentive Plan as of December 31, 2015, and changes during the year then ended are presented below:

	Number of Restricted Shares and Restricted Stock Units			Weighted Average Grant-Date Fair Value
Non-vested balance as of January 1, 2015		2,155,996		$	16.40
Granted		1,290,185			14.76
Vested		(274,059	)		17.98
Forfeited		(608,485	)		13.80
Non-vested balance as of December 31, 2015		2,563,637		$	16.03

Employee Benefit Plans

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Compensation And Retirement Disclosure [Abstract]

Employee Benefit Plans

12.	EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS

The Company sponsors the NCM 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan (the “Plan”) under Section 401(k) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, for the benefit of substantially all full-time employees. The Plan provides that participants may contribute up to 20% of their compensation, subject to Internal Revenue Service limitations. Employee contributions are invested in various investment funds based upon election made by the employee. The Company made discretionary contributions of $1.3 million, $1.0 million and $1.0 million during the years ended December 31, 2015, January 1, 2015 and December 26, 2013, respectively.

Commitments And Contingencies

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Commitments And Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]

Commitments And Contingencies

13.	COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

Legal Actions—The Company is subject to claims and legal actions in the ordinary course of business. The Company believes such claims will not have a material effect, individually and in aggregate, on its financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

Operating Commitments— The Company leases office facilities for its headquarters in Centennial, Colorado and also in various cities for its sales and marketing and software development personnel. Total lease expense for the years ended December 31, 2015, January 1, 2015 and December 26, 2013, was $2.3 million, $2.2 million and $2.3 million, respectively. Future minimum lease payments under noncancelable operating leases as of December 31, 2015 are as follows (in millions):

Year	Minimum Lease Payments
2016	$	2.7
2017		2.1
2018		1.8
2019		1.8
2020		1.7
Thereafter		1.0
Total	$	11.1

Minimum Revenue Guarantees—As part of the network affiliate agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business under which the Company sells advertising for display in various network affiliate theatre chains, the Company has agreed to certain minimum revenue guarantees on a per attendee basis. If a network affiliate achieves the attendance set forth in their respective agreement, the Company has guaranteed minimum revenue for the network affiliate per attendee if such amount paid under the revenue share arrangement is less than its guaranteed amount. The amount and term varies for each network affiliate, but terms range from three to 20 years, prior to any renewal periods of which some are at the option of the Company. As of December 31, 2015, the maximum potential amount of future payments the Company could be required to make pursuant to the minimum revenue guarantees is $38.3 million over the remaining terms of the network affiliate agreements, which calculation does not include any potential extensions offered subsequent to December 31, 2015. As of December 31, 2015 and January 1, 2015, the Company had no liabilities recorded for these obligations, as such guarantees are less than the expected share of revenue paid to the affiliate.

Fair Value Measurements

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Fair Value Disclosures [Abstract]

Fair Value Measurements

14.	FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS

Non-Recurring Measurements—Certain assets are measured at fair value on a non-recurring basis. These assets are not measured at fair value on an ongoing basis but are subject to fair value adjustments in certain circumstances. These assets include long-lived assets, intangible assets, cost and equity method investments, notes receivable and borrowings.

Long-Lived Assets, Intangible Assets, Other Investments and Notes Receivable —As described in Note 1—Basis of Presentation and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, the Company regularly reviews long-lived assets (primarily property, plant and equipment), intangible assets, investments accounted for under the cost or equity method and notes receivable for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amounts of the assets may not be fully recoverable. When the estimated fair value is determined to be lower than the carrying value of the asset, an impairment charge is recorded to write the asset down to its estimated fair value.

As of December 31, 2015 and January 1, 2015, the Company had other investments of $5.4 million and $2.5 million, respectively. The fair value of these investments has not been estimated as of December 31, 2015 as there were no identified events or changes in the circumstances that had a significant adverse effect on the fair value of the investments and it is not practicable to do so because the equity securities are not in publicly traded companies. Refer to Note 1—Basis of Presentation and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies for more details. As the inputs to the determination of fair value are based upon non-identical assets and use significant unobservable inputs, they have been classified as Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy.

As of December 31, 2015, the Company had notes receivable totaling $16.7 million from its founding members related to the sale of Fathom Events, as described in Note 2—Divestiture. These notes were initially valued using comparative market multiples. There were no identified events or changes in circumstances that had a significant adverse effect on the fair value of the notes receivable. The notes are classified as Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy as the inputs to the determination of fair value are based upon non-identical assets and use significant unobservable inputs.

Borrowings— The carrying amount of the revolving credit facility is considered a reasonable estimate of fair value due to its floating-rate terms. The estimated fair values of the Company’s financial instruments where carrying values do not approximate fair value are as follows (in millions):

	As of December 31, 2015				As of January 1, 2015
	Carrying Value		Fair Value (1)		Carrying Value		Fair Value (1)
Term Loans	$	270.0	$	269.3	$	270.0	$	257.9
Senior Unsecured Notes		200.0		208.4		200.0		210.8
Senior Secured Notes		400.0		414.5		400.0		400.8

(1)

The Company has estimated the fair value on an average of at least two non-binding broker quotes and the Company’s analysis. If the Company were to measure the borrowings in the above table at fair value on the balance sheet they would be classified as Level 2.

Recurring Measurements—The fair values of the Company’s assets and liabilities measured on a recurring basis pursuant to ASC 820-10 Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures are as follows (in millions):

			Fair Value Measurements at Reporting Date Using
	Fair Value As of December 31, 2015		Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1)		Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2)		Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)
ASSETS:
Cash equivalents (1)	$	6.4	$	6.4	$	—	$	—
Short-term marketable securities (2)		13.2		9.5		3.7		—
Long-term marketable securities (2)		40.5		30.6		9.9		—
Total assets	$	60.1	$	46.5	$	13.6	$	—

			Fair Value Measurements at Reporting Date Using
	Fair Value As of January 1, 2015		Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1)		Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2)		Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)
ASSETS:
Cash equivalents (1)	$	2.5	$	2.5	$	—	$	—
Short-term marketable securities (2)		21.7		9.5		12.2		—
Long-term marketable securities (2)		45.5		41.5		4.0		—
Total assets	$	69.7	$	53.5	$	16.2	$	—

(1)

Cash Equivalents— The Company’s cash equivalents are carried at estimated fair value. Cash equivalents consist of money market accounts which the Company has classified as Level 1 given the active market for these accounts and commercial paper with original maturities of three months or less, which are classified as Level 2 and are valued as described below.

(2)

The amortized cost basis, aggregate fair value and maturities of the marketable securities the Company held as of December 31, 2015 and January 1, 2015 are as follows:

	As of December 31, 2015
	Amortized Cost Basis (in millions)		Aggregate Fair Value (in millions)		Maturities (1) (in years)
MARKETABLE SECURITIES:
Short-term municipal bonds	$	9.5	$	9.5		0.4
Short-term certificates of deposit		3.7		3.7		0.6
Total short-term marketable securities		13.2		13.2

Long-term U.S. government treasury bonds		1.2		1.2		1.8
Long-term municipal bonds		1.7		1.7		1.7
Long-term U.S. government agency bonds		27.9		27.7		3.4
Long-term certificates of deposit		9.9		9.9		1.9
Total long-term marketable securities		40.7		40.5
Total marketable securities	$	53.9	$	53.7

	As of January 1, 2015
	Amortized Cost Basis (in millions)		Aggregate Fair Value (in millions)		Maturities (1) (in years)
MARKETABLE SECURITIES:
Short-term municipal bonds	$	9.4	$	9.5		0.5
Short-term commercial paper:
Financial		3.4		3.4		—
Industrial		3.3		3.3		0.1
Utility		3.0		3.0		0.2
Short-term certificates of deposit		2.5		2.5		0.6
Total short-term marketable securities		21.6		21.7

Long-term U.S. government treasury bonds		5.1		5.1		2.7
Long-term municipal bonds		0.3		0.3		1.4
Long-term U.S. government agency bonds		36.1		36.1		3.3
Long-term certificates of deposit		4.0		4.0		3.1
Total long-term marketable securities		45.5		45.5
Total marketable securities	$	67.1	$	67.2

(1)

Maturities— Securities available for sale include obligations with various contractual maturity dates some of which are greater than one year. The Company considers the securities to be liquid and convertible to cash within 30 days.

The entire disclosure for the fair value of financial instruments (as defined), including financial assets and financial liabilities (collectively, as defined), and the measurements of those instruments as well as disclosures related to the fair value of non-financial assets and liabilities. Such disclosures about the financial instruments, assets, and liabilities would include: (1) the fair value of the required items together with their carrying amounts (as appropriate); (2) for items for which it is not practicable to estimate fair value, disclosure would include: (a) information pertinent to estimating fair value (including, carrying amount, effective interest rate, and maturity, and (b) the reasons why it is not practicable to estimate fair value; (3) significant concentrations of credit risk including: (a) information about the activity, region, or economic characteristics identifying a concentration, (b) the maximum amount of loss the entity is exposed to based on the gross fair value of the related item, (c) policy for requiring collateral or other security and information as to accessing such collateral or security, and (d) the nature and brief description of such collateral or security; (4) quantitative information about market risks and how such risks are managed; (5) for items measured on both a recurring and nonrecurring basis information regarding the inputs used to develop the fair value measurement; and (6) for items presented in the financial statement for which fair value measurement is elected: (a) information necessary to understand the reasons for the election, (b) discussion of the effect of fair value changes on earnings, (c) a description of [similar groups] items for which the election is made and the relation thereof to the balance sheet, the aggregate carrying value of items included in the balance sheet that are not eligible for the election; (7) all other required (as defined) and desired information.

Derivative Instruments And Hedging Activities Disclosure [Abstract]

Derivative Instruments And Hedging Activities

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Derivative Instruments And Hedging Activities

15.	DERIVATIVE INSTRUMENTS AND HEDGING ACTIVITIES

During 2012, NCM LLC terminated interest rate swap agreements that were used to hedge its interest rate risk associated with its term loan. Following the termination of the swap agreements, the variable interest rate on NCM LLC’s $270.0 million term loan is unhedged and as of December 31, 2015 and January 1, 2015, the Company did not have any outstanding derivative assets or liabilities. A portion of the breakage fees paid to terminate the swap agreements was for swaps in which the underlying debt remained outstanding. The balance in AOCI related to these swaps was fixed and was amortized into earnings over the remaining period during which interest payments were hedged, or February 13, 2015. The Company considered the guidance in ASC 815, Derivatives and Hedging which states that amounts in AOCI shall be reclassified into earnings in the same period or periods during which the hedged forecasted transaction affects earnings. As of December 31, 2015, there were no amounts outstanding related to these discontinued cash flow hedges.

The changes in AOCI by component for the years ended December 31, 2015, January 1, 2015 and December 26, 2013 were as follows (in millions):

	Years Ended
	December 31, 2015			January 1, 2015			December 26, 2013			Income Statement Location
Balance at beginning of period	$	(0.4	)	$	(3.2	)	$	(6.7	)
Amounts reclassified from AOCI:
Amortization on discontinued cash flow hedges		1.6			10.0			10.3		Amortization of terminated derivatives
Total amounts reclassified from AOCI		1.6			10.0			10.3
Noncontrolling interest on reclassifications		(0.9	)		(5.4	)		(5.6	)
Tax effect on reclassifications		(0.3	)		(1.8	)		(1.8	)
Net other comprehensive income		0.4			2.8			2.9
Impact of subsidiary ownership changes		—			—			0.6
Balance at end of period	$	—		$	(0.4	)	$	(3.2	)

The entire disclosure for derivative instruments and hedging activities including, but not limited to, risk management strategies, non-hedging derivative instruments, assets, liabilities, revenue and expenses, and methodologies and assumptions used in determining the amounts.

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Segment Reporting

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Segment Reporting

16.	SEGMENT REPORTING

Advertising revenue accounted for 100.0%, 100.0% and 92.1%, of consolidated revenue for the years ended December 31, 2015, January 1, 2015, and December 26, 2013, respectively. The following tables present revenue, less directly identifiable expenses to arrive at income before income taxes for the advertising reportable segment, the combined Fathom Events operating segments (disposed on December 26, 2013), and network, administrative and unallocated costs. Refer to Note 1—Basis of Presentation and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies.

	Year Ended December 31, 2015 (in millions)
	Advertising		Fathom Events (1)		Network, Administrative and Unallocated Costs			Consolidated
Revenue	$	446.5	$	—	$	—		$	446.5
Operating costs		103.3		—		17.8			121.1
Selling and marketing costs		66.8		—		5.5			72.3
Administrative and other costs		3.5		—		35.1			38.6
Merger termination fee and related merger costs		—		—		34.3			34.3
Depreciation and amortization		—		—		32.2			32.2
Interest and other non-operating costs		—		—		66.5			66.5
Income (loss) before income taxes	$	272.9	$	—	$	(191.4	)	$	81.5

	Year Ended January 1, 2015 (in millions)
	Advertising		Fathom Events (1)		Network, Administrative and Unallocated Costs			Consolidated
Revenue	$	394.0	$	—	$	—		$	394.0
Operating costs		97.0		—		18.3			115.3
Selling and marketing costs		54.8		—		2.8			57.6
Administrative and other costs		2.8		—		26.7			29.5
Merger termination fee and related merger costs		—		—		7.5			7.5
Depreciation and amortization		—		—		32.4			32.4
Interest and other non-operating costs		—		—		76.2			76.2
Income (loss) before income taxes	$	239.4	$	—	$	(163.9	)	$	75.5

	Year Ended December 26, 2013 (in millions)
	Advertising		Fathom Events (1)		Network, Administrative and Unallocated Costs			Consolidated
Revenue	$	426.3	$	36.5	$	—		$	462.8
Operating costs		98.4		25.5		19.4			143.3
Selling and marketing costs		56.1		3.6		1.8			61.5
Administrative and other costs		2.9		0.9		25.6			29.4
Depreciation and amortization		—		—		26.6			26.6
Interest and other non-operating costs		—		—		52.0			52.0
Income (loss) before income taxes	$	268.9	$	6.5	$	(125.4	)	$	150.0

The following is a summary of revenue by category (in millions):

	Years Ended
	December 31, 2015		January 1, 2015			December 26, 2013
National advertising revenue	$	309.5	$	258.8	$		295.0
Local and regional advertising revenue		107.0		96.8			89.9
Founding member advertising revenue from beverage concessionaire agreements		30.0		38.4			41.4
Fathom Consumer revenue (1)		—		—			34.4
Fathom Business revenue (1)		—		—			2.1
Total revenue	$	446.5	$	394.0	$		462.8

(1)

Fathom Events was sold on December 26, 2013 as discussed in Note 2— Divesture.

The entire disclosure for reporting segments including data and tables. Reportable segments include those that meet any of the following quantitative thresholds a) it's reported revenue, including sales to external customers and intersegment sales or transfers is 10 percent or more of the combined revenue, internal and external, of all operating segments b) the absolute amount of its reported profit or loss is 10 percent or more of the greater, in absolute amount of 1) the combined reported profit of all operating segments that did not report a loss or 2) the combined reported loss of all operating segments that did report a loss c) its assets are 10 percent or more of the combined assets of all operating segments.

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Valuation And Qualifying Accounts [Abstract]

Valuation And Qualifying Accounts

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Valuation And Qualifying Accounts

17.	VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS

The Company’s valuation allowance for doubtful accounts and deferred tax assets for the years ended December 31, 2015, January 1, 2015 and December 26, 2013 were as follows (in millions):

	Years Ended
	December 31, 2015			January 1, 2015			December 26, 2013
ALLOWANCE FOR DOUBTFUL ACCOUNTS:
Balance at beginning of period	$	4.3		$	5.7		$	4.5
Provision for bad debt		1.9			(0.1	)		2.1
Write-offs, net		(0.6	)		(1.3	)		(0.9	)
Balance at end of period	$	5.6		$	4.3		$	5.7


	Years Ended
	December 31, 2015			January 1, 2015			December 26, 2013
VALUATION ALLOWANCE ON DEFERRED TAX ASSETS:
Balance at beginning of period	$	—		$	—		$	3.3
Valuation allowance (reversed) recorded		—			—			(3.3	)
Balance at end of period	$	—		$	—		$	—

Quarterly Financial Data

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Quarterly Financial Information Disclosure [Abstract]

Quarterly Financial Data

18.	QUARTERLY FINANCIAL DATA (UNAUDITED)

The following represents selected information from the Company’s unaudited quarterly Consolidated Statements of Income for the years ended December 31, 2015 and January 1, 2015 (in millions, except per share data):

2015	First Quarter			Second Quarter		Third Quarter		Fourth Quarter
Revenue	$	76.9		$	121.5	$	111.7	$	136.4
Operating expenses		93.6			66.1		63.9		74.9
Operating income		(16.7	)		55.4		47.8		61.5
Consolidated net (loss) income		(30.2	)		33.3		26.9		33.7
(Loss) Net income attributable to NCM, Inc.		(9.0	)		10.1		7.7		6.6
(Loss) Earnings per NCM, Inc. share, basic (1)		(0.15	)		0.17		0.13		0.11
(Loss) Earnings per NCM, Inc. share, diluted (1)		(0.15	)		0.17		0.13		0.11

2014	First Quarter			Second Quarter		Third Quarter		Fourth Quarter
Revenue	$	70.2		$	99.9	$	100.8	$	123.1
Operating expenses		57.4			59.6		60.1		65.2
Operating income		12.8			40.3		40.7		57.9
Consolidated net (loss) income		(4.6	)		17.9		19.4		32.9
(Loss) Net income attributable to NCM, Inc.		(3.1	)		3.6		4.8		8.1
(Loss) Earnings per NCM, Inc. share, basic (1)		(0.05	)		0.06		0.08		0.14
(Loss) Earnings per NCM, Inc. share, diluted (1)		(0.05	)		0.06		0.08		0.14

(1)

Earnings per share in each quarter is computed using the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding during that quarter while earnings per share for the full year is computed using the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the year.

Subsequent Event

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Subsequent Events [Abstract]

Subsequent Event

19.	SUBSEQUENT EVENT

On January 20, 2016, the Company declared a cash dividend of $0.22 per share (approximately $13.1 million) on each share of the Company’s common stock (not including outstanding restricted stock which will accrue dividends until the shares vest) to stockholders of record on March 10, 2016 to be paid on March 24, 2016.

Basis Of Presentation And Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies (Policies)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Cash And Cash Equivalents

Basis Of Presentation

Basis of Presentation

Estimates

Accounting Period

		Reference in
Fiscal Year Ended		this Document
December 31, 2015		2015
January 1, 2015		2014
December 26, 2013		2013

Restricted Cash

Marketable Securities

Concentration Of Credit Risk And Significant Customers

Receivables consisted of the following (in millions):

	As of
	December 31, 2015			January 1, 2015
Trade accounts	$	153.6		$	119.4
Other		0.9			1.4
Less: Allowance for doubtful accounts		(5.6	)		(4.3	)
Total	$	148.9		$	116.5

Long-Lived Assets

Equipment	4-10 years
Computer hardware and software	3-5 years
Leasehold improvements	Lesser of lease term or asset life

Intangible Assets

Other Investments

Other Investments—Other investments consisted of the following (in millions):

	As of
	December 31, 2015		January 1, 2015
Investment in AC JV, LLC (1)	$	1.2	$	1.3
Other investments (2)		4.2		1.2
Total	$	5.4	$	2.5

(1)

Refer to Note 9—Related Party Transactions.

(2)

Amounts Due To/From Founding Members

Income Taxes

Debt Issuance Costs

The changes in debt issuance costs are as follows (in millions):

	Years Ended
	December 31, 2015			January 1, 2015			December 26, 2013
Beginning balance	$	15.5		$	17.7		$	18.3
Debt issuance payments		—			0.6			3.4
Amortization of debt issuance costs		(2.6	)		(2.8	)		(2.8	)
Write-off of debt issuance costs		—			—			(1.2	)
Ending balance	$	12.9		$	15.5		$	17.7

Share-Based Compensation

Fair Value Measurements

Level 1 – Quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities.

Level 3 – Inputs that are generally unobservable and typically reflect management’s estimate of assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability.

Derivative Instruments

Consolidation

The following table presents the changes in NCM, Inc.’s equity resulting from net income attributable to NCM, Inc. and transfers to or from noncontrolling interests (in millions):

	Years Ended
	December 31, 2015			January 1, 2015			December 26, 2013
Net income attributable to NCM, Inc.	$	15.4		$	13.4		$	41.2
NCM LLC equity issued for purchase of intangible asset		44.4			7.5			101.4
Income tax and other impacts of NCM LLC ownership changes		(15.1	)		(1.6	)		(33.2	)
NCM, Inc. investment in NCM LLC		(3.2	)		—			(41.3	)
Issuance of shares		3.2			—			41.1
Change from net income attributable to NCM, Inc. and transfers from noncontrolling interests	$	44.7		$	19.3		$	109.2

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

Basis Of Presentation And Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Schedule Of Fiscal Year Ends

		Reference in
Fiscal Year Ended		this Document
December 31, 2015		2015
January 1, 2015		2014
December 26, 2013		2013

Schedule Of Receivables

	As of
	December 31, 2015			January 1, 2015
Trade accounts	$	153.6		$	119.4
Other		0.9			1.4
Less: Allowance for doubtful accounts		(5.6	)		(4.3	)
Total	$	148.9		$	116.5

Schedule Of Useful Lives

Equipment	4-10 years
Computer hardware and software	3-5 years
Leasehold improvements	Lesser of lease term or asset life

Schedule Of Other Investments

	As of
	December 31, 2015		January 1, 2015
Investment in AC JV, LLC (1)	$	1.2	$	1.3
Other investments (2)		4.2		1.2
Total	$	5.4	$	2.5

(1)

Refer to Note 9—Related Party Transactions.

(2)

Changes In Debt Issuance Costs

	Years Ended
	December 31, 2015			January 1, 2015			December 26, 2013
Beginning balance	$	15.5		$	17.7		$	18.3
Debt issuance payments		—			0.6			3.4
Amortization of debt issuance costs		(2.6	)		(2.8	)		(2.8	)
Write-off of debt issuance costs		—			—			(1.2	)
Ending balance	$	12.9		$	15.5		$	17.7

Changes In Equity

	Years Ended
	December 31, 2015			January 1, 2015			December 26, 2013
Net income attributable to NCM, Inc.	$	15.4		$	13.4		$	41.2
NCM LLC equity issued for purchase of intangible asset		44.4			7.5			101.4
Income tax and other impacts of NCM LLC ownership changes		(15.1	)		(1.6	)		(33.2	)
NCM, Inc. investment in NCM LLC		(3.2	)		—			(41.3	)
Issuance of shares		3.2			—			41.1
Change from net income attributable to NCM, Inc. and transfers from noncontrolling interests	$	44.7		$	19.3		$	109.2

Divestiture (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Related Party [Member]

Schedule Of Future Minimum Payments For Notes Receivable

Year	Minimum Principal Payments
2016	$	4.2
2017		4.2
2018		4.2
2019		4.1
2020		—
Total	$	16.7

Earnings Per Share (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Earnings Per Share [Abstract]

Schedule Of Earnings Per Share, Basic And Diluted

	Years Ended
	December 31, 2015		January 1, 2015		December 26, 2013
Net income attributable to NCM, Inc. (in millions)	$	15.4	$	13.4	$	41.2
Weighted average shares outstanding:
Basic		58,979,508		58,709,534		56,014,404
Add: Dilutive effect of stock options and restricted stock		609,791		295,786		614,053
Diluted		59,589,299		59,005,320		56,628,457
Earnings per NCM, Inc. share:
Basic	$	0.26	$	0.23	$	0.74
Diluted	$	0.26	$	0.23	$	0.73

Property And Equipment (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Property Plant And Equipment [Abstract]

Summary Of Property And Equipment

	As of
	December 31, 2015			January 1, 2015
Equipment, computer hardware and software	$	77.1		$	89.4
Leasehold improvements		3.4			3.6
Less: Accumulated depreciation		(64.1	)		(72.9	)
Subtotal		16.4			20.1
Construction in progress		8.7			2.3
Total property and equipment	$	25.1		$	22.4

Intangible Assets (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Goodwill And Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract]

Summary Of Intangible Assets

The following is a summary of the Company’s intangible assets (in millions):

	As of January 1, 2015			Additions (1)		Amortization			Integration Payments (3)			As of December 31, 2015
Gross carrying amount	$	557.9		$	103.4	$	—		$	(2.7	)	$	658.6
Accumulated amortization		(69.3	)		—		(22.6	)		—			(91.9	)
Total intangible assets, net	$	488.6		$	103.4	$	(22.6	)	$	(2.7	)	$	566.7

	As of December 26, 2013			Additions (2)		Amortization			Integration Payments (3)			As of January 1, 2015
Gross carrying amount	$	540.7		$	19.4	$	—		$	(2.2	)	$	557.9
Accumulated amortization		(48.7	)		—		(20.6	)		—			(69.3	)
Total intangible assets, net	$	492.0		$	19.4	$	(20.6	)	$	(2.2	)	$	488.6

(1)

During 2015, the Company purchased intangible assets for $2.7 million associated with network affiliate agreements.

(2)

During 2014, the Company purchased intangible assets for $3.0 million associated with network affiliate agreements.

(3)

During the year ended December 31, 2015 and January 1, 2015, the founding members paid $2.6 million and $2.1 million, respectively, in integration payments.

Summary Of Estimated Aggregate Amortization Expense

The estimated aggregate amortization expense for each of the five succeeding years is as follows (in millions):

Year	Amortization
2016	$	24.6
2017	$	24.6
2018	$	25.0
2019	$	26.8
2020	$	26.7

Accrued Expenses (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Payables And Accruals [Abstract]

Schedule Of Accrued Expenses

	As of December 31, 2015		As of January 1, 2015
Make-good reserve	$	3.4	$	2.0
Accrued interest		12.5		12.6
Deferred rent		2.1		2.4
Other accrued expenses		1.8		2.2
Total accrued expenses	$	19.8	$	19.2

Income Taxes (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule Of Components Of Income Tax Expense

	Years Ended
	December 31, 2015		January 1, 2015			December 26, 2013
Current:
Federal	$	4.5	$	(3.3	)	$	3.6
State		1.2		0.4			1.9
Total current income tax expense/(benefit)	$	5.7	$	(2.9	)	$	5.5
Deferred:
Federal	$	9.8	$	10.3		$	16.7
State		2.3		2.5			1.2
Total deferred income tax expense	$	12.1	$	12.8		$	17.9
Valuation allowance		—		—			(3.3	)
Total income tax provision on Consolidated Statements of Income	$	17.8	$	9.9		$	20.2
Income tax expense on other comprehensive income	$	0.3	$	1.8		$	1.8

Schedule Of The Reconciliation Of Provision For Income Taxes

	Years Ended
	December 31, 2015			January 1, 2015			December 26, 2013
Provision calculated at federal statutory income tax rate:
Income before income taxes	$	28.5		$	26.2		$	52.1
Less: Noncontrolling interests		(16.9	)		(18.3	)		(30.9	)
Income attributable to NCM, Inc.		11.6			7.9			21.2
Current year change to enacted state rate		0.8			0.8			(1.2	)
State and local income taxes, net of federal benefit		1.4			0.9			2.2
NCM LLC income taxes		0.1			0.9			0.8
Share-based compensation		0.3			0.9			—
Allocation to founding members under tax receivable agreement		(1.5	)		(1.8	)		(0.7	)
Uncertain tax positions (1)		4.9			—			—
Change in valuation allowance		—			—			(3.3	)
Other		0.2			0.3			1.2
Total income tax provision	$	17.8		$	9.9		$	20.2

(1)

Schedule Of Components Of Deferred Tax Assets And Liabilities

	Years Ended
	December 31, 2015		January 1, 2015
Deferred tax assets:
Investment in consolidated subsidiary NCM LLC (1)(2)	$	198.3	$	218.7
Share-based compensation		9.0		6.6
Net operating losses		3.3		4.1
Accrued bonus		2.7		1.0
Other		3.8		3.8
Total deferred tax assets	$	217.1	$	234.2
Deferred tax liabilities:
Discount on liability for income taxes payable to founding members under tax sharing agreement (3)	$	45.9	$	48.9
Depreciation and amortization		2.0		2.8
Notes receivable		2.0		2.5
Other		0.2		1.0
Total deferred tax liabilities	$	50.1	$	55.2

(1)

(2)

(3)

Schedule Of Reconciliation Of Unrecognized Tax Benefits, Excluding Interest And Penalties

	Years Ended
	December 31, 2015		January 1, 2015
Balance at beginning of period	$	—	$	—
Additions based on tax positions related to prior years		3.9		—
Balance at end of period	$	3.9	$	—

Related-Party Transactions (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Schedule Of Mandatory Distributions To Members

Mandatory distributions for the years ended December 31, 2015, January 1, 2015 and December 26, 2013 are as follows (in millions):

	Years Ended
	December 31, 2015		January 1, 2015		December 26, 2013
AMC	$	23.8	$	21.9	$	29.8
Cinemark		28.7		28.0		36.9
Regal		29.6		29.5		37.1
Total founding members		82.1		79.4		103.8
NCM, Inc.		66.4		67.0		89.6
Total	$	148.5	$	146.4	$	193.4

Schedule Of Amounts Due To Founding Members

Amounts due to founding members as of December 31, 2015 were comprised of the following (in millions):

	AMC			Cinemark			Regal		Total
Theatre access fees, net of beverage revenues	$	1.8		$	1.0		$	1.5	$	4.3
Cost and other reimbursement		(0.9	)		(0.3	)		—		(1.2	)
Distributions payable to founding members		10.2			10.9			11.3		32.4
Total	$	11.1		$	11.6		$	12.8	$	35.5

Amounts due to founding members as of January 1, 2015 were comprised of the following (in millions):

	AMC			Cinemark			Regal		Total
Theatre access fees, net of beverage revenues	$	0.8		$	0.8		$	1.2	$	2.8
Cost and other reimbursement		(0.6	)		(0.2	)		—		(0.8	)
Distributions payable to founding members		9.1			11.6			12.2		32.9
Total	$	9.3		$	12.2		$	13.4	$	34.9

Founding Members [Member]

Schedule Of Related Party Transactions

Following is a summary of the transactions between the Company and the founding members (in millions):

	Years Ended
Included in the Consolidated Statements of Income:	December 31, 2015		January 1, 2015		December 26, 2013
Revenue:
Beverage concessionaire revenue (included in advertising revenue) (1)	$	30.0	$	38.4	$	41.4
Advertising inventory revenue (included in advertising revenue) (2)		0.2		0.3		0.2
Operating expenses:
Theatre access fee (3)		72.5		70.6		69.4
Revenue share from Fathom Events (included in Fathom Events operating costs) (4)		—		—		5.1
Purchase of movie tickets and concession products and rental of theatre space (included in Fathom Events operating costs) (5)		—		—		0.2
Purchase of movie tickets and concession products and rental of theatre space (included in selling and marketing costs) (6)		1.2		0.9		1.4
Purchase of movie tickets and concession products (included in advertising operating costs) (6)		—		—		0.2
Purchase of movie tickets and concession products and rental of theatre space (included in other administrative and other costs)		0.1		0.1		—
Non-operating expenses:
Gain on sale of Fathom Events (7)		—		—		25.4
Interest income from notes receivable (included in interest income) (7)		1.0		1.2		—

(1)

(2)

The value of such purchases is calculated by reference to NCM LLC’s advertising rate card.

(3)

(4)

Prior to the sale of Fathom Events on December 26, 2013, these payments are at rates (percentage of event revenue) included in the ESAs based on the nature of the event.

(5)

Prior to the sale of Fathom Events on December 26, 2013, these were used primarily for marketing resale to Fathom Events customers.

(6)

Used primarily for marketing to NCM LLC’s advertising clients.

(7)

Refer to discussion of Fathom sale in Note 2—Divestiture.

	As of
Included in the Consolidated Balance Sheets:	December 31, 2015		January 1, 2015
Current portion of note receivable - founding members (1)	$	4.2	$	4.2
Long-term portion of note receivable - founding members (1)		12.5		16.6
Common unit adjustments and integration payments, net of amortization (included in intangible assets)		535.9		458.3
Current payable to founding members under tax receivable agreement		26.2		19.6
Long-term payable to founding members under tax receivable agreement		140.3		146.7

(1)

Refer to discussion of Fathom sale in Note 2—Divestiture.

AC JV, LLC [Member] | NCM, LLC. [Member]

Schedule Of Related Party Transactions

Following is a summary of the transactions between NCM LLC and AC JV, LLC (in millions):

	Years Ended
Included in the Consolidated Statements of Income:	December 31, 2015		January 1, 2015		December 26, 2013
Transition services (included in network costs) (1)	$	0.1	$	0.2	$	—
Equity in earnings of non-consolidated entities (included in other non-operating expense)		0.1		0.2		—

(1)

Borrowings (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Debt Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule Of Outstanding Debt

The following table summarizes NCM LLC’s total outstanding debt as of December 31, 2015 and January 1, 2015 and the significant terms of its borrowing arrangements:

	Outstanding Balance as of
Borrowings ($ in millions)	December 31, 2015		January 1, 2015		Maturity Date	Interest Rate
Revolving Credit Facility	$	66.0	$	22.0	November 26, 2019	(1)
Term Loans		270.0		270.0	November 26, 2019	(1)
Senior Unsecured Notes		200.0		200.0	July 15, 2021		7.875%
Senior Secured Notes		400.0		400.0	April 15, 2022		6.000%
Total	$	936.0	$	892.0

(1)	The interest rates on the revolving credit facility and term loan are described below.

Schedule Of Annual Maturities On Credit Facility And Senior Notes

Year	Amount
2016	$	—
2017		—
2018		—
2019		336.0
2020		—
Thereafter		600.0
Total	$	936.0

Share-Based Compensation (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Disclosure Of Compensation Related Costs Sharebased Payments [Abstract]

Summary Of Equity Incentive Plan Activity

Stock Options—A summary of option award activity under the Equity Incentive Plan as of December 31, 2015, and changes during the year then ended are presented below:

	Options			Weighted Average Exercise Price		Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Life (in years)		Aggregate Intrinsic Value (in millions)
Outstanding as of January 1, 2015		3,004,841		$	16.53
Granted		—			—
Exercised		(104,837	)	$	12.25
Forfeited		(192,252	)	$	17.93
Expired		—			—
Outstanding as of December 31, 2015		2,707,752		$	16.60		4.8	$	1.4
Exercisable as of December 31, 2015		2,707,752		$	16.60		4.8	$	1.4
Vested and expected to vest as of December 31, 2015		2,707,752		$	16.60		4.8	$	1.4

Summary Of Restricted Stock Awards And Restricted Stock Units

A summary of restricted stock award and restricted stock unit activity under the Equity Incentive Plan as of December 31, 2015, and changes during the year then ended are presented below:

	Number of Restricted Shares and Restricted Stock Units			Weighted Average Grant-Date Fair Value
Non-vested balance as of January 1, 2015		2,155,996		$	16.40
Granted		1,290,185			14.76
Vested		(274,059	)		17.98
Forfeited		(608,485	)		13.80
Non-vested balance as of December 31, 2015		2,563,637		$	16.03

Commitments And Contingencies (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Commitments And Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule Of Minimum Lease Payments Under Noncancelable Operating Leases

Year	Minimum Lease Payments
2016	$	2.7
2017		2.1
2018		1.8
2019		1.8
2020		1.7
Thereafter		1.0
Total	$	11.1

Fair Value Measurements (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Fair Value Disclosures [Abstract]

Estimated Fair Values Of Company's Financial Instruments

	As of December 31, 2015				As of January 1, 2015
	Carrying Value		Fair Value (1)		Carrying Value		Fair Value (1)
Term Loans	$	270.0	$	269.3	$	270.0	$	257.9
Senior Unsecured Notes		200.0		208.4		200.0		210.8
Senior Secured Notes		400.0		414.5		400.0		400.8

(1)

Fair Values Of The Company's Assets

			Fair Value Measurements at Reporting Date Using
	Fair Value As of December 31, 2015		Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1)		Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2)		Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)
ASSETS:
Cash equivalents (1)	$	6.4	$	6.4	$	—	$	—
Short-term marketable securities (2)		13.2		9.5		3.7		—
Long-term marketable securities (2)		40.5		30.6		9.9		—
Total assets	$	60.1	$	46.5	$	13.6	$	—

			Fair Value Measurements at Reporting Date Using
	Fair Value As of January 1, 2015		Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1)		Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2)		Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)
ASSETS:
Cash equivalents (1)	$	2.5	$	2.5	$	—	$	—
Short-term marketable securities (2)		21.7		9.5		12.2		—
Long-term marketable securities (2)		45.5		41.5		4.0		—
Total assets	$	69.7	$	53.5	$	16.2	$	—

(1)

(2)

Schedule Of Marketable Securities

	As of December 31, 2015
	Amortized Cost Basis (in millions)		Aggregate Fair Value (in millions)		Maturities (1) (in years)
MARKETABLE SECURITIES:
Short-term municipal bonds	$	9.5	$	9.5		0.4
Short-term certificates of deposit		3.7		3.7		0.6
Total short-term marketable securities		13.2		13.2

Long-term U.S. government treasury bonds		1.2		1.2		1.8
Long-term municipal bonds		1.7		1.7		1.7
Long-term U.S. government agency bonds		27.9		27.7		3.4
Long-term certificates of deposit		9.9		9.9		1.9
Total long-term marketable securities		40.7		40.5
Total marketable securities	$	53.9	$	53.7

	As of January 1, 2015
	Amortized Cost Basis (in millions)		Aggregate Fair Value (in millions)		Maturities (1) (in years)
MARKETABLE SECURITIES:
Short-term municipal bonds	$	9.4	$	9.5		0.5
Short-term commercial paper:
Financial		3.4		3.4		—
Industrial		3.3		3.3		0.1
Utility		3.0		3.0		0.2
Short-term certificates of deposit		2.5		2.5		0.6
Total short-term marketable securities		21.6		21.7

Long-term U.S. government treasury bonds		5.1		5.1		2.7
Long-term municipal bonds		0.3		0.3		1.4
Long-term U.S. government agency bonds		36.1		36.1		3.3
Long-term certificates of deposit		4.0		4.0		3.1
Total long-term marketable securities		45.5		45.5
Total marketable securities	$	67.1	$	67.2

(1)

Tabular disclosure of available-for-sale securities which includes, but is not limited to, changes in the cost basis and fair value, fair value and gross unrealized gain (loss), fair values by type of security, contractual maturity and classification, amortized cost basis, contracts to acquire securities to be accounted for as available-for-sale, debt maturities, transfers to trading, change in net unrealized holding gain (loss) net of tax, continuous unrealized loss position fair value, aggregate losses qualitative disclosures, other than temporary impairment (OTTI) losses or other disclosures related to available for sale securities.

Derivative Instruments And Hedging Activities Disclosure [Abstract]

Derivative Instruments And Hedging Activities (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Schedule Of Changes In AOCI By Component

The changes in AOCI by component for the years ended December 31, 2015, January 1, 2015 and December 26, 2013 were as follows (in millions):

	Years Ended
	December 31, 2015			January 1, 2015			December 26, 2013			Income Statement Location
Balance at beginning of period	$	(0.4	)	$	(3.2	)	$	(6.7	)
Amounts reclassified from AOCI:
Amortization on discontinued cash flow hedges		1.6			10.0			10.3		Amortization of terminated derivatives
Total amounts reclassified from AOCI		1.6			10.0			10.3
Noncontrolling interest on reclassifications		(0.9	)		(5.4	)		(5.6	)
Tax effect on reclassifications		(0.3	)		(1.8	)		(1.8	)
Net other comprehensive income		0.4			2.8			2.9
Impact of subsidiary ownership changes		—			—			0.6
Balance at end of period	$	—		$	(0.4	)	$	(3.2	)

Segment Reporting (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Schedule Of Segment Operating Income

	Year Ended December 31, 2015 (in millions)
	Advertising		Fathom Events (1)		Network, Administrative and Unallocated Costs			Consolidated
Revenue	$	446.5	$	—	$	—		$	446.5
Operating costs		103.3		—		17.8			121.1
Selling and marketing costs		66.8		—		5.5			72.3
Administrative and other costs		3.5		—		35.1			38.6
Merger termination fee and related merger costs		—		—		34.3			34.3
Depreciation and amortization		—		—		32.2			32.2
Interest and other non-operating costs		—		—		66.5			66.5
Income (loss) before income taxes	$	272.9	$	—	$	(191.4	)	$	81.5

	Year Ended January 1, 2015 (in millions)
	Advertising		Fathom Events (1)		Network, Administrative and Unallocated Costs			Consolidated
Revenue	$	394.0	$	—	$	—		$	394.0
Operating costs		97.0		—		18.3			115.3
Selling and marketing costs		54.8		—		2.8			57.6
Administrative and other costs		2.8		—		26.7			29.5
Merger termination fee and related merger costs		—		—		7.5			7.5
Depreciation and amortization		—		—		32.4			32.4
Interest and other non-operating costs		—		—		76.2			76.2
Income (loss) before income taxes	$	239.4	$	—	$	(163.9	)	$	75.5

	Year Ended December 26, 2013 (in millions)
	Advertising		Fathom Events (1)		Network, Administrative and Unallocated Costs			Consolidated
Revenue	$	426.3	$	36.5	$	—		$	462.8
Operating costs		98.4		25.5		19.4			143.3
Selling and marketing costs		56.1		3.6		1.8			61.5
Administrative and other costs		2.9		0.9		25.6			29.4
Depreciation and amortization		—		—		26.6			26.6
Interest and other non-operating costs		—		—		52.0			52.0
Income (loss) before income taxes	$	268.9	$	6.5	$	(125.4	)	$	150.0

Summary Of Revenue By Category

The following is a summary of revenue by category (in millions):

	Years Ended
	December 31, 2015		January 1, 2015			December 26, 2013
National advertising revenue	$	309.5	$	258.8	$		295.0
Local and regional advertising revenue		107.0		96.8			89.9
Founding member advertising revenue from beverage concessionaire agreements		30.0		38.4			41.4
Fathom Consumer revenue (1)		—		—			34.4
Fathom Business revenue (1)		—		—			2.1
Total revenue	$	446.5	$	394.0	$		462.8

(1)

Fathom Events was sold on December 26, 2013 as discussed in Note 2— Divesture.

Valuation And Qualifying Accounts (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Valuation And Qualifying Accounts [Abstract]

Schedule Of Valuation And Qualifying Accounts

	Years Ended
	December 31, 2015			January 1, 2015			December 26, 2013
ALLOWANCE FOR DOUBTFUL ACCOUNTS:
Balance at beginning of period	$	4.3		$	5.7		$	4.5
Provision for bad debt		1.9			(0.1	)		2.1
Write-offs, net		(0.6	)		(1.3	)		(0.9	)
Balance at end of period	$	5.6		$	4.3		$	5.7


	Years Ended
	December 31, 2015			January 1, 2015			December 26, 2013
VALUATION ALLOWANCE ON DEFERRED TAX ASSETS:
Balance at beginning of period	$	—		$	—		$	3.3
Valuation allowance (reversed) recorded		—			—			(3.3	)
Balance at end of period	$	—		$	—		$	—

Quarterly Financial Data (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Quarterly Financial Information Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule Of Quarterly Financial Data

2015	First Quarter			Second Quarter		Third Quarter		Fourth Quarter
Revenue	$	76.9		$	121.5	$	111.7	$	136.4
Operating expenses		93.6			66.1		63.9		74.9
Operating income		(16.7	)		55.4		47.8		61.5
Consolidated net (loss) income		(30.2	)		33.3		26.9		33.7
(Loss) Net income attributable to NCM, Inc.		(9.0	)		10.1		7.7		6.6
(Loss) Earnings per NCM, Inc. share, basic (1)		(0.15	)		0.17		0.13		0.11
(Loss) Earnings per NCM, Inc. share, diluted (1)		(0.15	)		0.17		0.13		0.11

2014	First Quarter			Second Quarter		Third Quarter		Fourth Quarter
Revenue	$	70.2		$	99.9	$	100.8	$	123.1
Operating expenses		57.4			59.6		60.1		65.2
Operating income		12.8			40.3		40.7		57.9
Consolidated net (loss) income		(4.6	)		17.9		19.4		32.9
(Loss) Net income attributable to NCM, Inc.		(3.1	)		3.6		4.8		8.1
(Loss) Earnings per NCM, Inc. share, basic (1)		(0.05	)		0.06		0.08		0.14
(Loss) Earnings per NCM, Inc. share, diluted (1)		(0.05	)		0.06		0.08		0.14

(1)

Basis Of Presentation And Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies (Narrative) (Details) $ in Millions		12 Months Ended
	Mar. 17, 2015 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($) Segment item customer shares	Jan. 01, 2015 USD ($) item customer	Dec. 26, 2013 USD ($) customer	Dec. 27, 2012 USD ($)
Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Percentage of common membership units outstanding		43.80%
Membership units exchangeable into common stock ratio		1.00%
Payments for merger-related costs		$ 15.0
Merger termination fee and related merger costs		$ 34.3	$ 7.5
Number of reportable segment \| Segment		1
Advertising revenue		$ 446.5	394.0	$ 426.3
Revenue from barter transactions		2.0	1.3	1.9
Expenses from barter transactions		2.5	1.2	2.9
Restricted cash		0.3	0.3
Net book value		25.1	22.4
Depreciation expense		9.6	11.1	10.4
Research and development expense		1.5	1.7	1.8
Loss on write-off of property, plant and equipment		0.4	0.4	0.0
Impairment of investment		0.0	0.0	0.8
Fair value of cost method investment		0.0
Deferred financing costs		12.9	15.5	17.7	$ 18.3
Term Loans, Senior Secured Notes and Senior Unsecured Notes [Member]
Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Deferred financing costs		10.7
Software And Development Costs [Member]
Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Net book value		7.4	9.5
Depreciation expense		$ 5.0	$ 6.5	$ 6.1
Accounts Receivable [Member] \| Credit Concentration Risk [Member]
Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Number of advertising agency groups contributing to more than 10% of outstanding gross receivable balance \| item		0	0
Sales Revenue, Net [Member] \| Customer Concentration Risk [Member]
Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Number of customers contributing to more than 10% of revenue \| customer		0	0	0
Advertising Barter Transactions [Member]
Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Advertising revenue		$ 3.1	$ 1.2	$ 0.0
Screenvision, LLC [Member]
Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Merger termination payment	$ 26.8
Reverse termination fee, amount of lower payment	$ 2.0
Merger termination fee and related merger costs			$ 7.5
NCM, LLC. [Member]
Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Common membership units outstanding \| shares		135,142,972
NCM, LLC. [Member] \| AC JV, LLC [Member]
Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Ownership percentage				4.00%
NCM, LLC. [Member] \| Screenvision, LLC [Member]
Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Merger termination fee and related merger costs		$ 7.5
NCM Inc. [Member]
Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Common membership units outstanding \| shares		59,239,154
Regal [Member]
Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Common membership units outstanding \| shares		26,409,784
Percentage of common membership units outstanding		19.50%
Regal [Member] \| AC JV, LLC [Member]
Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Ownership percentage				32.00%
Cinemark [Member]
Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Common membership units outstanding \| shares		25,631,046
Percentage of common membership units outstanding		19.00%
Cinemark [Member] \| AC JV, LLC [Member]
Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Ownership percentage				32.00%
AMC [Member]
Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Common membership units outstanding \| shares		23,862,988
Percentage of common membership units outstanding		17.70%
AMC [Member] \| AC JV, LLC [Member]
Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Ownership percentage				32.00%
Minimum [Member]
Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Range of terms, in years		3 years
Minimum [Member] \| Software And Development Costs [Member]
Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Estimated useful life		3 years
Maximum [Member]
Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Range of terms, in years		20 years
Maximum [Member] \| Software And Development Costs [Member]
Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Estimated useful life		5 years

Basis Of Presentation And Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies (Schedule Of Receivables) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Dec. 31, 2015	Jan. 01, 2015
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Less: Allowance for doubtful accounts	$ (5.6)	$ (4.3)
Total	148.9	116.5
Trade Accounts Receivable [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Receivables	153.6	119.4
Other Receivable [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Receivables	$ 0.9	$ 1.4

Basis Of Presentation And Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies (Schedule Of Useful Lives) (Details)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2015
Leasehold Improvements [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Estimated useful life description	Lesser of lease term or asset life
Minimum [Member] \| Equipment [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Estimated useful life	4 years
Minimum [Member] \| Computer Hardware And Software [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Estimated useful life	3 years
Maximum [Member] \| Equipment [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Estimated useful life	10 years
Maximum [Member] \| Computer Hardware And Software [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Estimated useful life	5 years

Basis Of Presentation And Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies (Schedule Of Other Investments) (Details) - USD ($)
$ in Millions

Dec. 31, 2015

Jan. 01, 2015

Dec. 26, 2013

$ 1.2

^[1]

$ 1.3

^[1]

$ 1.1

Other investments

^[2]

4.2

1.2

Total other investments

$ 5.4

$ 2.5

[1]	Refer to Note 9—Related Party Transactions.
[2]	The Company received equity securities in some privately held companies as consideration for advertising contracts. The equity securities were accounted for under the cost method and represent an ownership of less than 20%. The Company does not exert significant influence of these companies’ operating or financial activities.

Basis Of Presentation And Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies (Schedule Of Other Investments) (Parenthetical) (Details)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2015	Jan. 01, 2015
Maximum [Member]
Schedule Of Investments [Line Items]
Cost-method ownership percentage	20.00%	20.00%

Basis Of Presentation And Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies (Changes In Debt Issuance Costs) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2015	Jan. 01, 2015	Dec. 26, 2013
Accounting Policies [Abstract]
Beginning balance	$ 15.5	$ 17.7	$ 18.3
Debt issuance payments		0.6	3.4
Amortization of debt issuance costs	(2.6)	(2.8)	(2.8)
Write-off of debt issuance costs			(1.2)
Ending balance	$ 12.9	$ 15.5	$ 17.7

Basis Of Presentation And Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies (Changes In Equity) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended								12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2015	Oct. 01, 2015	Jul. 02, 2015	Apr. 02, 2015	Jan. 01, 2015	Sep. 25, 2014	Jun. 26, 2014	Mar. 27, 2014	Dec. 31, 2015	Jan. 01, 2015	Dec. 26, 2013
General Company Information [Line Items]
Net income attributable to NCM, Inc.	$ 6.6	$ 7.7	$ 10.1	$ (9.0)	$ 8.1	$ 4.8	$ 3.6	$ (3.1)	$ 15.4	$ 13.4	$ 41.2
NCM LLC equity issued for purchase of intangible asset									100.7	16.4	221.6
Income tax and other impacts of NCM LLC ownership changes									(7.2)	0.1	(19.5)
NCM, Inc. investment in NCM LLC									(3.2)		(41.3)
Issuance of shares, value									3.2		41.1
Change from net income attributable to NCM, Inc. and transfers from noncontrolling interests									44.7	19.3	109.2
Additional Paid In Capital (Deficit) [Member]
General Company Information [Line Items]
NCM LLC equity issued for purchase of intangible asset									44.4	7.5	101.4
Income tax and other impacts of NCM LLC ownership changes									(15.1)	$ (1.6)	(33.2)
NCM, Inc. investment in NCM LLC									(3.2)		(41.3)
Issuance of shares, value									$ 3.2		$ 41.1

The portion of profit or loss for the period, net of income taxes, which is attributable to the parent.

Divestiture (Narrative) (Details) - USD ($)
$ in Millions

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Dec. 26, 2013

Jan. 01, 2015

Frequency of periodic payment

Gain on sale of Fathom Events

$ 26.0

$ 0.6

Equity method investment carrying value

1.2

^[1]

1.1

$ 1.3

^[1]

AC JV, LLC [Member]

Equity method investment carrying value

1.2

$ 1.3

Fathom Events [Member]

Net assets

0.1

AMC [Member]

AMC [Member] | AC JV, LLC [Member]

$ 8.3

32.00%

Cinemark [Member]

Cinemark [Member] | AC JV, LLC [Member]

$ 8.3

32.00%

Regal [Member]

Regal [Member] | AC JV, LLC [Member]

$ 8.3

NCM, LLC. [Member] | AC JV, LLC [Member]

32.00%

4.00%

Related Party [Member]

Interest rate on notes receivable

$ 16.7

$ 25.0

5.00%

[1]	Refer to Note 9—Related Party Transactions.

Divestiture (Future Minimum Lease Payments Of Note Receivable) (Details) - Related Party [Member] - USD ($) $ in Millions	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 26, 2013
Divestiture [Line items]
2016	$ 4.2
2017	4.2
2018	4.2
2019	4.1
Total	$ 16.7	$ 25.0

Earnings Per Share (Schedule Of Earnings Per Share, Basic And Diluted) (Details) - USD ($)
$ / shares in Units, $ in Millions

3 Months Ended

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Oct. 01, 2015

Jul. 02, 2015

Apr. 02, 2015

Jan. 01, 2015

Sep. 25, 2014

Jun. 26, 2014

Mar. 27, 2014

Dec. 31, 2015

Jan. 01, 2015

Dec. 26, 2013

Earnings Per Share [Abstract]

Net income attributable to NCM, Inc.

$ 6.6

$ 7.7

$ 10.1

$ (9.0)

$ 8.1

$ 4.8

$ 3.6

$ (3.1)

$ 15.4

$ 13.4

$ 41.2

Add: Dilutive effect of stock options and restricted stock

58,979,508

58,709,534

56,014,404

609,791

295,786

614,053

59,589,299

59,005,320

56,628,457

$ 0.11

^[1]

$ 0.13

^[1]

$ 0.17

^[1]

$ (0.15)

^[1]

$ 0.14

^[1]

$ 0.08

^[1]

$ 0.06

^[1]

$ (0.05)

^[1]

$ 0.26

$ 0.23

$ 0.74

$ 0.11

^[1]

$ 0.13

^[1]

$ 0.17

^[1]

$ (0.15)

^[1]

$ 0.14

^[1]

$ 0.08

^[1]

$ 0.06

^[1]

$ (0.05)

^[1]

$ 0.26

$ 0.23

$ 0.73

[1]	Earnings per share in each quarter is computed using the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding during that quarter while earnings per share for the full year is computed using the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the year.

The amount of net income (loss) for the period per each share of common stock or unit outstanding during the reporting period.

The portion of profit or loss for the period, net of income taxes, which is attributable to the parent.

Earnings Per Share (Narrative) (Details) - shares	12 Months Ended
Earnings Per Share (Narrative) (Details) - shares	Dec. 31, 2015	Jan. 01, 2015	Dec. 26, 2013
Stock Options And Non-Vested Restricted Stock [Member]
Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share [Line Items]
Shares excluded from the calculation of diluted weighted average shares	64,519	72,533	30,358
Common Units [Member]
Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share [Line Items]
Shares excluded from the calculation of diluted weighted average shares	71,439,992	69,306,057	63,718,411

Property And Equipment (Summary Of Property And Equipment) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Dec. 31, 2015	Jan. 01, 2015
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Less: Accumulated depreciation	$ (64.1)	$ (72.9)
Subtotal	16.4	20.1
Construction in progress	8.7	2.3
Total property and equipment	25.1	22.4
Equipment, Computer Hardware And Software [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Property and equipment	77.1	89.4
Leasehold Improvements [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Property and equipment	$ 3.4	$ 3.6

Property And Equipment (Narrative) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2015	Jan. 01, 2015	Dec. 26, 2013
Property Plant And Equipment [Abstract]
Depreciation expense	$ 9.6	$ 11.1	$ 10.4

Intangible Assets (Narrative) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2015	Jan. 01, 2015	Dec. 26, 2013
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Intangible assets, net of accumulated amortization	$ 566.7	$ 488.6	$ 492.0
Amortization expense	$ 22.6	$ 20.6	$ 16.2
Founding Member And Managing Member [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Weighted average remaining life	21 years 2 months 12 days	22 years 2 months 12 days
Network Affiliates [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Intangible assets, net of accumulated amortization	$ 30.8	$ 30.3
Weighted average remaining life	13 years 10 months 24 days	14 years 10 months 24 days
Common Unit Adjustments And Integration Payments [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Intangible assets, net of accumulated amortization	$ 535.9	$ 458.3
Minimum [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Percentage increase (decrease) in theatre attendance for Common Unit adjustment to occur	(2.00%)
Maximum [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Percentage increase (decrease) in theatre attendance for Common Unit adjustment to occur	2.00%

Intangible Assets (Summary Of Intangible Assets) (Details) - USD ($)
$ in Millions

3 Months Ended

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Apr. 02, 2015

Mar. 27, 2014

Dec. 31, 2015

Jan. 01, 2015

Dec. 26, 2013

Gross carrying amount, beginning balance

$ 557.9

$ 540.7

$ 557.9

$ 540.7

Accumulated amortization, beginning balance

(69.3)

(48.7)

(69.3)

(48.7)

Total intangible assets, net, beginning balance

$ 488.6

$ 492.0

488.6

492.0

Additions

103.4

^[1]

19.4

^[2]

Amortization

(22.6)

(20.6)

$ (16.2)

Integration Payments

^[3]

(2.7)

(2.2)

Gross carrying amount, ending balance

$ 658.6

658.6

557.9

540.7

Accumulated amortization, ending balance

(91.9)

(69.3)

(48.7)

Total intangible assets, net, ending balance

$ 566.7

566.7

488.6

492.0

Purchase of intangible assets from affiliate

2.7

3.0

$ 8.9

NCM, LLC. [Member]

Common membership units issued

4,399,324

2,160,915

1,087,911

Increase (decrease) in intangible assets, net

$ 69.3

$ 31.4

$ 16.4

NCM, LLC. [Member] | AMC And Cinemark Integration Payments [Member]

Increase (decrease) in intangible assets, net

2.7

2.2

NCM, LLC. [Member] | Founding Member Payment Election [Member]

Increase (decrease) in intangible assets, net

$ 2.6

$ 2.1

[1]	(1) During the first quarter of 2015, NCM LLC issued 2,160,915 common membership units to its founding members for the rights to exclusive access to net new theatre screens and attendees added by the founding members to NCM LLC’s network during 2014. NCM LLC recorded a net intangible asset of $31.4 million in the first quarter of 2015 as a result of the Common Unit Adjustment. In December 2015, NCM LLC issued 4,399,324 common membership units to AMC for attendees added in connection with AMC’s acquisition of Starplex Cinemas and other newly built or acquired theatres. NCM LLC recorded a net intangible asset of approximately $69.3 million for this Common Unit Adjustment. During 2015, the Company purchased intangible assets for $2.7 million associated with network affiliate agreements.
[2]	(2)During the first quarter of 2014, NCM LLC issued 1,087,911 common membership units to its founding members for the rights to exclusive access to net new theatre screens and attendees added by the founding members to NCM LLC’s network during 2013. NCM LLC recorded a net intangible asset of $16.4 million in the first quarter of 2014 as a result of the Common Unit Adjustment. During 2014, the Company purchased intangible assets for $3.0 million associated with network affiliate agreements.
[3]	(3) Rave Cinemas had pre-existing advertising agreements for some of the theatres it owned prior to its acquisition by Cinemark, as well as, prior to the acquisition of certain Rave theatres by AMC in December 2012. As a result, AMC and Cinemark will make integration payments over the remaining term of those agreements. During the year ended December 31, 2015 and January 1, 2015, NCM LLC recorded a reduction to net intangible assets of $2.7 million and $2.2 million, respectively, related to integration payments due from AMC and Cinemark. During the year ended December 31, 2015 and January 1, 2015, the founding members paid $2.6 million and $2.1 million, respectively, in integration payments.

Intangible Assets (Summary Of Estimated Aggregate Amortization Expense) (Details) $ in Millions	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($)
Goodwill And Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract]
2016	$ 24.6
2017	24.6
2018	25.0
2019	26.8
2020	$ 26.7

Accrued Expenses (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Dec. 31, 2015	Jan. 01, 2015
Payables And Accruals [Abstract]
Make-good reserve	$ 3.4	$ 2.0
Accrued interest	12.5	12.6
Deferred rent	2.1	2.4
Other accrued expenses	1.8	2.2
Total accrued expenses	$ 19.8	$ 19.2

Income Taxes (Narrative) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
Income Taxes (Narrative) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Dec. 31, 2015	Jan. 01, 2015	Dec. 26, 2013
Income Taxes [Line Items]
Percentage of cash savings related to taxes	90.00%
U.S. federal statutory rate	35.00%
Gross capital loss carryforwards	$ 2.7
Gross capital loss carryforwards, expiration date	Dec. 31, 2020
Unrecognized tax benefits including income tax accrued interest and penalties	$ 4.9
Unrecognized tax benefits	3.9	$ 0.0
Reasonably possible decrease in unrecognized tax benefits	2.2
Unrecognized tax benefits, income tax penalties and interest expense	1.0	0.0	$ 0.0
Federal Tax Authority [Member]
Income Taxes [Line Items]
Net operating loss carryforwards	$ 6.5
Federal Tax Authority [Member] \| Minimum [Member]
Income Taxes [Line Items]
Operating loss carryforward, expiration date	Dec. 31, 2034
Income tax examination, year under examination	2010
Federal Tax Authority [Member] \| Minimum [Member] \| NCM, LLC. [Member]
Income Taxes [Line Items]
Income tax examination, year under examination	2007
Federal Tax Authority [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Income Taxes [Line Items]
Operating loss carryforward, expiration date	Dec. 31, 2035
Income tax examination, year under examination	2014
Federal Tax Authority [Member] \| Maximum [Member] \| NCM, LLC. [Member]
Income Taxes [Line Items]
Income tax examination, year under examination	2008
State and Local Jurisdiction [Member]
Income Taxes [Line Items]
Net operating loss carryforwards	$ 26.1
State and Local Jurisdiction [Member] \| Minimum [Member]
Income Taxes [Line Items]
Operating loss carryforward, expiration date	Dec. 31, 2017
Income tax examination, year under examination	2011
State and Local Jurisdiction [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Income Taxes [Line Items]
Operating loss carryforward, expiration date	Dec. 31, 2035
Income tax examination, year under examination	2014
Founding Members [Member]
Income Taxes [Line Items]
Payments to affiliates for tax sharing agreement		27.1	10.1
Founding Members [Member] \| Tax Year 2011 [Member]
Income Taxes [Line Items]
Payments to affiliates for tax sharing agreement			0.9
Founding Members [Member] \| Tax Year 2012 [Member]
Income Taxes [Line Items]
Payments to affiliates for tax sharing agreement		0.1	$ 9.2
Founding Members [Member] \| Tax Year 2009, 2010 and 2011 [Member]
Income Taxes [Line Items]
Payments to affiliates for tax sharing agreement	$ 0.9	6.7
Founding Members [Member] \| Tax Year 2013 [Member]
Income Taxes [Line Items]
Payments to affiliates for tax sharing agreement		$ 20.3
Founding Members [Member] \| Tax Year 2015 [Member]
Income Taxes [Line Items]
Payments to affiliates for tax sharing agreement	21.1
Founding Members [Member] \| Tax Year 2014 [Member]
Income Taxes [Line Items]
Payments to affiliates for tax sharing agreement	$ 20.2

Income Taxes (Schedule Of Components Of Income Tax Expense) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2015	Jan. 01, 2015	Dec. 26, 2013
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]
Current Federal	$ 4.5	$ (3.3)	$ 3.6
Current State	1.2	0.4	1.9
Total current income tax expense/(benefit)	5.7	(2.9)	5.5
Deferred Federal	9.8	10.3	16.7
Deferred State	2.3	2.5	1.2
Total deferred income tax expense	12.1	12.8	17.9
Valuation allowance			(3.3)
Total income tax provision	17.8	9.9	20.2
Income tax expense on other comprehensive income	$ 0.3	$ 1.8	$ 1.8

Income Taxes (Schedule Of The Reconciliation Of Provision For Income Taxes) (Details) - USD ($)
$ in Millions

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Jan. 01, 2015

Dec. 26, 2013

Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]

Income before income taxes

$ 28.5

$ 26.2

$ 52.1

Less: Noncontrolling interests

(16.9)

(18.3)

(30.9)

Income attributable to NCM, Inc.

11.6

7.9

21.2

Current year change to enacted state rate

0.8

(1.2)

State and local income taxes, net of federal benefit

1.4

0.9

2.2

NCM LLC income tax

0.1

0.9

0.8

Share-based compensation

0.3

0.9

Allocation to founding members under tax receivable agreement

(1.5)

(1.8)

(0.7)

Uncertain tax positions

^[1]

4.9

Change in valuation allowance

(3.3)

Other

0.2

0.3

1.2

Total income tax provision

17.8

$ 9.9

$ 20.2

Unrecognized tax benefits including income tax accrued interest and penalties

$ 4.9

[1]

Income Taxes (Schedule Of Components Of Deferred Tax Assets And Liabilities) (Details) - USD ($)
$ in Millions

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Jan. 01, 2015

Income Taxes [Line Items]

Investment in consolidated subsidiary NCM LLC

^[1],[2]

$ 198.3

$ 218.7

Share-based compensation

9.0

6.6

Net operating losses

3.3

4.1

Accrued bonus

2.7

1.0

Other

3.8

Total deferred tax assets

217.1

234.2

Discount on liability for income taxes payable to founding members under tax sharing agreement

^[3]

45.9

48.9

Depreciation and amortization

2.0

2.8

Notes receivable

2.0

2.5

Other

0.2

1.0

Total deferred tax liabilities

50.1

55.2

Accretion of interest on discounted payable

$ 14.1

$ 14.6

15-Year Intangible Asset [Member]

Income Taxes [Line Items]

Useful life of intangible asset, tax basis

15 years

30-Year Intangible Asset [Member]

Income Taxes [Line Items]

Useful life of intangible asset, tax basis

30 years

[1]	For federal income tax purposes, an amortizable intangible asset was created on the tax-basis balance sheet of NCM LLC as a result of the founding members agreeing to modify NCM LLC’s payment obligations under the ESAs and as a result of the common unit adjustments, which are further described in Note 5—Intangible Assets. The tax effect of NCM, Inc.’s share of the intangible asset is amortized over the remainder of the 30-year life for federal income tax purposes. Additionally, units issued under Common Unit Adjustments and subsequent payments to the founding members under the tax receivable agreement, create additional layers of tax basis amortized over the remaining period of the ESA. The ESA deferred tax asset was adjusted to reflect the changes in ownership that occurred during the year due primarily to the common unit adjustments.
[2]	NCM LLC made an election under Internal Revenue code (“IRC”) §754 of the Internal Revenue Code to step-up the Company’s outside basis in its share of NCM LLC’s inside basis of assets under IRC §743(b) resulting in a deferred tax asset for the Company’s acquired share of NCM LLC’s assets. The majority of this deferred tax asset is attributable to intangible assets that are amortized over the remainder of the 15-year period for federal income tax purposes and accounted for as distributions under U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. The Company recorded additional step-up in tax basis as a result of subsequent payments made by NCM, Inc. to the founding members under the tax receivable agreement resulting from amortization of the IRC §743(b) adjustment.
[3]	NCM, Inc. recorded a long-term payable to founding members related to the tax receivable agreement, which is recorded at its present value. The discount on this liability is a temporary difference that resulted in a deferred tax liability. The Company recorded accretion of interest on the discounted payable of $14.1 million and $14.6 million for the year ended December 31, 2015 and January 1, 2015, respectively

Income Taxes (Schedule Of Reconciliation Of Unrecognized Tax Benefits, Excluding Interest And Penalties) (Details) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($)
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]
Beginning balance	$ 0.0
Additions based on tax positions related to prior years	3.9
Ending balance	$ 3.9

Equity (Details)	12 Months Ended
Equity (Details)	Dec. 31, 2015 item $ / shares shares	Jan. 01, 2015 $ / shares shares
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Common stock, shares authorized	175,000,000	175,000,000
Common stock, par value \| $ / shares	$ 0.01	$ 0.01
Common stock, shares issued	59,239,154	58,750,926
Common stock, shares outstanding	59,239,154	58,750,926
Preferred stock, shares authorized	10,000,000	10,000,000
Preferred stock, par value \| $ / shares	$ 0.01	$ 0.01
Preferred stock, shares issued	0	0
Preferred stock, shares outstanding	0	0
Number of votes per common share \| item	1
NCM, LLC. [Member] \| Founding Members [Member]
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Term of advertising services	30 years

Related-Party Transactions (Narrative) (Details) - USD ($)

3 Months Ended

6 Months Ended

12 Months Ended

Mar. 17, 2015

Dec. 31, 2015

Jul. 02, 2015

Apr. 02, 2015

Sep. 26, 2013

Dec. 31, 2015

Jan. 01, 2015

Dec. 26, 2013

On-screen advertising time to satisfy agreement obligations, in seconds

30 seconds

Percentage of cash savings related to taxes

90.00%

Payments for merger-related costs

$ 15,000,000

34,300,000

$ 7,500,000

Cash receivable declared

$ 11,500,000

Investment in consolidated subsidiary NCM LLC

$ 0

148,500,000

146,400,000

$ 193,400,000

^[1],[2]

$ 198,300,000

218,700,000

Amortization period of deferred tax asset

15 years

Change to long-term payable to founding members under tax sharing agreement

$ 700,000

4,500,000

Increase in deferred tax liability

200,000

2,100,000

Cash distributions received from non-consolidated entities

1,200,000

^[3]

1,200,000

^[3]

1,200,000

^[3]

1,300,000

^[3]

1,100,000

(200,000)

AC JV, LLC [Member]

Cash distributions received from non-consolidated entities

1,200,000

1,300,000

200,000

Founding Members [Member]

Cash receivable declared

14,000,000

Cash payment due to founding members/managing member

82,100,000

79,400,000

103,800,000

$ 32,300,000

32,300,000

Regal [Member]

Number of NCM LLC common units converted to NCM Inc.common stock

29,600,000

29,500,000

37,100,000

2,300,000

AMC [Member]

Number of NCM LLC common units converted to NCM Inc.common stock

23,800,000

21,900,000

29,800,000

200,000

Screenvision, LLC [Member]

Merger termination payment

$ 26,800,000

Reverse termination fee, amount of lower payment

$ 2,000,000

Investment in consolidated subsidiary NCM LLC

7,500,000

NCM, LLC. [Member]

Cash receivable declared

$ 25,500,000

$ 1,400,000

1,400,000

4,100,000

NCM, LLC. [Member] | LA Live [Member]

Advertising operating costs, related party affiliates

200,000

Accounts payable, related party affiliates

100,000

NCM, LLC. [Member] | Interactive Media Company [Member]

Related party revenue

300,000

600,000

Accounts receivable

300,000

NCM, LLC. [Member] | AEG Live [Member]

Related party revenue

1,600,000

700,000

$ 200,000

Accounts receivable

$ 400,000

400,000

$ 400,000

NCM, LLC. [Member] | Screenvision, LLC [Member]

On-screen advertising time to satisfy agreement obligations, in seconds

$ 7,500,000

Minimum [Member]

30 seconds

Maximum [Member]

On-screen advertising time to satisfy agreement obligations, in seconds

60 seconds

[1]	For federal income tax purposes, an amortizable intangible asset was created on the tax-basis balance sheet of NCM LLC as a result of the founding members agreeing to modify NCM LLC’s payment obligations under the ESAs and as a result of the common unit adjustments, which are further described in Note 5—Intangible Assets. The tax effect of NCM, Inc.’s share of the intangible asset is amortized over the remainder of the 30-year life for federal income tax purposes. Additionally, units issued under Common Unit Adjustments and subsequent payments to the founding members under the tax receivable agreement, create additional layers of tax basis amortized over the remaining period of the ESA. The ESA deferred tax asset was adjusted to reflect the changes in ownership that occurred during the year due primarily to the common unit adjustments.
[2]	NCM LLC made an election under Internal Revenue code (“IRC”) §754 of the Internal Revenue Code to step-up the Company’s outside basis in its share of NCM LLC’s inside basis of assets under IRC §743(b) resulting in a deferred tax asset for the Company’s acquired share of NCM LLC’s assets. The majority of this deferred tax asset is attributable to intangible assets that are amortized over the remainder of the 15-year period for federal income tax purposes and accounted for as distributions under U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. The Company recorded additional step-up in tax basis as a result of subsequent payments made by NCM, Inc. to the founding members under the tax receivable agreement resulting from amortization of the IRC §743(b) adjustment.
[3]	Refer to Note 9—Related Party Transactions.

Related-Party Transactions (Summary Of Transactions Between The Company And The Founding Members Included in Statements Of Income) (Details) - USD ($)
$ in Millions

5 Months Ended

6 Months Ended

12 Months Ended

Jul. 02, 2015

Dec. 31, 2015

Jan. 01, 2015

Dec. 26, 2013

Advertising revenue

$ 446.5

$ 394.0

$ 426.3

Theatre access fee

^[1]

72.5

70.6

69.4

Selling and marketing costs

25.5

72.3

57.6

61.5

Advertising operating costs

30.8

26.4

29.0

Administrative and other costs

38.6

29.5

29.4

Gain on sale of Fathom Events to founding members

^[2]

25.4

Interest income from notes receivable (included in interest income)

^[2]

$ 1.0

$ 1.2

On-screen advertising time purchased, in seconds

60 seconds

On-screen advertising time to satisfy agreement obligations, in seconds

30 seconds

One Founding Members [Member]

On-screen advertising time purchased, in seconds

30 seconds

Two Founding Members [Member]

On-screen advertising time purchased, in seconds

60 seconds

Maximum [Member]

On-screen advertising time to satisfy agreement obligations, in seconds

60 seconds

On-screen advertising time which founding members have right to purchase, in seconds

90 seconds

Beverage Concessionaire [Member]

Advertising revenue

^[3]

$ 30.0

$ 38.4

41.4

Advertising Inventory [Member]

Advertising revenue

^[4]

0.2

0.3

0.2

Revenue Share From Fathom Events [Member]

Purchase Of Movie Tickets And Concession Products And Rental Of Theatre Space [Member]

^[5]

5.1

Selling and marketing costs

^[6]

0.2

^[7]

1.2

0.9

1.4

Advertising operating costs

^[7]

$ 0.2

Administrative and other costs

$ 0.1

[1]	Comprised of payments per theatre attendee, payments per digital screen with respect to the founding member theatres included in the Company’s network and payments for access to higher quality digital cinema equipment.
[2]	Refer to discussion of Fathom sale in Note 2—Divestiture.
[3]	For the six months ended December 31, 2015, two of the founding members purchased 60 seconds of on-screen advertising time and one founding member purchased 30 seconds (with all three founding members having a right to purchase up to 90 seconds) from NCM LLC to satisfy their obligations under their beverage concessionaire agreements at a 30 second equivalent CPM rate specified by the ESA. For the first six months of 2015 and for the years ended December 31, 2015 and January 1, 2015, the founding members purchased 60 seconds of on-screen advertising time.
[4]	The value of such purchases is calculated by reference to NCM LLC’s advertising rate card.
[5]	Prior to the sale of Fathom Events on December 26, 2013, these payments are at rates (percentage of event revenue) included in the ESAs based on the nature of the event.
[6]	Prior to the sale of Fathom Events on December 26, 2013, these were used primarily for marketing resale to Fathom Events customers.
[7]	Used primarily for marketing to NCM LLC’s advertising clients.

Related-Party Transactions (Summary Of Transactions Between The Company And The Founding Members Included In Balance Sheets) (Details) - USD ($)
$ in Millions

Dec. 31, 2015

Jan. 01, 2015

Dec. 26, 2013

Current portion of notes receivable - founding members

^[1]

$ 4.2

Long-term notes receivable, net of current portion - founding members

^[1]

12.5

16.6

Intangible assets, net of accumulated amortization

566.7

488.6

$ 492.0

Current payable to founding members under tax receivable agreement

26.2

19.6

Long-term payable to founding members under tax receivable agreement

140.3

146.7

Common Unit Adjustments And Integration Payments [Member]

Intangible assets, net of accumulated amortization

$ 535.9

$ 458.3

[1]	Refer to discussion of Fathom sale in Note 2—Divestiture.

Related-Party Transactions (Schedule Of Mandatory Distributions To Members) (Details) - USD ($)	3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Jul. 02, 2015	Dec. 31, 2015	Jan. 01, 2015	Dec. 26, 2013
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Cash distributions declared to members	$ 0	$ 148,500,000	$ 146,400,000	$ 193,400,000
AMC [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Cash distributions declared to members		23,800,000	21,900,000	29,800,000
Cinemark [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Cash distributions declared to members		28,700,000	28,000,000	36,900,000
Regal [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Cash distributions declared to members		29,600,000	29,500,000	37,100,000
Founding Members [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Cash distributions declared to members		82,100,000	79,400,000	103,800,000
NCM Inc. [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Cash distributions declared to members		$ 66,400,000	$ 67,000,000	$ 89,600,000

Related-Party Transactions (Schedule Of Amounts Due To Founding Members) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Dec. 31, 2015	Jan. 01, 2015
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Total amounts due to founding members	$ 35.5	$ 34.9
AMC [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Theatre access fees, net of beverage revenues	1.8	0.8
Cost and other reimbursement	(0.9)	(0.6)
Distributions payable to founding members	10.2	9.1
Total amounts due to founding members	11.1	9.3
Cinemark [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Theatre access fees, net of beverage revenues	1.0	0.8
Cost and other reimbursement	(0.3)	(0.2)
Distributions payable to founding members	10.9	11.6
Total amounts due to founding members	11.6	12.2
Regal [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Theatre access fees, net of beverage revenues	1.5	1.2
Distributions payable to founding members	11.3	12.2
Total amounts due to founding members	12.8	13.4
Founding Members [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Theatre access fees, net of beverage revenues	4.3	2.8
Cost and other reimbursement	(1.2)	(0.8)
Distributions payable to founding members	32.4	32.9
Total amounts due to founding members	$ 35.5	$ 34.9

Related-Party Transactions (Summary Of Transactions Between NCM LLC And AC JV, LLC) (Details) - USD ($)
$ in Millions

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Jan. 01, 2015

Equity in earnings of non-consolidated entities (included in other non-operating expense)

$ 0.1

$ 0.2

AC JV, LLC [Member]

Transition services (included in network costs)

^[1]

0.1

0.2

Equity in earnings of non-consolidated entities (included in other non-operating expense)

$ 0.1

$ 0.2

[1]

Borrowings (Schedule Of Outstanding Debt) (Details) - USD ($)
$ in Millions

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Jan. 01, 2015

Revolving Credit Facility [Member]

$ 936.0

$ 892.0

^[1]

$ 66.0

22.0

^[1]

Nov. 26, 2019

Term Loans [Member]

^[1]

$ 270.0

270.0

Senior Unsecured Notes [Member]

^[1]

Nov. 26, 2019

$ 200.0

200.0

Senior Secured Notes [Member]

Jul. 15, 2021

Interest Rate

7.875%

$ 400.0

Apr. 15, 2022

Interest Rate

6.00%

[1]	The interest rates on the revolving credit facility and term loan are described below.

Borrowings (Narrative) (Details) - USD ($)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Dec. 31, 2014

Jan. 01, 2015

Jun. 18, 2014

Senior Unsecured Notes Due 2021 [Member]

Outstanding debt

$ 936,000,000

$ 892,000,000

Debt instrument face amount

$ 200,000,000

Stated interest rate

7.875%

Date of first required interest payment

Jan. 15, 2012

Senior Secured Notes Due 2022 [Member]

Debt instrument face amount

$ 400,000,000

Stated interest rate

6.00%

Date of first required interest payment

Oct. 15, 2012

LIBOR [Member] | Revolving Credit Facility Maturing On November 26, 2019 [Member]

Base Rate [Member] | Revolving Credit Facility Maturing On November 26, 2019 [Member]

2.00%

1.00%

Term Loans [Member]

Debt instrument face amount

$ 270,000,000

270,000,000

Weighted-average interest rate

^[1]

Nov. 26, 2019

Outstanding debt

^[1]

$ 270,000,000

270,000,000

2.99%

Term Loans [Member] | LIBOR [Member]

Term Loans [Member] | Base Rate [Member]

2.75%

Senior Secured Credit Facility [Member]

1.75%

Number of years revolving credit facility extended

2 years

Decrease in basis points

(0.50%)

Senior secured leverage ratio

330.00%

Senior Secured Credit Facility [Member] | Maximum [Member]

Senior secured leverage ratio

650.00%

Revolving Credit Facility [Member]

Borrowing amount of credit facility

$ 135,000,000

Increase in borrowing capacity of revolving credit facility

$ 25,000,000

Remaining borrowing capacity of credit facility

^[1]

Nov. 26, 2019

Outstanding debt

^[1]

$ 66,000,000

$ 22,000,000

$ 69,000,000

Unused line fee, percent

0.50%

Weighted-average interest rate

2.24%

Repayment of revolving credit facility

$ 14,000,000

[1]	The interest rates on the revolving credit facility and term loan are described below.

Borrowings (Schedule Of Annual Maturities On Credit Facility And Senior Notes) (Details) $ in Millions	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($)
Debt Disclosure [Abstract]
2019	$ 336.0
Thereafter	600.0
Total	$ 936.0

Share-Based Compensation (Narrative) (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2015	Jan. 01, 2015	Dec. 26, 2013
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Common stock available for issuance	12,974,589
Common stock available for grants	3,636,589
Estimated forfeiture rate, percentage	5.00%
Achievement of percentage in performance based restricted stock	100.00%
Recognized share-based compensation expense	$ 14.8	$ 7.7	$ 5.9
Capitalized share-based compensation expense	0.3	0.1	0.1
Income tax benefit from share-based compensation	$ 2.5	1.4	1.0
Number of stock and stock units expected to vest, after consideration of expected forfeitures	2,337,754
Maximum [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Vesting period	5 years
Options contractual term	15 years
Minimum [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Vesting period	3 years
Options contractual term	10 years
Restricted Stock [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Unrecognized compensation expense related to non-vested options	$ 19.6
Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Nonvested Awards, Compensation Cost Not yet Recognized, Period for Recognition	1 year 9 months 18 days
Fair value of awards vested	$ 11.6	3.6	$ 7.5
Accrued dividends	$ 3.7	$ 1.8
Weighted average grant date fair value of granted options	$ 14.76	$ 19.18	$ 15.17
Restricted Stock [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Measurement period	3 years
Restricted Stock [Member] \| Minimum [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Measurement period	2 years
Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Vesting period	1 year
Unvested Stock Options
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Unrecognized compensation expense related to non-vested options	$ 0.0
Stock Options [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Options, granted	0	0
Intrinsic value of options exercised	$ 0.4	$ 0.2	$ 6.1
Fair value of awards vested	$ 0.7	$ 2.2	$ 4.9

Share-Based Compensation (Summary Of Equity Incentive Plan Activity) (Details) $ / shares in Units, $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($) $ / shares shares
Disclosure Of Compensation Related Costs Sharebased Payments [Abstract]
Options, Outstanding, beginning balance \| shares	3,004,841
Options, Exercised \| shares	(104,837)
Options, Forfeited \| shares	(192,252)
Options, Outstanding, ending balance \| shares	2,707,752
Options, Exercisable \| shares	2,707,752
Options, Vested and Expected to Vest \| shares	2,707,752
Weighted average exercise price, Outstanding, beginning balance \| $ / shares	$ 16.53
Weighted average exercise price, Exercised \| $ / shares	12.25
Weighted average exercise price, Forfeited \| $ / shares	17.93
Weighted average exercise price, Outstanding, ending balance \| $ / shares	16.60
Weighted average exercise price, Exercisable \| $ / shares	16.60
Weighted average exercise price, Vested and Expected to Vest \| $ / shares	$ 16.60
Weighted average remaining contractual life, Outstanding	4 years 9 months 18 days
Weighted average remaining contractual life, Exercisable	4 years 9 months 18 days
Weighted average remaining contractual life, Vested and Expected to Vest	4 years 9 months 18 days
Aggregate intrinsic value, Outstanding \| $	$ 1.4
Aggregate intrinsic value, Exercisable \| $	1.4
Aggregate intrinsic value,Vested and Expected to Vest \| $	$ 1.4

Share-Based Compensation (Summary Of Restricted Stock Awards And Restricted Stock Units) (Details)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2015 $ / shares shares
Disclosure Of Compensation Related Costs Sharebased Payments [Abstract]
Shares, Non-vested, beginning balance \| shares	2,155,996
Shares, Granted \| shares	1,290,185
Shares, Vested \| shares	(274,059)
Shares, Forfeited \| shares	(608,485)
Shares, Non-vested, ending balance \| shares	2,563,637
Weighted average grant-date fair value, Non-vested, beginning balance \| $ / shares	$ 16.40
Weighted average grant-date fair value, Granted \| $ / shares	14.76
Weighted average grant-date fair value, Vested \| $ / shares	17.98
Weighted average grant-date fair value, Forfeited \| $ / shares	13.80
Weighted average grant-date fair value, Non-vested, ending balance \| $ / shares	$ 16.03

Employee Benefit Plans (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
Employee Benefit Plans (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Dec. 31, 2015	Jan. 01, 2015	Dec. 26, 2013
Compensation And Retirement Disclosure [Abstract]
Percent of compensation participants may contribute	20.00%
Discretionary contributions	$ 1.3	$ 1.0	$ 1.0

Commitments And Contingencies (Narrative) (Details) - USD ($)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2015	Jan. 01, 2015	Dec. 26, 2013
Other Commitments [Line Items]
Total lease expense	$ 2,300,000	$ 2,200,000	$ 2,300,000
Maximum potential payment	$ 38,300,000
Minimum [Member]
Other Commitments [Line Items]
Range of terms, in years	3 years
Maximum [Member]
Other Commitments [Line Items]
Range of terms, in years	20 years

Commitments And Contingencies (Schedule Of Minimum Lease Payments Under Noncancelable Operating Leases) (Details) $ in Millions	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($)
Commitments And Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]
2016	$ 2.7
2017	2.1
2018	1.8
2019	1.8
2020	1.7
Thereafter	1.0
Total	$ 11.1

Fair Value Measurements (Narrative) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Dec. 31, 2015	Jan. 01, 2015
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Other investments	$ 5.4	$ 2.5
Founding Members [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Promissory notes receivable from founding members	$ 16.7

Fair Value Measurements (Estimated Fair Values Of Company's Financial Instruments) (Details) - USD ($)
$ in Millions

Dec. 31, 2015

Jan. 01, 2015

Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]

Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]

$ 936.0

$ 892.0

Term Loans [Member]

Debt Instrument, Fair Value

^[1]

270.0

^[2]

269.3

257.9

Senior Unsecured Notes [Member]

Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]

Debt Instrument, Fair Value

200.0

^[2]

208.4

210.8

Senior Secured Notes [Member]

Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]

Debt Instrument, Fair Value

400.0

^[2]

$ 414.5

$ 400.8

[1]	The interest rates on the revolving credit facility and term loan are described below.
[2]	The Company has estimated the fair value on an average of at least two non-binding broker quotes and the Company’s analysis. If the Company were to measure the borrowings in the above table at fair value on the balance sheet they would be classified as Level 2.

Fair Value Measurements (Fair Values Of The Company's Assets And Liabilities) (Details) - USD ($)

Dec. 31, 2015

Jan. 01, 2015

Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]

Cash equivalents

^[1]

$ 6,400,000

$ 2,500,000

^[2]

13,200,000

21,700,000

Individual securities gross unrealized losses

^[2]

40,500,000

45,500,000

Total assets

60,100,000

69,700,000

Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1) [Member]

Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]

Cash equivalents

^[1]

6,400,000

2,500,000

^[2]

9,500,000

Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) [Member]

^[2]

30,600,000

41,500,000

Total assets

46,500,000

53,500,000

Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]

^[2]

3,700,000

12,200,000

^[2]

9,900,000

4,000,000

Total assets

$ 13,600,000

$ 16,200,000

[1]

[2]

Investments in debt and equity securities which are categorized neither as held-to-maturity nor trading and which are intended to be sold or mature more than one year from the balance sheet date or operating cycle, if longer. Such securities are reported at fair value; unrealized gains (losses) related to Available-for-sale Securities are excluded from earnings and reported in a separate component of shareholders' equity (other comprehensive income), unless the Available-for-sale security is designated as a hedge or is determined to have had an other than temporary decline in fair value below its amortized cost basis. All or a portion of the unrealized holding gain (loss) of an Available-for-sale security that is designated as being hedged in a fair value hedge is recognized in earnings during the period of the hedge, as are other than temporary declines in fair value below the cost basis for investments in equity securities and debt securities that an entity intends to sell or it is more likely than not that it will be required to sell before the recovery of its amortized cost basis. Other than temporary declines in fair value below the cost basis for debt securities categorized as Available-for-sale that an entity does not intend to sell and for which it is not more likely than not that the entity will be required to sell before the recovery of its amortized cost basis are bifurcated into credit losses and losses related to all other factors. Other than temporary declines in fair value below cost basis related to credit losses are recognized in earnings, and losses related to all other factors are recognized in other comprehensive income.

Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]

Fair Value Measurements (Schedule Of Marketable Securities) (Details) - USD ($)
$ in Millions

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Jan. 01, 2015

Aggregate Fair Value - Short term marketable securities

$ 53.9

$ 67.1

^[1]

13.2

21.7

Aggregate Fair Value - Long term marketable securities

^[1]

40.5

45.5

Aggregate Fair Value - Total marketable securities

53.7

67.2

Short-term Investments [Member]

Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]

Aggregate Fair Value - Short term marketable securities

13.2

21.6

13.2

21.7

Short-term Investments [Member] | Municipal Bonds [Member]

Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]

Aggregate Fair Value - Short term marketable securities

9.5

9.4

$ 9.5

Short-term Investments [Member] | Certificates Of Deposit [Member]

^[2]

4 months 24 days

6 months

Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]

Aggregate Fair Value - Short term marketable securities

$ 3.7

$ 2.5

$ 3.7

$ 2.5

Short-term Investments [Member] | Commercial Paper, Financial [Member]

^[2]

7 months 6 days

Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]

Aggregate Fair Value - Short term marketable securities

$ 3.4

$ 3.4

Short-term Investments [Member] | Commercial Paper, Industrial [Member]

^[2]

0 years

Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]

Aggregate Fair Value - Short term marketable securities

$ 3.3

$ 3.3

Short-term Investments [Member] | Commercial Paper, Utility [Member]

^[2]

1 month 6 days

Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]

Aggregate Fair Value - Short term marketable securities

$ 3.0

$ 3.0

Long-term Investments [Member]

^[2]

2 months 12 days

Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]

Aggregate Fair Value - Long term marketable securities

$ 40.7

$ 45.5

40.5

45.5

Long-term Investments [Member] | Municipal Bonds [Member]

Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]

Aggregate Fair Value - Long term marketable securities

1.7

0.3

$ 1.7

$ 0.3

Long-term Investments [Member] | Certificates Of Deposit [Member]

^[2]

1 year 8 months 12 days

1 year 4 months 24 days

Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]

Aggregate Fair Value - Long term marketable securities

$ 9.9

$ 4.0

$ 9.9

$ 4.0

Long-term Investments [Member] | U.S. Government Treasury Bonds [Member]

^[2]

1 year 10 months 24 days

3 years 1 month 6 days

Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]

Aggregate Fair Value - Long term marketable securities

$ 1.2

$ 5.1

$ 1.2

$ 5.1

Long-term Investments [Member] | U.S. Government Agency Bonds [Member]

^[2]

1 year 9 months 18 days

2 years 8 months 12 days

Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]

Aggregate Fair Value - Long term marketable securities

$ 27.9

$ 36.1

$ 27.7

$ 36.1

^[2]

3 years 4 months 24 days

3 years 3 months 18 days

[1]

[2]

Derivative Instruments And Hedging Activities (Narrative) (Details) - USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2015	Jan. 01, 2015
Derivative [Line Items]
Derivative asset	$ 0	$ 0
Derivative liability	0	0
Amount outstanding related to cash flow hedges	0
Term Loans [Member]
Derivative [Line Items]
Debt instrument face amount	$ 270,000,000	$ 270,000,000

Derivative Instruments And Hedging Activities (Schedule Of Changes in AOCI By Component) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2015	Jan. 01, 2015	Dec. 26, 2013
Derivative Instruments And Hedging Activities Disclosure [Abstract]
Balance at beginning of period	$ (0.4)	$ (3.2)	$ (6.7)
Amortization on discontinued cash flow hedges	1.6	10.0	10.3
Total amounts reclassified from AOCI	1.6	10.0	10.3
Noncontrolling interest on reclassifications	(0.9)	(5.4)	(5.6)
Tax effect on reclassifications	(0.3)	(1.8)	(1.8)
Net other comprehensive income	$ 0.4	2.8	2.9
Impact of subsidiary ownership changes			0.6
Balance at end of period		$ (0.4)	$ (3.2)

Accumulated change in equity from transactions and other events and circumstances from non-owner sources, net of tax effect, at period end. Excludes Net Income (Loss), and accumulated changes in equity from transactions resulting from investments by owners and distributions to owners. Includes foreign currency translation items, certain pension adjustments, unrealized gains and losses on certain investments in debt and equity securities, other than temporary impairment (OTTI) losses related to factors other than credit losses on available-for-sale and held-to-maturity debt securities that an entity does not intend to sell and it is not more likely than not that the entity will be required to sell before recovery of the amortized cost basis, as well as changes in the fair value of derivatives related to the effective portion of a designated cash flow hedge.

Segment Reporting (Narrative) (Details)	12 Months Ended
Segment Reporting (Narrative) (Details)	Dec. 31, 2015	Jan. 01, 2015	Dec. 26, 2013
Advertising [Member] \| Sales Revenue, Net [Member] \| Credit Concentration Risk [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Percentage of revenue	100.00%	100.00%	92.10%

Segment Reporting (Schedule Of Segment Operating Income) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended								12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2015	Oct. 01, 2015	Jul. 02, 2015	Apr. 02, 2015	Jan. 01, 2015	Sep. 25, 2014	Jun. 26, 2014	Mar. 27, 2014	Dec. 31, 2015	Jan. 01, 2015	Dec. 26, 2013
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenue	$ 136.4	$ 111.7	$ 121.5	$ 76.9	$ 123.1	$ 100.8	$ 99.9	$ 70.2	$ 446.5	$ 394.0	$ 462.8
Operating costs									121.1	115.3	143.3
Selling and marketing costs									72.3	57.6	61.5
Administrative and other costs									38.6	29.5	29.4
Merger termination fee and related merger costs									34.3	7.5
Depreciation and amortization									32.2	32.4	26.6
Interest and other non-operating costs									66.5	76.2	52.0
Income (loss) before income taxes									81.5	75.5	150.0
Advertising [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenue									446.5	394.0	426.3
Operating costs									103.3	97.0	98.4
Selling and marketing costs									66.8	54.8	56.1
Administrative and other costs									3.5	2.8	2.9
Income (loss) before income taxes									272.9	239.4	268.9
Fathom Events [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenue											36.5
Operating costs											25.5
Selling and marketing costs											3.6
Administrative and other costs											0.9
Income (loss) before income taxes											6.5
Network, Administrative And Unallocated Costs [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Operating costs									17.8	18.3	19.4
Selling and marketing costs									5.5	2.8	1.8
Administrative and other costs									35.1	26.7	25.6
Merger termination fee and related merger costs									34.3	7.5
Depreciation and amortization									32.2	32.4	26.6
Interest and other non-operating costs									66.5	76.2	52.0
Income (loss) before income taxes									$ (191.4)	$ (163.9)	$ (125.4)

Segment Reporting (Summary Of Revenue By Category) (Details) - USD ($)
$ in Millions

3 Months Ended

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Oct. 01, 2015

Jul. 02, 2015

Apr. 02, 2015

Jan. 01, 2015

Sep. 25, 2014

Jun. 26, 2014

Mar. 27, 2014

Dec. 31, 2015

Jan. 01, 2015

Dec. 26, 2013

National Advertising Revenue [Member]

$ 136.4

$ 111.7

$ 121.5

$ 76.9

$ 123.1

$ 100.8

$ 99.9

$ 70.2

$ 446.5

$ 394.0

$ 462.8

Local and Regional Advertising Revenue [Member]

309.5

258.8

295.0

Founding Member Advertising Revenue From Beverage Concessionaire Agreements [Member]

107.0

96.8

89.9

Fathom Consumer Revenue [Member]

$ 30.0

$ 38.4

41.4

Fathom Business Revenue [Member]

^[1]

34.4

Quarterly Financial Information Disclosure [Abstract]

^[1]

$ 2.1

[1]	Fathom Events was sold on December 26, 2013 as discussed in Note 2— Divesture.

Valuation And Qualifying Accounts (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2015	Jan. 01, 2015	Dec. 26, 2013
Allowance For Doubtful Accounts [Member]
Valuation and Qualifying Accounts Disclosure [Line Items]
Balance at beginning of period	$ 4.3	$ 5.7	$ 4.5
Provision for bad debt	1.9	(0.1)	2.1
Write-offs, net	(0.6)	(1.3)	(0.9)
Balance at end of period	$ 5.6	$ 4.3	5.7
Valuation Allowance On Deferred Tax Assets [Member]
Valuation and Qualifying Accounts Disclosure [Line Items]
Balance at beginning of period			3.3
Valuation allowance (reversed) recorded			$ (3.3)

Quarterly Financial Data (Details) - USD ($)
$ / shares in Units, $ in Millions

3 Months Ended

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Oct. 01, 2015

Jul. 02, 2015

Apr. 02, 2015

Jan. 01, 2015

Sep. 25, 2014

Jun. 26, 2014

Mar. 27, 2014

Dec. 31, 2015

Jan. 01, 2015

Dec. 26, 2013

Consolidated net (loss) income

$ 136.4

$ 111.7

$ 121.5

$ 76.9

$ 123.1

$ 100.8

$ 99.9

$ 70.2

$ 446.5

$ 394.0

$ 462.8

Operating expenses

74.9

63.9

66.1

93.6

65.2

60.1

59.6

57.4

298.5

242.3

260.8

OPERATING INCOME

61.5

47.8

55.4

(16.7)

57.9

40.7

40.3

12.8

148.0

151.7

202.0

33.7

26.9

33.3

(30.2)

32.9

19.4

17.9

(4.6)

63.7

65.6

129.8

(Loss) Net income attributable to NCM, Inc.

$ 6.6

$ 7.7

$ 10.1

$ (9.0)

$ 8.1

$ 4.8

$ 3.6

$ (3.1)

$ 15.4

$ 13.4

$ 41.2

(Loss) Earnings per NCM, Inc. share, basic

$ 0.11

^[1]

$ 0.13

^[1]

$ 0.17

^[1]

$ (0.15)

^[1]

$ 0.14

^[1]

$ 0.08

^[1]

$ 0.06

^[1]

$ (0.05)

^[1]

$ 0.26

$ 0.23

$ 0.74

(Loss) Earnings per NCM, Inc. share, diluted

$ 0.11

^[1]

$ 0.13

^[1]

$ 0.17

^[1]

$ (0.15)

^[1]

$ 0.14

^[1]

$ 0.08

^[1]

$ 0.06

^[1]

$ (0.05)

^[1]

$ 0.26

$ 0.23

$ 0.73

[1]	Earnings per share in each quarter is computed using the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding during that quarter while earnings per share for the full year is computed using the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the year.

The amount of net income (loss) for the period per each share of common stock or unit outstanding during the reporting period.

The portion of profit or loss for the period, net of income taxes, which is attributable to the parent.