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Employee Benefit Plans
 9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2020
Retirement Benefits [Abstract]  
Employee Benefit Plans Employee Benefit Plans
Mattel and certain of its subsidiaries have qualified and nonqualified retirement plans covering substantially all employees of these companies, which are more fully described in Part II, Item 8 "Financial Statements and Supplementary Data—Note 4 to the Consolidated Financial Statements–Employee Benefit Plans" in the 2019 Annual Report on Form 10-K.
A summary of the components of net periodic benefit cost for Mattel's defined benefit pension plans is as follows:
 For the Three Months EndedFor the Nine Months Ended
 September 30,
2020		September 30,
2019		September 30,
2020		September 30,
2019
 (In thousands)
Service cost$1,015 $923 $3,236 $3,557 
Interest cost3,729 4,812 11,247 14,478 
Expected return on plan assets(4,899)(5,402)(14,722)(16,280)
Amortization of prior service cost37 16 123 48 
Recognized actuarial loss2,355 1,832 7,070 5,496 
$2,237 $2,181 $6,954 $7,299 
A summary of the components of net periodic benefit credit for Mattel's postretirement benefit plans is as follows:
 For the Three Months EndedFor the Nine Months Ended
 September 30,
2020		September 30,
2019		September 30,
2020		September 30,
2019
 (In thousands)
Interest cost$35 $50 $104 $150 
Amortization of prior service credit(509)(510)(1,528)(1,528)
Recognized actuarial gain(19)(96)(56)(288)
$(493)$(556)$(1,480)$(1,666)
During the nine months ended September 30, 2020, Mattel made cash contributions totaling approximately $9 million related to its defined benefit pension and postretirement benefit plans. During the remainder of 2020, Mattel expects to make additional cash contributions of approximately $3 million.