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Employee Benefit Plans
 3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2021
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 2020 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 Ended
 March 31,
2021		March 31,
2020
 (In thousands)
Service cost$1,293 $1,109 
Interest cost2,540 3,781 
Expected return on plan assets(4,627)(4,921)
Amortization of prior service cost111 43 
Recognized actuarial loss2,785 2,359 
$2,102 $2,371 
A summary of the components of net periodic benefit cost for Mattel's postretirement benefit plans is as follows:
 For the Three Months Ended
 March 31,
2021		March 31,
2020
 (In thousands)
Interest cost$19 $35 
Amortization of prior service credit(509)(509)
Recognized actuarial gain(2)(19)
$(492)$(493)
During the three months ended March 31, 2021, Mattel made cash contributions totaling approximately $1 million related to its defined benefit pension and postretirement benefit plans. During the remainder of 2021, Mattel expects to make additional cash contributions of approximately $16 million.