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Valuation and Qualifying Accounts | 12 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2018
Valuation and Qualifying Accounts [Abstract] |
Valuation and Qualifying Accounts | Schedule II. Valuation and Qualifying Accounts Lions Gate Entertainment Corp. March 31, 2018 (In Millions)
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Description |  | Balance at Beginning of Period |  | Charged to Costs and Expenses(1) |  | Charged to Other Accounts |  |  | Deductions |  |  | Balance at End of Period
Year Ended March 31, 2018: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Reserves: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Returns and allowances |  | $ | 68.6 |  |  | $ | 168.3 |  |  | $ | — |  |  |  | $ | (180.7 | ) | (3) |  | $ | 56.2 |
Provision for doubtful accounts |  | $ | 9.0 |  |  | $ | (1.0 | ) |  | $ | — |  |  |  | $ | (0.5 | ) | (5) |  | $ | 7.5 |
Deferred tax valuation allowance |  | $ | 5.9 |  |  | $ | 67.3 |  |  | $ | — |  |  |  | $ | — |  |  |  | $ | 73.2 |
Year Ended March 31, 2017: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Reserves: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Returns and allowances |  | $ | 51.8 |  |  | $ | 149.3 |  |  | $ | 24.3 |  | (2) |  | $ | (156.8 | ) | (3) |  | $ | 68.6 |
Provision for doubtful accounts |  | $ | 6.0 |  |  | $ | (0.2 | ) |  | $ | 3.2 |  | (2) |  | $ | — |  |  |  | $ | 9.0 |
Deferred tax valuation allowance |  | $ | 10.1 |  |  | $ | 0.4 |  |  | $ | 1.4 |  | (2) |  | $ | (6.0 | ) | (4) |  | $ | 5.9 |
Year Ended March 31, 2016: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Reserves: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Returns and allowances |  | $ | 64.4 |  |  | $ | 136.8 |  |  | $ | — |  |  |  | $ | (149.4 | ) | (3) |  | $ | 51.8 |
Provision for doubtful accounts |  | $ | 4.1 |  |  | $ | 1.9 |  |  | $ | — |  |  |  | $ | — |  |  |  | $ | 6.0 |
Deferred tax valuation allowance |  | $ | 9.3 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 0.8 |  |  |  | $ | — |  |  |  | $ | 10.1 |
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(1) | Charges for returns and allowances are charges against revenue.
(2) | Opening balances due to the acquisition of Starz on December 8, 2016.
(3) | Actual returns and fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates.
(4) | Valuation allowance reversal, of which $1.4 million was recorded as a tax benefit in the consolidated statement of income, and $4.6 million was recorded in other comprehensive income. The $4.6 million relates to the gain on Starz investment.
(5) | Uncollectible accounts written off and fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates.

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