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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

Form 10-Q

(Mark one)

For the quarterly period ended December 31, 2003

or

For the transition period from                      to                     

Commission File Number: 72870

SONIC SOLUTIONS

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (415) 893-8000

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.

Yes x No ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an accelerated filer (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).

Yes x No ¨

The number of outstanding shares of the registrant’s Common Stock on February 9, 2003, was 21,658,135.

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SONIC SOLUTIONS

FORM 10-Q

For the quarterly period ended December 31, 2003

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PART I – FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Sonic Solutions

Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets

(in thousands, except per share amounts)

See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

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Sonic Solutions

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations

(in thousands, except per share amounts — unaudited)

See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

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Sonic Solutions

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

(in thousands — unaudited)

See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

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Sonic Solutions

Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

(unaudited)

The accompanying unaudited condensed financial statements of Sonic Solutions, referred to as “we,” “Sonic,” “our” or “the Company,” have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles for interim financial information and with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Article 10 of Regulation S-X. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and footnotes required by generally accepted accounting principles for complete financial statements. However, in the opinion of management, the condensed financial statements include all adjustments, consisting of only normal, recurring adjustments, necessary for a fair statement of the results for the interim periods presented. The interim results are not necessarily indicative of results expected for a full year. These unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the financial statements and related notes included in the Company’s Form 10-K for the year ended March 31, 2003, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Use of Estimates and Certain Concentrations

We prepare our financial statements in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. These accounting principles require management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements. Our management is also required to make certain judgments that affect the reported amounts of revenues and expense during the reporting period. We periodically evaluate our estimates including those relating to revenue recognition, the allowance for doubtful accounts, capitalized software, and other contingencies. We base our estimates on historical experience and various other assumptions that we believe to be reasonable based on the specific circumstances, the results of which form the basis for making judgments about the carrying value of certain assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. Actual results could differ from these estimates.

We are dependent on sole-source suppliers for certain key components used in our products. We purchase these sole-source components pursuant to purchase orders placed from time to time. We do not carry significant inventories of these components, and have no guaranteed supply agreements. Any extended future interruption or limitation in the supply of any of the components obtained from a single source could have a material adverse effect on our results of operations.

Revenue Recognition

We recognize revenue in accordance with Statement of Position (“SOP”) 97-2, “Software Revenue Recognition,” as amended by SOP 98-4 “Deferral of the Effective Date of a Provision of SOP 97-2,” and SOP 98-9, “Software Revenue Recognition, with Respect to Certain Arrangements” and in certain instances in accordance with SOP 81-1, “Accounting for Performance of Construction-Type and Certain Production-Type Contracts.” SOP 97-2 generally requires revenue earned on software arrangements involving multiple elements such as software products, hardware, upgrades, enhancements, maintenance and support, installation and training to be allocated to each element based on the relative fair values of the elements. The fair value of an element must be based on vendor-specific objective evidence.

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We derive our software revenue primarily from licenses of our software products, including any related hardware components, development agreements and maintenance and support. Revenue recognized from multiple-element software arrangements is allocated to each element of the arrangement based on the fair values of elements, for example, the license to use software products versus maintenance and support for the software product. The determination of fair value is based on objective evidence specific to us. Objective evidence of fair values of all elements of an arrangement is based upon our standard pricing and discounting practices for those products and services when sold separately. Objective evidence of support services is measured by annual renewal rates. SOP 98-9 requires recognition of revenue using the “residual method” in a multiple element arrangement when fair value does not exist for one or more of the delivered elements in the arrangement. Under the “residual method,” the total fair value of the undelivered element is deferred and subsequently recognized in accordance with SOP 97-2. The difference between the total software arrangement fee and the amount deferred for the undelivered elements is recognized as revenue related to the delivered elements. We record revenue on a net basis for those sales in which we have in substance acted as an agent or broker in the transaction.

Revenue from license fees is recognized when persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists (such as receipt of a signed agreement, purchase order or a royalty report), delivery of the product (including hardware) has occurred (generally F.O.B. shipping point), no significant obligations with regard to implementation remain, the fee is fixed and determinable, and collectibility is probable. In addition, royalty revenue from certain distributors that do not meet our credit standards and revenues from our distributor agreement with Daikin Industries, Ltd. are recognized upon sell-through to the end-customer. We consider all arrangements with payment terms longer than one year not to be fixed and determinable. If the fee is not fixed or determinable, revenue is recognized as payments become due from the customer.

Revenue from development agreements, whereby the development is essential to the functionality of the licensed software, is recognized over the performance period based on proportional performance. Under this method, management is required to estimate the number of hours needed to complete a particular project, and revenues and profits are recognized as the contract progresses to completion.

Deferred revenue includes amounts billed to customers for which revenues have not been recognized which results from the following: (1) deferred maintenance and support; (2) amounts billed to certain distributors for our products not yet sold through to the end-user customers; (3) amounts billed to technology customers for license and development agreements in advance of recognizing the related revenue; and (4) amounts billed to certain original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) for products which contain one or more undelivered elements.

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The following table sets forth the computations of shares and net income per share, applicable to common shareholders used in the calculation of basic and diluted net income per share for the third quarter and nine months ended December 31, 2002 and 2003 (in thousands, except per share data), respectively: