Reclassifications	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2013
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]
Reclassifications	Reclassifications and Changes in Estimates Certain prior period amounts have been reclassified to conform to the current period presentation in the Consolidated Statements of Operations. Payroll and related expenses of $4.8 million and $15.0 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2012, respectively, associated with corporate marketing personnel, previously classified in "Marketing" on the Consolidated Statements of Operations, have been reclassified as "General and administrative." Historically these costs were substantially recorded in the Domestic streaming segment and impacted segment contribution profit. Management and the Company's chief operating decision maker consider such employee costs to be global corporate costs rather than marketing costs directly attributable to the segment and as such are not indicative of any given segment's performance. Accordingly, such costs have been reclassified as "General and administrative" expenses which are not a component of contribution profit. There was no impact to operating income in any period. Certain prior period amounts in the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows have been revised to correctly present changes in accounts payable related to purchases of fixed assets. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2012, a $3.1 million and $3.4 million increase in accounts payable has been reclassified from purchases of fixed assets in "Net cash used in investing activities" to changes in accounts payable in "Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities." There was no impact to the Consolidated Statements of Operations or Consolidated Balance Sheets. The Company had a change in estimate that is reflected in the consolidated financial statements for the three months ended September 30, 2013. When the Company started with original content, the Company did not have specific data about viewing patterns over time for content that premieres on Netflix. Based on experience with other similar television series and initial estimates of viewing patterns, the Company amortized this type of content on a straight-line basis over the shorter of four years or the license period. If a subsequent season is added, the remaining amortization period is extended by a year. Current estimates of viewing patterns indicate that viewing in the first few months is significantly higher, relative to the remaining amortization period, than previously estimated. As a result, in the third quarter of 2013, the Company began amortizing this type of content on an accelerated basis over the amortization period. The effect of this change in estimate was a $20.2 million decrease in contribution profit for the Domestic streaming segment and a $6.5 million increase in contribution loss for the International streaming segment for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2013. The effect to operating income and net income is a decrease of $26.7 million and $16.7 million, respectively, for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2013. The effect to basic earnings per share and diluted earnings per share was a decrease of $0.28 and $0.27, respectively, for the three months ended September 30, 2013 and a decrease of $0.29 and $0.27, respectively for the nine months ended September 30, 2013. The effect of this change in estimate relates primarily to titles that first premiered on Netflix in the first and second quarters of 2013.

Reclassifications and Changes in Estimates

Certain prior period amounts have been reclassified to conform to the current period presentation in the Consolidated Statements of Operations. Payroll and related expenses of $4.8 million and $15.0 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2012, respectively, associated with corporate marketing personnel, previously classified in "Marketing" on the Consolidated Statements of Operations, have been reclassified as "General and administrative." Historically these costs were substantially recorded in the Domestic streaming segment and impacted segment contribution profit. Management and the Company's chief operating decision maker consider such employee costs to be global corporate costs rather than marketing costs directly attributable to the segment and as such are not indicative of any given segment's performance. Accordingly, such costs have been reclassified as "General and administrative" expenses which are not a component of contribution profit. There was no impact to operating income in any period.

Certain prior period amounts in the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows have been revised to correctly present changes in accounts payable related to purchases of fixed assets. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2012, a $3.1 million and $3.4 million increase in accounts payable has been reclassified from purchases of fixed assets in "Net cash used in investing activities" to changes in accounts payable in "Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities." There was no impact to the Consolidated Statements of Operations or Consolidated Balance Sheets.

The Company had a change in estimate that is reflected in the consolidated financial statements for the three months ended September 30, 2013. When the Company started with original content, the Company did not have specific data about viewing patterns over time for content that premieres on Netflix. Based on experience with other similar television series and initial estimates of viewing patterns, the Company amortized this type of content on a straight-line basis over the shorter of four years or the license period. If a subsequent season is added, the remaining amortization period is extended by a year. Current estimates of viewing patterns indicate that viewing in the first few months is significantly higher, relative to the remaining amortization period, than previously estimated. As a result, in the third quarter of 2013, the Company began amortizing this type of content on an accelerated basis over the amortization period. The effect of this change in estimate was a $20.2 million decrease in contribution profit for the Domestic streaming segment and a $6.5 million increase in contribution loss for the International streaming segment for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2013. The effect to operating income and net income is a decrease of $26.7 million and $16.7 million, respectively, for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2013. The effect to basic earnings per share and diluted earnings per share was a decrease of $0.28 and $0.27, respectively, for the three months ended September 30, 2013 and a decrease of $0.29 and $0.27, respectively for the nine months ended September 30, 2013. The effect of this change in estimate relates primarily to titles that first premiered on Netflix in the first and second quarters of 2013.