Earnings (Loss) Per Share (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2013

Earnings Per Share [Abstract]

Schedule of Earnings (Loss) Per Share

	Three Months Ended September 30,			Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2013	2012		2013	2012
		As Adjusted (Note 1)			As Adjusted (Note 1)
	(In $ millions, except share and per share data)
Amounts Attributable to Celanese Corporation
Earnings (loss) from continuing operations	171	129		445	543
Earnings (loss) from discontinued operations	1	(2	)	2	(2	)
Net earnings (loss)	172	127		447	541
Weighted average shares - basic	158,501,075	159,158,280		159,282,314	157,970,535
Dilutive stock options	230,110	292,661		229,920	1,054,012
Dilutive restricted stock units	364,346	678,435		334,359	654,091
Weighted average shares - diluted	159,095,531	160,129,376		159,846,593	159,678,638

Schedule of Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share

Securities not included in the computation of diluted net earnings per share as their effect would have been antidilutive are as follows:

	Three Months Ended September 30,		Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2013	2012	2013	2012
Stock options	38,140	30,032	94,631	15,016
Restricted stock units	—	92	—	5,328
Total	38,140	30,124	94,631	20,344