Condensed Consolidated Statements of Shareholders' Equity - 6 months ended Jun. 30, 2017 - USD ($) $ in Millions	Total	Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)	Noncontrolling Interest	Class A common units	Partnership Exchangeable Units
Beginning Balance Class A, shares at Dec. 31, 2016				202,006,067
Beginning balances at Dec. 31, 2016	$ 3,489.0	$ (1,355.4)	$ 4.1	$ 3,364.1	$ 1,476.2
Beginning Balance partnership exchangeable units, shares at Dec. 31, 2016					226,995,404
Distributions declared on Class A common units	(87.1)			(87.1)
Distributions declared on partnership exchangeable units	(83.9)				$ (83.9)
Preferred unit distributions	(135.0)			(68.7)	(66.3)
Exchange of Partnership exchangeable units for RBI common shares				7.8	$ (7.8)
Exchange of Partnership exchangeable units for RBI common shares, shares					(146,730)
Capital contribution from RBI Inc.	45.7			45.7
Restaurant VIE contributions (distributions)	(1.2)		(1.2)
Net income	410.1		0.8	$ 208.4	$ 200.9
Other comprehensive income (loss)	237.0	237.0
Ending Balance Class A, shares at Jun. 30, 2017				202,006,067
Ending balances at Jun. 30, 2017	$ 3,874.6	$ (1,118.4)	$ 3.7	$ 3,470.2	$ 1,519.1
Ending Balance partnership exchangeable units, shares at Jun. 30, 2017					226,848,674