Equity Method Investment Diluted Ownership Percentage

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- Definition

The substantive financial percentage of ownership of common or equity participation in the investee accounted for under the equity method of accounting.

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- Definition

Percentage of equity in the acquiree held by the acquirer immediately before the acquisition date in a business combination.

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- Definition

Amount of consideration received or receivable for the disposal of assets and liabilities, including discontinued operation.

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The percentage of ownership of common stock or equity participation in the investee accounted for under the equity method of accounting.

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Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 323
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 3
-Subparagraph (a)(1)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=114001798&loc=d3e33918-111571

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Total loss recognized during the period from the impairment of goodwill plus the loss recognized in the period resulting from the impairment of the carrying amount of intangible assets, other than goodwill.

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The parent entity's interest in net assets of the subsidiary, expressed as a percentage.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Description of Business and Segment Information - Additional Information (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Oct. 03, 2020	Sep. 28, 2019	Sep. 29, 2018	Jul. 02, 2020	Aug. 31, 2019	Mar. 20, 2019
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Goodwill and Intangible Asset Impairment	$ 4,953	$ 0	$ 0
Hong Kong Disneyland Resort
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Effective ownership interest	48.00%
Shanghai Disney Resort
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Effective ownership interest	43.00%
National Geographic
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Effective ownership interest	73.00%
International Channels
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Goodwill and Intangible Asset Impairment	$ 5,000
Regional Sports Networks
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operation, Consideration					$ 11,000
Hulu LLC
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Equity Method Investment, Ownership Interest	67.00%	67.00%				60.00%
Business Combination, Step Acquisition, Equity Interest in Acquiree, Percentage						30.00%
A&E
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Equity Method Investment, Ownership Interest	50.00%
Endemol Shine Group
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Equity Method Investment, Ownership Interest				50.00%
Seven TV
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Equity Method Investment, Ownership Interest	20.00%
Equity Method Investment, Economic Ownership Percentage	49.00%
Tata Sky Limited
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Equity Method Investment, Ownership Interest	30.00%
Vice Media \| Direct-to-Consumer & International
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Equity Method Investment, Ownership Interest	24.00%
Equity Method Investment Diluted Ownership Percentage	14.00%
Equity Interest Held by TFCF \| Hulu LLC
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Equity Method Investment, Ownership Interest						30.00%
A&E \| Viceland
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Equity Method Investment, Ownership Interest	50.00%
Vice Media \| Viceland
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Equity Method Investment, Ownership Interest	50.00%