UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF EARNINGS shares in Thousands, $ in Millions			3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
		May 16, 2017	Jun. 30, 2017 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Jun. 30, 2016 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Jun. 30, 2017 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Jun. 30, 2016 USD ($) $ / shares shares
UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF EARNINGS
Net sales			$ 2,855	$ 2,030	$ 5,328	$ 3,785
Costs and expenses
Cost of sales (excluding depreciation and amortization)			(2,270)	(1,596)	(4,245)	(3,012)
Depreciation and amortization			(229)	(78)	(377)	(153)
Selling, general and administrative			(128)	(105)	(271)	(213)
Business consolidation and other activities			(41)	28	(96)	(239)
Total costs and expenses			(2,668)	(1,751)	(4,989)	(3,617)
Earnings (loss) before interest and taxes			187	279	339	168
Interest expense			(74)	(41)	(142)	(79)
Debt refinancing and other costs			(1)	(46)	(1)	(106)
Total interest expense			(75)	(87)	(143)	(185)
Earnings (loss) before taxes			112	192	196	(17)
Tax (provision) benefit			(22)	114	(44)	197
Equity in results of affiliates, net of tax			10	1	18
Net earnings			100	307	170	180
Net earnings attributable to noncontrolling interests			(1)		(3)
Net earnings attributable to Ball Corporation			$ 99	$ 307	$ 167	$ 180
Earnings per share:
Basic (in dollars per share) | $ / shares	[1]		$ 0.28	$ 1.08	$ 0.48	$ 0.63
Diluted (in dollars per share) | $ / shares	[1]		$ 0.28	$ 1.06	$ 0.47	$ 0.62
Weighted average shares outstanding (000s):
Basic (in shares) | shares	[1]		351,066	284,076	350,560	283,832
Diluted (in shares) | shares	[1]		358,979	290,454	358,506	290,330
Stock split ratio		2

[1] Amounts in 2016 have been retrospectively adjusted for the two-for-one stock split that was effective on May 16, 2017.