UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF EARNINGS shares in Thousands, $ in Millions			3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
		May 16, 2017	Sep. 30, 2017 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Sep. 30, 2016 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Sep. 30, 2017 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Sep. 30, 2016 USD ($) $ / shares shares
UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF EARNINGS
Net sales			$ 2,908	$ 2,752	$ 8,236	$ 6,537
Costs and expenses
Cost of sales (excluding depreciation and amortization)			(2,338)	(2,275)	(6,583)	(5,288)
Depreciation and amortization			(162)	(147)	(539)	(299)
Selling, general and administrative			(127)	(135)	(398)	(348)
Business consolidation and other activities			(157)	(63)	(253)	(302)
Total costs and expenses			(2,784)	(2,620)	(7,773)	(6,237)
Earnings before interest and taxes			124	132	463	300
Interest expense			(74)	(80)	(216)	(159)
Debt refinancing and other costs				(2)	(1)	(108)
Total interest expense			(74)	(82)	(217)	(267)
Earnings before taxes			50	50	246	33
Tax (provision) benefit			(4)	(23)	(48)	174
Equity in results of affiliates, net of tax			5	7	23	6
Net earnings			51	34	221	213
Net earnings attributable to noncontrolling interests			(3)	(3)	(6)	(3)
Net earnings attributable to Ball Corporation			$ 48	$ 31	$ 215	$ 210
Earnings per share:
Basic (in dollars per share) | $ / shares	[1]		$ 0.14	$ 0.09	$ 0.61	$ 0.69
Diluted (in dollars per share) | $ / shares	[1]		$ 0.13	$ 0.09	$ 0.60	$ 0.67
Weighted average shares outstanding (000s):
Basic (in shares) | shares	[1]		350,327	349,128	350,481	305,756
Diluted (in shares) | shares	[1]		358,556	355,404	358,492	312,176
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.