Future Gross Minimum Rent Payments due to Company under Existing Conventional Franchise Arrangements (Detail) $ in Millions	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($)
Owned sites
Leases Disclosure [Line Items]
2023	$ 1,523.5
2024	1,484.0
2025	1,439.3
2026	1,390.9
Thereafter	10,441.4
Total minimum payments	17,856.1
Lessor, Operating Lease, Payment to be Received, Year One	1,577.0
Leased sites
Leases Disclosure [Line Items]
2023	1,426.6
2024	1,372.0
2025	1,311.0
2026	1,255.5
Thereafter	9,076.4
Total minimum payments	15,927.1
Lessor, Operating Lease, Payment to be Received, Year One	1,485.6
Property Subject to or Available for Operating Lease [Domain]
Leases Disclosure [Line Items]
2023	2,950.1
2024	2,856.0
2025	2,750.3
2026	2,646.4
Thereafter	19,517.8
Total minimum payments	33,783.2
Lessor, Operating Lease, Payment to be Received, Year One	$ 3,062.6

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 842
-SubTopic 30
-Section 50
-Paragraph 12
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=124258985&loc=SL77919396-209981

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