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Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Details 4) $ in Millions | 3 Months Ended | 6 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended |
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Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($) | Sep. 30, 2017 USD ($) | Jun. 30, 2017 USD ($) | Mar. 31, 2017 USD ($) | Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($) | Sep. 30, 2016 USD ($) | Jun. 30, 2016 USD ($) | Mar. 31, 2016 USD ($) | Jun. 30, 2016 USD ($) | Jun. 30, 2015 USD ($) | Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($) Months | Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($) | Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($) | Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($)
Revenues |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ 6,356 |  | $ 6,418 |
Fiscal period months standard first quarter | Months |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2 |  |  |  |  |
Period Within Date Of Corresponding Sales In Which Trade Receivables Are Classified As Accounts And Notes Receivable |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 30 days |  |  |  |  |
Accounts and notes receivable [Abstract] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Other Assets |  | $ 375 |  |  |  | $ 66 |  |  |  |  |  | $ 375 |  | 66 |  |  |
Repurchase Of Shares Of Common Stock [Abstract] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Stock Repurchased During Period, Value |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ (1,915) | [1] | (5,447) | [1] | (1,200) |
Fiscal period months standard second and third quarters | Months |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 3 |  |  |  |  |
Fiscal period months standard fourth quarter | Months |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 4 |  |  |  |  |
Number of periods or months in advance that certain of our international businesses close their books | Months |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1 |  |  |  |  |
Reduction to Retained earnings |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Repurchase Of Shares Of Common Stock [Abstract] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Stock Repurchased During Period, Value |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ (1,915) |  | (5,399) |  | (1,124) |
Accounting Standards Update 2016-09 [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Repurchase Of Shares Of Common Stock [Abstract] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
New Accounting Pronouncement or Change in Accounting Principle, Amounts Previously Presented as a Financing Activity now Reclassified to Operating Activities |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 83 |  | 46 |  |  |
Continuing Operations [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Revenues |  | 1,577 | $ 1,436 | $ 1,448 | $ 1,417 | 1,886 | $ 1,518 | $ 1,509 | $ 1,443 |  |  | 5,878 |  | 6,356 |  | 6,418 |
Receivables [Abstract] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Net amounts included in Other Assets |  | 38 |  |  |  | 29 |  |  |  |  |  | 38 |  | 29 |  |  |
Allowance for doubtful accounts related to notes and direct financing lease receivables |  |  |  |  |  | 2 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2 |  |  |
Accounts and notes receivable [Abstract] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Accounts and notes receivable |  | 419 |  |  |  | 384 |  |  |  |  |  | 419 |  | 384 |  |  |
Allowance for doubtful accounts |  | (19) |  |  |  | (14) |  |  |  |  |  | (19) |  | (14) |  |  |
Accounts and notes receivable, net |  | 400 |  |  |  | 370 |  |  |  |  |  | 400 |  | 370 |  |  |
Other Assets |  | 375 |  |  |  | 66 |  |  |  |  |  | 375 |  | 66 |  |  |
Deferred income taxes |  | 139 |  |  |  | 772 |  |  |  |  |  | 139 |  | 772 |  |  |
Other current liabilities |  | 331 |  |  |  | 342 |  |  |  |  |  | 331 |  | 342 |  |  |
Repurchase Of Shares Of Common Stock [Abstract] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Franchise and license fees and income |  | 687 | $ 565 | $ 539 | $ 515 | 648 | $ 526 | $ 503 | $ 490 |  |  | 2,306 |  | 2,167 |  | 2,082 |
Net Cash Provided by (Used in) Operating Activities |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1,030 |  | 1,248 |  | 1,260 |
Cash, Cash Equivalents and Restricted Cash as presented in the Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows |  | 1,599 |  |  |  | $ 831 |  |  |  |  |  | 1,599 |  | 831 |  | 365 | $ 393
Operating Expenses |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 3,117 |  | 4,674 |  | 4,984 |
CHINA | Continuing Operations [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Repurchase Of Shares Of Common Stock [Abstract] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Franchise and license fees and income | [2] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 260 |  |  |  |  |
Franchise and license expenses [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Repurchase Of Shares Of Common Stock [Abstract] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Sales Allowances, Services |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 5 |  | $ 1 |  | $ 6 |
Income Tax Expense (Benefit) [Domain] | Accounting Standards Update 2016-09 [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Repurchase Of Shares Of Common Stock [Abstract] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
New Accounting Pronouncement or Change in Accounting Principle, Effect of Change on Operating Results |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 117 |  |  |  |  |
Other pension (income) expense [Member] | Accounting Standards Updated 2017-07 [Domain] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Repurchase Of Shares Of Common Stock [Abstract] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
New Accounting Pronouncement or Change in Accounting Principle, Effect of Change on Operating Results |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ 32 | $ 40 |  |  |  |  |  |
2018 [Domain] [Member] | Accounting Standards Update 2014-09 [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Revenues |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1,000 |  |  |  |  |
Repurchase Of Shares Of Common Stock [Abstract] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Operating Expenses |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1,000 |  |  |  |  |
2018 [Domain] [Member] | Operating Income (Loss) [Member] | Accounting Standards Update 2014-09 [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Repurchase Of Shares Of Common Stock [Abstract] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
New Accounting Pronouncement or Change in Accounting Principle, Effect of Change on Operating Results |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 45 |  |  |  |  |
Stockholders' Equity, Total [Member] | 2018 [Domain] [Member] | Accounting Standards Update 2014-09 [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
New Accounting Pronouncement or Change in Accounting Principle, Cumulative Effect of Change on Equity or Net Assets |  | 230 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 230 |  |  |  |  |
Liabilities, Total [Member] | 2018 [Domain] [Member] | Accounting Standards Update 2014-09 [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Repurchase Of Shares Of Common Stock [Abstract] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
New Accounting Pronouncement or Change in Accounting Principle, Cumulative Effect of Change on Total Liabilities |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 390 |  |  |  |  |
Assets, Total [Member] | 2018 [Domain] [Member] | Accounting Standards Update 2014-09 [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
New Accounting Pronouncement or Change in Accounting Principle, Cumulative Effect of Change on Equity or Net Assets |  | $ 140 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ 140 |  |  |  |  |
[1] | 2017 amount excludes and 2016 amount includes the effect of $45 million in share repurchases (0.7 million shares) with trade dates prior to December 31, 2016 but settlement dates subsequent to December 31, 2016.
[2] | In 2010, we refranchised our then-remaining Company-operated restaurants in Mexico. To the extent we owned it, we did not sell the real estate related to certain of these restaurants, instead leasing it to the franchisee. During 2015, we sold the real estate for approximately $58 million. While these proceeds exceeded the book value of the real estate, the sale represented a substantial liquidation of our Mexican foreign entities under GAAP. As such, the accumulated translation losses associated with our Mexican business were included in our loss on the sale. We recorded charges of $80 million representing the excess of the sum of the book value of the real estate and other related assets and our accumulated translation losses over the sales price. Consistent with the classification of the original Mexico market-wide refranchising transaction, these charges were classified as Refranchising (gain) loss. Refranchising losses of $40 million were associated with both the KFC and Pizza Hut Divisions. We continue to earn U.S. dollar-denominated franchise fees, most of which are sales-based royalties, under our existing franchise contracts with our Mexico franchisee.

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