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EQUITY AND EARNINGS PER SHARE (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2024
Equity And Earnings Per Share [Abstract] |
Schedule of Basic and Diluted Earnings Per Share | The table below sets forth the Company’s calculated earnings per share (in millions). Earnings per share amounts may not recalculate due to rounding.
|  | Year Ended December 31,
|  | 2024 |  | 2023 |  | 2022
Numerator: |  |  |  |  |  |
Net loss |  | $ | (11,482) |  |  | $ | (3,079) |  |  | $ | (7,297) |
Less: |  |  |  |  |  |
Allocation of undistributed income to Series A-1 convertible preferred stock |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | (49) |
Net loss (income) attributable to noncontrolling interests |  | 129 |  |  | (38) |  |  | (68) |
Net loss (income) attributable to redeemable noncontrolling interests |  | 42 |  |  | (9) |  |  | (6) |
Redeemable noncontrolling interest adjustments of carrying value to redemption value (redemption value does not equal fair value) |  | (3) |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Net loss available to Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. Series A common stockholders for basic and diluted earnings per share |  | $ | (11,314) |  |  | $ | (3,126) |  |  | $ | (7,420) |
Denominator — weighted average: |  |  |  |  |  |
Common shares outstanding — basic and diluted |  | 2,450 |  |  | 2,436 |  |  | 1,940 |
Basic net loss per share allocated to common stockholders |  | $ | (4.62) |  |  | $ | (1.28) |  |  | $ | (3.82) |
Diluted net loss per share allocated to common stockholders |  | $ | (4.62) |  |  | $ | (1.28) |  |  | $ | (3.82) |
Schedule of Weighted Average Basic and Diluted Shares Outstanding | The table below sets forth the Company’s calculated earnings per share (in millions). Earnings per share amounts may not recalculate due to rounding.
|  | Year Ended December 31,
|  | 2024 |  | 2023 |  | 2022
Numerator: |  |  |  |  |  |
Net loss |  | $ | (11,482) |  |  | $ | (3,079) |  |  | $ | (7,297) |
Less: |  |  |  |  |  |
Allocation of undistributed income to Series A-1 convertible preferred stock |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | (49) |
Net loss (income) attributable to noncontrolling interests |  | 129 |  |  | (38) |  |  | (68) |
Net loss (income) attributable to redeemable noncontrolling interests |  | 42 |  |  | (9) |  |  | (6) |
Redeemable noncontrolling interest adjustments of carrying value to redemption value (redemption value does not equal fair value) |  | (3) |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Net loss available to Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. Series A common stockholders for basic and diluted earnings per share |  | $ | (11,314) |  |  | $ | (3,126) |  |  | $ | (7,420) |
Denominator — weighted average: |  |  |  |  |  |
Common shares outstanding — basic and diluted |  | 2,450 |  |  | 2,436 |  |  | 1,940 |
Basic net loss per share allocated to common stockholders |  | $ | (4.62) |  |  | $ | (1.28) |  |  | $ | (3.82) |
Diluted net loss per share allocated to common stockholders |  | $ | (4.62) |  |  | $ | (1.28) |  |  | $ | (3.82) |
Schedule of Income Available to Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. Stockholders | The table below sets forth the Company’s calculated earnings per share (in millions). Earnings per share amounts may not recalculate due to rounding.
|  | Year Ended December 31,
|  | 2024 |  | 2023 |  | 2022
Numerator: |  |  |  |  |  |
Net loss |  | $ | (11,482) |  |  | $ | (3,079) |  |  | $ | (7,297) |
Less: |  |  |  |  |  |
Allocation of undistributed income to Series A-1 convertible preferred stock |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | (49) |
Net loss (income) attributable to noncontrolling interests |  | 129 |  |  | (38) |  |  | (68) |
Net loss (income) attributable to redeemable noncontrolling interests |  | 42 |  |  | (9) |  |  | (6) |
Redeemable noncontrolling interest adjustments of carrying value to redemption value (redemption value does not equal fair value) |  | (3) |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Net loss available to Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. Series A common stockholders for basic and diluted earnings per share |  | $ | (11,314) |  |  | $ | (3,126) |  |  | $ | (7,420) |
Denominator — weighted average: |  |  |  |  |  |
Common shares outstanding — basic and diluted |  | 2,450 |  |  | 2,436 |  |  | 1,940 |
Basic net loss per share allocated to common stockholders |  | $ | (4.62) |  |  | $ | (1.28) |  |  | $ | (3.82) |
Diluted net loss per share allocated to common stockholders |  | $ | (4.62) |  |  | $ | (1.28) |  |  | $ | (3.82) |
Schedule of Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share | The table below presents the details of share-based awards that were excluded from the calculation of diluted earnings per share (in millions).
|  | Year Ended December 31,
|  | 2024 |  | 2023 |  | 2022
Anti-dilutive share-based awards |  | 76 |  |  | 69 |  |  | 49 |

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