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Business Combination, Consideration Transferred, Equity Interest Issued and Issuable, Replacement of Share-based Compensation Awards

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Business Combination, Consideration Transferred, Equity Interest Issued and Issuable, Replacement of Share-based Compensation Awards, Unvested

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Business Combination, Consideration Transferred, Liabilities Accrued

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This item represents the cost of equity securities, which are categorized neither as held-to-maturity nor trading, net of adjustments for other-than-temporary impairments recognized in earnings (less any cumulative-effect adjustments recognized, as defined), and fair value hedge accounting adjustments, if any.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Amount of equity interests of the acquirer, including instruments or interests issued or issuable in consideration for the business combination.

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Fair value at acquisition-date of the assets transferred by the acquirer, liabilities incurred by the acquirer, and equity interests issued by the acquirer, including but not limited to, instruments or interests issued or issuable in consideration for the business combination.

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Fair value at acquisition-date of the equity interest in the acquiree held by the acquirer, immediately before the acquisition date for businesses combined in stages.

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In a business combination achieved in stages, this element represents the amount of gain recognized by the entity as a result of remeasuring to fair value the equity interest in the acquiree it held before the business combination.

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The number of shares converted in a noncash (or part noncash) transaction. Noncash is defined as transactions during a period that do not result in cash receipts or cash payments in the period. "Part noncash" refers to that portion of the transaction not resulting in cash receipts or cash payments in the period.

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The cash outflow associated with the acquisition of business during the period. The cash portion only of the acquisition price.

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Mergers and Acquisitions (Components of Estimated Purchase Consideration) (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Millions		12 Months Ended
	Dec. 08, 2016	Mar. 31, 2017	Sep. 30, 2017
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Dissenting shareholders' liability		$ 812.9	$ 840.1
Cost basis		2.6	2.6
Starz
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Market value, as of December 8, 2016, of Starz Series A and Series B common stock already owned by Lionsgate	$ 179.3
Cash consideration paid to Starz stockholders	1,176.1
Fair value of Lionsgate voting and non-voting shares issued to Starz's stockholders	1,327.7
Replacement of Starz share-based payment awards	186.5
Total preliminary estimated purchase consideration	3,666.9
Cost basis	158.9
Gain recognized on Starz available-for-sale securities		$ 20.4
Replacement of Starz share-based payment awards, unvested	43.3
Starz Series A Common Stock \| Starz
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Cash consideration paid to Starz stockholders	$ 1,123.3
Cash to be paid per outstanding share (in usd per share)	$ 18.00
Starz Series A Common Stock \| Starz \| Class B Non-Voting Shares
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Fair value of Lionsgate voting and non-voting shares issued to Starz's stockholders	$ 1,088.0
Stock conversion ratio	0.6784
Starz Series B Common Stock \| Starz
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Cash consideration paid to Starz stockholders	$ 52.8
Cash to be paid per outstanding share (in usd per share)	$ 7.26
Starz Series B Common Stock \| Starz \| Class B Non-Voting Shares
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Fair value of Lionsgate voting and non-voting shares issued to Starz's stockholders	$ 118.1
Stock conversion ratio	0.6321
Starz Series B Common Stock \| Starz \| Class A Voting Shares
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Fair value of Lionsgate voting and non-voting shares issued to Starz's stockholders	$ 121.6
Stock conversion ratio	0.6321
Starz Dissenting Shareholders \| Starz
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Dissenting shareholders' liability	$ 797.3		$ 840.1