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Document and Entity Information
Dec. 27, 2023
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Document Type 8-K/A
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Document Period End Date Dec. 27, 2023
Entity Registrant Name LIONS GATE ENTERTAINMENT CORP /CN/
Entity Incorporation State Country Code A1
Entity File Number 1-14880
Entity Tax Identification Number 00-0000000
Entity Address Address Line 1 250 Howe Street
Entity Address Address Line 2 20th Floor
Entity Address City Or Town Vancouver
Entity Address State Or Province BC
Entity Address Postal Zip Code V6C 3R8
City Area Code 877
Local Phone Number 848-3866
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Soliciting Material false
Pre Commencement Tender Offer false
Pre Commencement Issuer Tender Offer false
Entity Emerging Growth Company false
Amendment Description On December 27, 2023, Lions Gate Entertainment Corp., a corporation organized and existing under the corporate laws of British Columbia (the “Company”), filed a Current Report on Form 8-K (the “Original Form 8-K”) to announce the completion of its acquisition all of the issued and outstanding equity interests of the companies constituting the Entertainment One (“eOne”) television and film business from Hasbro, Inc., a Rhode Island corporation (“Hasbro”), pursuant to that certain Equity Purchase Agreement dated August 3, 2023, by and among Lions Gate Entertainment Inc., a Delaware corporation, Lions Gate International Motion Pictures S.à.r.l., a Luxembourg société à responsabilité limitée and Hasbro (the “Transaction”).This amendment amends and supplements the Original Form 8-K solely to provide the financial statements and pro forma financial information relating to the Transaction required under Item 9.01 of Form 8-K, which were excluded from the Original Form 8-K in reliance on the instructions to such item. This amendment reports no other updates or amendments to the Original Form 8-K. The pro forma financial information included in this amendment has been presented for informational purposes only, as required by Form 8-K. It does not purport to represent the actual results of operations that the Company and eOne would have achieved had the companies been combined during the periods presented in the pro forma financial information and is not intended to project the future results of operations that the combined company may achieve after completion of the Transaction. 
Entity Central Index Key 0000929351
Other Address [Member]  
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Entity Address Address Line 1 2700 Colorado Avenue
Entity Address City Or Town Santa Monica
Entity Address State Or Province CA
Entity Address Postal Zip Code 90404
Common Class A [Member]  
Entity Information [Line Items]  
Security 12b Title Class A Voting Common Shares, no par value per share
Trading Symbol LGF.A
Security Exchange Name NYSE
Common Class B [Member]  
Entity Information [Line Items]  
Security 12b Title Class B Non-Voting Common Shares, no par value per share
Trading Symbol LGF.B
Security Exchange Name NYSE