CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended
	Jan. 02, 2016	Dec. 27, 2014
OPERATING ACTIVITIES
Net income	$ 2,910	$ 2,244
Depreciation and amortization	607	592
Gains on sales of investments	(27)	0
Deferred income taxes	551	290
Equity in the income of investees	(474)	(212)
Cash distributions received from equity investees	206	197
Net change in film and television costs and advances	705	114
Equity-based compensation	106	104
Other	144	171
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
Receivables	(2,358)	(1,027)
Inventories	134	92
Other assets	91	(44)
Accounts payable and other accrued liabilities	(891)	(1,283)
Income taxes	658	617
Cash provided by operations	2,362	1,855
INVESTING ACTIVITIES
Investments in parks, resorts and other property	(1,406)	(998)
Sales of investments	40	0
Acquisitions	(400)	0
Other	(32)	7
Cash used in investing activities	(1,798)	(991)
FINANCING ACTIVITIES
Commercial paper borrowings, net	1,907	2,747
Borrowings	382	69
Reduction of borrowings	(564)	(1,098)
Repurchases of common stock	(2,352)	(1,303)
Proceeds from exercise of stock options	52	65
Contributions from Noncontrolling Interest Holders	0	351
Other	107	66
Cash (used in)/provided by financing activities	(468)	897
Impact of exchange rates on cash and cash equivalents	(64)	(105)
Change in cash and cash equivalents	32	1,656
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period	4,269	3,421
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period	$ 4,301	$ 5,077