CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY - USD ($) shares in Millions, $ in Millions	Total	Common Stock	Retained Earnings	Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)	Treasury Stock	Total Disney Equity	Noncontrolling Interest
BEGINNING BALANCE (in shares) at Sep. 27, 2014		1,707
BEGINNING BALANCE at Sep. 27, 2014	$ 48,178	$ 34,301	$ 53,734	$ (1,968)	$ (41,109)	$ 44,958	$ 3,220
Increase (Decrease) in Stockholders' Equity [Roll Forward]
Comprehensive income	8,322		8,382	(453)		7,929	393
Equity compensation activity (in shares)		14
Equity compensation activity	$ 828	$ 828				828
Common stock repurchases (in shares)	(60)	(60)
Common stock repurchases	$ (6,095)				(6,095)	(6,095)
Dividends	(3,063)	$ 24	(3,087)			(3,063)
Contributions	1,012						1,012
Distributions and other	(527)	$ (31)	(1)			(32)	(495)
ENDING BALANCE (in shares) at Oct. 03, 2015		1,661
ENDING BALANCE at Oct. 03, 2015	48,655	$ 35,122	59,028	(2,421)	(47,204)	44,525	4,130
Increase (Decrease) in Stockholders' Equity [Roll Forward]
Comprehensive income	8,134		9,391	(1,558)		7,833	301
Equity compensation activity (in shares)		10
Equity compensation activity	$ 726	$ 726				726
Common stock repurchases (in shares)	(74)	(74)
Common stock repurchases	$ (7,499)				(7,499)	(7,499)
Dividends	(2,313)	$ 15	(2,328)			(2,313)
Contributions	0
Distributions and other	(380)	$ (4)	(3)			(7)	(373)
ENDING BALANCE (in shares) at Oct. 01, 2016		1,597
ENDING BALANCE at Oct. 01, 2016	47,323	$ 35,859	66,088	(3,979)	(54,703)	43,265	4,058
Increase (Decrease) in Stockholders' Equity [Roll Forward]
Comprehensive income	9,792		8,980	451		9,431	361
Equity compensation activity (in shares)		8
Equity compensation activity	$ 529	$ 529				529
Common stock repurchases (in shares)	(89)	(89)
Common stock repurchases	$ (9,368)				(9,368)	(9,368)
Dividends	(2,445)	$ 13	(2,458)			(2,445)
Contributions	17
Treasury Stock Reissued During Period (in shares)		1
Treasury Stock Reissued During Period					60
Distributions and other	(827)	$ (153)	(4)			(97)	(730)
ENDING BALANCE (in shares) at Sep. 30, 2017		1,517
ENDING BALANCE at Sep. 30, 2017	$ 45,004	$ 36,248	$ 72,606	$ (3,528)	$ (64,011)	$ 41,315	$ 3,689