Condensed Consolidated Statements of Equity - USD ($) $ in Millions	Total	Cumulative Effect, Period of Adoption, Adjustment	Accumulated  Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)	Noncontrolling Interest	Class A common units	Class A common units Cumulative Effect, Period of Adoption, Adjustment	Partnership exchangeable units	Partnership exchangeable units Cumulative Effect, Period of Adoption, Adjustment
Beginning balance Class A (in shares) at Dec. 31, 2018					202,006,067
Beginning balances at Dec. 31, 2018	$ 3,618	$ 21	$ (1,437)	$ 2	$ 4,323	$ 12	$ 730	$ 9
Beginning balance partnership exchangeable unit (in shares) at Dec. 31, 2018							207,523,591
Increase (Decrease) in Stockholders' Equity [Roll Forward]
Distributions declared on Class A common units ($0.77 per unit)	(127)				(127)
Distributions declared on partnership exchangeable units ($0.52 per unit)	(104)						$ (104)
Exchange of Partnership exchangeable units for RBI common shares	0				9		$ (9)
Exchange of Partnership exchangeable units for RBI common shares (in shares)							(141,190)
Capital contribution from RBI	71				71
Net income	246			0	$ 135		$ 111
Other comprehensive income (loss)	48		48
Ending balance Class A (in shares) at Mar. 31, 2019					202,006,067
Ending balances at Mar. 31, 2019	3,773		(1,389)	2	$ 4,423		$ 737
Ending balance partnership exchangeable units (in shares) at Mar. 31, 2019							207,382,401
Beginning balance Class A (in shares) at Dec. 31, 2018					202,006,067
Beginning balances at Dec. 31, 2018	3,618	$ 21	(1,437)	2	$ 4,323	$ 12	$ 730	$ 9
Beginning balance partnership exchangeable unit (in shares) at Dec. 31, 2018							207,523,591
Increase (Decrease) in Stockholders' Equity [Roll Forward]
Net income	503
Other comprehensive income (loss)	153
Ending balance Class A (in shares) at Jun. 30, 2019					202,006,067
Ending balances at Jun. 30, 2019	3,960		(1,284)	3	$ 4,495		$ 746
Ending balance partnership exchangeable units (in shares) at Jun. 30, 2019							207,337,076
Beginning balance Class A (in shares) at Mar. 31, 2019					202,006,067
Beginning balances at Mar. 31, 2019	3,773		(1,389)	2	$ 4,423		$ 737
Beginning balance partnership exchangeable unit (in shares) at Mar. 31, 2019							207,382,401
Increase (Decrease) in Stockholders' Equity [Roll Forward]
Distributions declared on Class A common units ($0.77 per unit)	(128)				(128)
Distributions declared on partnership exchangeable units ($0.52 per unit)	(103)						$ (103)
Exchange of Partnership exchangeable units for RBI common shares	0				3		$ (3)
Exchange of Partnership exchangeable units for RBI common shares (in shares)							(45,325)
Capital contribution from RBI	55				55
Restaurant VIE contributions (distributions)	1			1
Net income	257			0	$ 142		$ 115
Other comprehensive income (loss)	105		105
Ending balance Class A (in shares) at Jun. 30, 2019					202,006,067
Ending balances at Jun. 30, 2019	3,960		(1,284)	3	$ 4,495		$ 746
Ending balance partnership exchangeable units (in shares) at Jun. 30, 2019							207,337,076
Beginning balance Class A (in shares) at Dec. 31, 2019					202,006,067
Beginning balances at Dec. 31, 2019	4,259		(1,178)	4	$ 7,786		$ (2,353)
Beginning balance partnership exchangeable unit (in shares) at Dec. 31, 2019							165,507,199
Increase (Decrease) in Stockholders' Equity [Roll Forward]
Distributions declared on Class A common units ($0.77 per unit)	(156)				(156)
Distributions declared on partnership exchangeable units ($0.52 per unit)	(86)						$ (86)
Exchange of Partnership exchangeable units for RBI common shares	0				11		$ (11)
Exchange of Partnership exchangeable units for RBI common shares (in shares)							(178,046)
Capital contribution from RBI	55				55
Restaurant VIE contributions (distributions)	(1)			(1)
Net income	224			0	$ 144		$ 80
Other comprehensive income (loss)	(543)		(543)
Ending balance Class A (in shares) at Mar. 31, 2020					202,006,067
Ending balances at Mar. 31, 2020	3,752		(1,721)	3	$ 7,840		$ (2,370)
Ending balance partnership exchangeable units (in shares) at Mar. 31, 2020							165,329,153
Beginning balance Class A (in shares) at Dec. 31, 2019					202,006,067
Beginning balances at Dec. 31, 2019	4,259		(1,178)	4	$ 7,786		$ (2,353)
Beginning balance partnership exchangeable unit (in shares) at Dec. 31, 2019							165,507,199
Increase (Decrease) in Stockholders' Equity [Roll Forward]
Exchange of Partnership exchangeable units for RBI common shares (in shares)							(2,672,900)
Net income	388
Other comprehensive income (loss)	(394)
Ending balance Class A (in shares) at Jun. 30, 2020					202,006,067
Ending balances at Jun. 30, 2020	$ 3,852		(1,572)	3	$ 7,947		$ (2,526)
Ending balance partnership exchangeable units (in shares) at Jun. 30, 2020	162,834,299						162,834,299
Beginning balance Class A (in shares) at Mar. 31, 2020					202,006,067
Beginning balances at Mar. 31, 2020	$ 3,752		(1,721)	3	$ 7,840		$ (2,370)
Beginning balance partnership exchangeable unit (in shares) at Mar. 31, 2020							165,329,153
Increase (Decrease) in Stockholders' Equity [Roll Forward]
Distributions declared on Class A common units ($0.77 per unit)	(158)				(158)
Distributions declared on partnership exchangeable units ($0.52 per unit)	(85)						$ (85)
Exchange of Partnership exchangeable units for RBI common shares	0				128		$ (128)
Exchange of Partnership exchangeable units for RBI common shares (in shares)							(2,494,854)
Capital contribution from RBI	31				31
Restaurant VIE contributions (distributions)	(1)			(1)
Net income	164			1	$ 106		$ 57
Other comprehensive income (loss)	149		149
Ending balance Class A (in shares) at Jun. 30, 2020					202,006,067
Ending balances at Jun. 30, 2020	$ 3,852		$ (1,572)	$ 3	$ 7,947		$ (2,526)
Ending balance partnership exchangeable units (in shares) at Jun. 30, 2020	162,834,299						162,834,299