Consolidated Statements of Operations (Unaudited) (USD $) In Thousands, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
Mar. 29, 2015	Mar. 30, 2014
Consolidated Statements of Operations (Unaudited) [Abstract]
Net revenues	$ 713,500us-gaap_SalesRevenueGoodsNet	$ 679,453us-gaap_SalesRevenueGoodsNet
Costs and expenses
Cost of sales	247,735us-gaap_CostOfGoodsSold	258,545us-gaap_CostOfGoodsSold
Royalties	59,089us-gaap_RoyaltyExpense	49,581us-gaap_RoyaltyExpense
Product development	51,897us-gaap_ResearchAndDevelopmentExpense	47,257us-gaap_ResearchAndDevelopmentExpense
Advertising	67,742us-gaap_AdvertisingExpense	67,259us-gaap_AdvertisingExpense
Amortization of intangibles	12,951us-gaap_AmortizationOfIntangibleAssets	13,402us-gaap_AmortizationOfIntangibleAssets
Program production cost amortization	11,096has_ProgramProductionCostAmortization	4,658has_ProgramProductionCostAmortization
Selling, distribution and administration	208,785	195,303
Total costs and expenses	659,295us-gaap_CostsAndExpenses	636,005us-gaap_CostsAndExpenses
Operating profit	54,205us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss	43,448us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss
Non-operating (income) expense
Interest expense	24,585us-gaap_InterestExpense	22,428us-gaap_InterestExpense
Interest income	(930)us-gaap_InvestmentIncomeInterest	(1,326)us-gaap_InvestmentIncomeInterest
Other income, net	(3,765)us-gaap_OtherNonoperatingIncomeExpense	(3,649)us-gaap_OtherNonoperatingIncomeExpense
Total non-operating expense, net	19,890us-gaap_NonoperatingIncomeExpense	17,453us-gaap_NonoperatingIncomeExpense
Earnings before income taxes	34,315	25,995
Income tax expense (benefit)	8,494us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	(5,519)us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit
Net earnings	25,821us-gaap_ProfitLoss	31,514us-gaap_ProfitLoss
Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interests	(846)	(573)
Net Earnings Attributable to Hasbro, Inc.	$ 26,667us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss	$ 32,087us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss
Net earnings attributable to Hasbro, Inc. per common share:
Basic (in dollars per share)	$ 0.21us-gaap_EarningsPerShareBasic	$ 0.24us-gaap_EarningsPerShareBasic
Diluted (in dollars per share)	$ 0.21us-gaap_EarningsPerShareDiluted	$ 0.24us-gaap_EarningsPerShareDiluted
Cash dividends declared per common share (in dollars per share)	$ 0.46	$ 0.43

The amount of expense recognized in the current period related to program production costs which are capitalized by the Company as they are incurred and amortized using the individual-film-forecast method, whereby these costs are amortized in the proportion that the current period's revenues bear to management's estimate of total ultimate revenues as of the beginning of such period related to the program.

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