Segment Reporting, Total assets by segments (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands		Sep. 30, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017	Oct. 01, 2017
Segment Reporting, Asset Reconciling Item [Line Items]
Total assets		$ 5,495,329	$ 5,289,983	$ 5,544,648
Corporate and Eliminations [Member]
Segment Reporting, Asset Reconciling Item [Line Items]
Total assets	[1]	(5,053,645)	(3,405,347)	(4,367,973)
U.S. and Canada [Member]
Segment Reporting, Asset Reconciling Item [Line Items]
Total assets		3,053,179	2,749,384	3,423,213
International [Member]
Segment Reporting, Asset Reconciling Item [Line Items]
Total assets		2,323,866	2,499,985	2,524,821
Entertainment and Licensing [Member]
Segment Reporting, Asset Reconciling Item [Line Items]
Total assets		865,638	626,193	884,014
Global Operations [Member]
Segment Reporting, Asset Reconciling Item [Line Items]
Total assets		$ 4,306,291	$ 2,819,768	$ 3,080,573

[1] Certain long-term assets, including property, plant and equipment, goodwill and other intangibles, which benefit multiple operating segments, are included in Corporate and Eliminations. Allocations of certain expenses related to these assets to the individual operating segments are done at the beginning of the year based on budgeted amounts. Any differences b etween actual and budgeted amounts are reflected in Corporate and Eliminations because allocations are translated from the U . S . Dollar to local currenc y at budgeted rates when recorded. Corporate and Eliminations also includes the elimination of inter-comp any balance sheet amounts.