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Supplemental Information About Segment Expenses (Details) - USD ($)
$ in Millions
 12 Months Ended
Sep. 27, 2025
Sep. 28, 2024
Sep. 30, 2023
Selling, General and Administrative Expense $ 16,501 $ 15,759 $ 15,336
Depreciation and amortization 5,326 4,990 5,369
Costs and Expenses 80,593 79,447 79,906
Corporate and unallocated shared expenses 1,646 1,435 1,147
Amortization of Intangible Assets and Fair Value Step-up on Film and Television Costs [1] 1,567 1,665 1,986
Entertainment Segment      
Programming and Production Costs 22,273 22,385 23,912
Other Cost and Expense, Operating [2] 5,400 5,347 5,804
Selling, General and Administrative Expense 9,733 9,326 9,404
Depreciation and amortization 825 734 756
Costs and Expenses 38,231 37,792 39,876
Sports Segment      
Programming and Production Costs 12,492 12,983 12,373
Other Cost and Expense, Operating [3] 986 951 941
Selling, General and Administrative Expense 1,331 1,298 1,314
Depreciation and amortization 48 39 73
Costs and Expenses 14,857 15,271 14,701
Experiences Segment      
Operating Labor 8,948 8,392 7,550
Infrastructure Costs 3,511 3,363 3,127
Cost of Product and Service Sold 3,253 3,319 3,357
Other Cost and Expense, Operating [4] 3,512 3,282 3,095
Selling, General and Administrative Expense 4,114 3,944 3,675
Depreciation and amortization 2,823 2,579 2,789
Costs and Expenses 26,161 24,879 23,593
Segment Eliminations      
Programming and Production Costs [5] $ (1,869) $ (1,595) $ (1,397)
[1] Excludes amortization of TFCF intangible assets related to equity investees.
[2] Other operating expenses of Entertainment include technology support costs, distribution costs and costs of goods sold.
[3] Other operating expenses of Sports include technology support costs and distribution costs.
[4] Other operating expenses of Experiences include costs for supplies, commissions and entertainment offerings.
[5] Reflects fees paid by (a) Hulu to ESPN and the Entertainment linear networks business for the right to air their networks on Hulu Live TV and (b) ABC Network and Disney+ to ESPN to program certain sports content on ABC Network and Disney+. The offset is included in Entertainment programming and production costs.