Walt Disney Company is a well$-$known entertainment company. The following data are from its $2008$ annual report $($in millions$)$:

$\backslash$table$[[$Walt Disney Company,,,$],[$Retained earnings,,,Dividends paid,$],[,$ end of year,$$28,413,\backslash$table$[[$Retained earnings,$],[$beginning of year$]],$$$24,905$