Document and Entity Information	9 Months Ended
	Feb. 28, 2013	Mar. 31, 2013 Common Stock [Member]	Mar. 31, 2013 Class B Common Stock [Member]
Document Information [Line Items]
Entity Registrant Name	MARCUS CORP
Entity Central Index Key	0000062234
Current Fiscal Year End Date	--05-31
Entity Filer Category	Accelerated Filer
Trading Symbol	mcs
Entity Common Stock Shares Outstanding		18,341,273	8,763,264
Document Type	10-Q
Amendment Flag	false
Document Period End Date	Feb. 28, 2013
Document Fiscal Period Focus	Q3
Document Fiscal Year Focus	2013