CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF EARNINGS - Entity [Domain] - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	May. 28, 2015	May. 29, 2014	May. 30, 2013
REVENUES:
Theatre admissions	$ 157,254	$ 146,039	$ 134,523
Rooms	109,660	105,483	99,668
Theatre concessions	98,746	84,062	73,189
Food and beverage	67,174	58,826	55,458
Other revenues	55,233	53,529	49,998
Total revenues	488,067	447,939	412,836
COSTS AND EXPENSES:
Theatre operations	134,946	127,531	115,078
Rooms	42,579	40,834	38,260
Theatre concessions	27,032	23,335	19,816
Food and beverage	55,215	46,250	43,062
Advertising and marketing	25,265	25,160	23,571
Administrative	53,247	46,642	45,266
Depreciation and amortization	38,810	33,845	33,827
Rent (Note 9)	8,591	8,522	8,418
Property taxes	15,001	14,637	14,836
Other operating expenses	34,268	32,801	30,986
Impairment charge (Note 2)	2,919	0	1,512
Total costs and expenses	437,873	399,557	374,632
OPERATING INCOME	50,194	48,382	38,204
OTHER INCOME (EXPENSE):
Investment income	252	630	494
Interest expense	(9,477)	(10,060)	(9,309)
Extinguishment of debt	0	0	6,008
Loss on disposition of property, equipment and other assets	(1,463)	(993)	(266)
Equity losses from unconsolidated joint ventures, net (Note 10)	(186)	(250)	(450)
Nonoperating Income (Expense), Total	(10,874)	(10,673)	(3,523)
EARNINGS BEFORE INCOME TAXES	39,320	37,709	34,681
Income taxes (Note 8)	15,678	16,810	11,350
NET EARNINGS	23,642	20,899	23,331
NET EARNINGS (LOSS) ATTRIBUTABLE TO NONCONTROLLING INTERESTS	(353)	(4,102)	5,825
NET EARNINGS ATTRIBUTABLE TO THE MARCUS CORPORATION	$ 23,995	$ 25,001	$ 17,506
Common Stock [Member]
NET EARNINGS PER SHARE - BASIC:
Common Stock	$ 0.90	$ 0.95	$ 0.68
NET EARNINGS PER SHARE - DILUTED:
Common Stock	0.87	0.92	0.63
Common Class B [Member]
NET EARNINGS PER SHARE - BASIC:
Common Stock	0.82	0.86	0.59
NET EARNINGS PER SHARE - DILUTED:
Common Stock	$ 0.81	$ 0.86	$ 0.59