Document And Entity Information - shares	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 28, 2017	Nov. 03, 2017
Document Information [Line Items]
Document Type	10-Q
Amendment Flag	false
Document Period End Date	Sep. 28, 2017
Document Fiscal Year Focus	2017
Document Fiscal Period Focus	Q3
Entity Registrant Name	MARCUS CORP
Entity Central Index Key	0000062234
Current Fiscal Year End Date	--12-28
Entity Filer Category	Accelerated Filer
Trading Symbol	MCS
Common Stock [Member]
Document Information [Line Items]
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding		19,242,578
Class B Common Stock [Member]
Document Information [Line Items]
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding		8,596,301