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Fair Value Measurements - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)
3 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2013
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Financial Instruments [Line Items]      
Impairment charge $ 14,000,000us-gaap_ImpairmentOfIntangibleAssetsExcludingGoodwill    
Remaining fair value of intangible asset 99,000,000mat_RemainingFairValueOfIntangibleAsset    
Estimated fair value of long-term debt, including the current portion   2,180,000,000us-gaap_LongTermDebtFairValue 1,620,000,000us-gaap_LongTermDebtFairValue
Long-term debt   $ 2,100,000,000us-gaap_LongTermDebt $ 1,600,000,000us-gaap_LongTermDebt