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Segment Revenues and Segment Income (Parenthetical) (Detail) (USD $)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2012
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]      
Expense for incentive compensation plans $ 25,200,000mat_ExpenseForIncentiveCompensationPlans $ 65,000,000mat_ExpenseForIncentiveCompensationPlans $ 108,100,000mat_ExpenseForIncentiveCompensationPlans
Share-based compensation expense 51,993,000us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensation 61,651,000us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensation 63,277,000us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensation
Corporate and Other      
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]      
Expense for incentive compensation plans 25,200,000mat_ExpenseForIncentiveCompensationPlans
/ us-gaap_ConsolidationItemsAxis
= us-gaap_CorporateNonSegmentMember
65,000,000mat_ExpenseForIncentiveCompensationPlans
/ us-gaap_ConsolidationItemsAxis
= us-gaap_CorporateNonSegmentMember
108,100,000mat_ExpenseForIncentiveCompensationPlans
/ us-gaap_ConsolidationItemsAxis
= us-gaap_CorporateNonSegmentMember
Severance and other termination-related costs 51,800,000us-gaap_SeveranceCosts1
/ us-gaap_ConsolidationItemsAxis
= us-gaap_CorporateNonSegmentMember
17,600,000us-gaap_SeveranceCosts1
/ us-gaap_ConsolidationItemsAxis
= us-gaap_CorporateNonSegmentMember
13,400,000us-gaap_SeveranceCosts1
/ us-gaap_ConsolidationItemsAxis
= us-gaap_CorporateNonSegmentMember
Share-based compensation expense 52,000,000us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensation
/ us-gaap_ConsolidationItemsAxis
= us-gaap_CorporateNonSegmentMember
61,700,000us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensation
/ us-gaap_ConsolidationItemsAxis
= us-gaap_CorporateNonSegmentMember
63,300,000us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensation
/ us-gaap_ConsolidationItemsAxis
= us-gaap_CorporateNonSegmentMember
Litigation charge     $ 137,800,000mat_LitigationChargeGross
/ us-gaap_ConsolidationItemsAxis
= us-gaap_CorporateNonSegmentMember