Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income - USD ($) shares in Thousands, $ in Thousands		3 Months Ended
		Jan. 29, 2023	Jan. 30, 2022
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income [Abstract]
Revenue	[1]	$ 211,090	$ 189,827
Cost of goods sold		135,013	129,964
Gross profit		76,077	59,863
Operating expenses:
Selling, general, and administrative		16,818	15,727
Research and development		3,302	5,939
Total operating expenses		20,120	21,666
Operating income		55,957	38,197
Other income (expense):
Foreign currency transactions impact, net		(16,944)	5,268
Interest income and other income, net		2,584	334
Interest expense		(65)	(895)
Income before income tax provision		41,532	42,904
Income tax provision		12,582	11,178
Net income		28,950	31,726
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests		14,964	8,662
Net income attributable to Photronics, Inc. shareholders		$ 13,986	$ 23,064
Earnings per share:
Basic (in dollars per share)		$ 0.23	$ 0.38
Diluted (in dollars per share)		$ 0.23	$ 0.38
Weighted-average number of common shares outstanding:
Basic (in shares)		60,894	60,158
Diluted (in shares)		61,470	60,936

[1] This table disaggregates revenue by the location in which it was earned.