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Significant Accounting Policies (Details 3) (USD $)
3 Months Ended
Mar. 29, 2015
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Mar. 30, 2014
Significant Accounting Policies    
Number of joint ventures under which noncontrolling interest holders have the option to require the Company to purchase their interests 2pzza_NumberOfJointVenturesUnderWhichNoncontrollingInterestHoldersHaveOptionToRequireCompanyToPurchaseTheirInterests  
Net deferred tax liability, net $ 9,000,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxLiabilities  
Redeemable Noncontrolling Interests    
Balance at the beginning of the period 8,555,000us-gaap_RedeemableNoncontrollingInterestEquityCarryingAmount  
Change in redemption value 70,000us-gaap_MinorityInterestChangeInRedemptionValue (8,000)us-gaap_MinorityInterestChangeInRedemptionValue
Balance at the end of the period 8,798,000us-gaap_RedeemableNoncontrollingInterestEquityCarryingAmount  
Redeemable noncontrolling interests    
Redeemable Noncontrolling Interests    
Balance at the beginning of the period 8,555,000us-gaap_RedeemableNoncontrollingInterestEquityCarryingAmount
/ us-gaap_BalanceSheetLocationAxis
= pzza_TemporaryEquityMember
 
Net income 1,313,000us-gaap_NetIncomeLossAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest
/ us-gaap_BalanceSheetLocationAxis
= pzza_TemporaryEquityMember
 
Distributions (1,000,000)us-gaap_MinorityInterestDecreaseFromDistributionsToNoncontrollingInterestHolders
/ us-gaap_BalanceSheetLocationAxis
= pzza_TemporaryEquityMember
 
Change in redemption value (70,000)us-gaap_MinorityInterestChangeInRedemptionValue
/ us-gaap_BalanceSheetLocationAxis
= pzza_TemporaryEquityMember
 
Balance at the end of the period $ 8,798,000us-gaap_RedeemableNoncontrollingInterestEquityCarryingAmount
/ us-gaap_BalanceSheetLocationAxis
= pzza_TemporaryEquityMember