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SUBSIDIARY SHARE REPURCHASE (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Oct. 28, 2012
SUBSIDIARY SHARE REPURCHASE [Abstract] |
Effect of change in the entity's ownership interest in PSMC | The table below presents the effect of the change in the Company's ownership interest in PSMC on the Company's equity for fiscal years 2012 (35.9 million shares of common stock of PSMC repurchased), 2011 (21.6 million shares of PSMC stock repurchased) and 2010 (no shares of PSMC common stock repurchased).
|  | Year Ended |
|  | October 28, 2012 |  |  | October 30, 2011 |  |  | October 31, 2010 |
Net income attributable to Photronics, Inc. shareholders |  | $ | 27,868 |  |  | $ | 16,229 |  |  | $ | 23,922 |
Increase (decrease) in Photronics, Inc.'s additional paid-in capital |  |  | 1,985 |  |  |  | (201 | ) |  |  | - |
Decrease in Photronics, Inc.'s accumulated other comprehensive income |  |  | (78 | ) |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |
Change from net income attributable to Photronics, Inc. shareholders and transfers to or from noncontrolling interests |  | $ | 29,775 |  |  | $ | 16,028 |  |  | $ | 23,922 |

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- Definition The tabular disclosure of the effects of any changes in a parent's ownership interest in a subsidiary on the equity attributable to the parent if the ownership interests in a subsidiary changes during the period. The changes represented by this element did not result in the deconsolidation of the subsidiary. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 810 -SubTopic 10 -Section 55 -Paragraph 4M -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=18733213&loc=SL4591554-111686 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher AICPA -Name Accounting Research Bulletin (ARB) -Number 51 -Paragraph A7 -Appendix A Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher AICPA -Name Accounting Research Bulletin (ARB) -Number 51 -Paragraph 38 -Subparagraph d -LegacyDoc This reference is SUPERSEDED by the Accounting Standards Codification effective for interim and annual periods ending after September 15, 2009. This reference is included to help users transition from the previous accounting hierarchy and will be removed from future versions of this taxonomy. + Details
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