Condensed Financial Information Of The Registrant (Parent Company Condensed Balance Sheets) (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, except Share data, unless otherwise specified	Jan. 01, 2012	Jan. 02, 2011	Jan. 03, 2010	Dec. 28, 2008
Cash and cash equivalents	$ 50,292	$ 47,945	$ 42,392	$ 45,372
Total assets	480,543	460,837
Total liabilities	1,690,282	1,671,488
Common stock, par value $0.01 per share; 170,000,000 shares authorized; 60,139,061 in 2010 and 57,741,208 in 2011 issued and outstanding	577	601
Preferred stock, par value $0.01 per share; 5,000,000 shares authorized, none issued
Additional paid-in capital		45,532
Retained deficit	(1,207,915)	(1,254,044)
Accumulated other comprehensive loss	(2,401)	(2,740)
Total stockholders' deficit	(1,209,739)	(1,210,651)
Total liabilities and stockholders' deficit	480,543	460,837
Common stock, par value	$ 0.01	$ 0.01
Common stock, shares authorized	170,000,000	170,000,000
Common stock, shares issued	57,741,208	60,139,061
Common stock, shares outstanding	57,741,208	60,139,061
Preferred stock, par value	$ 0.01	$ 0.01
Preferred stock, shares authorized	5,000,000	5,000,000
Preferred stock, shares issued	0	0
Domino's Pizza LLC [Member]
Cash and cash equivalents	6	5	5	3,700
Total assets	6	5
Equity in net deficit of subsidiaries	1,209,739	1,210,651
Due to subsidiary	6	5
Total liabilities	1,209,745	1,210,656
Common stock, par value $0.01 per share; 170,000,000 shares authorized; 60,139,061 in 2010 and 57,741,208 in 2011 issued and outstanding	577	601
Preferred stock, par value $0.01 per share; 5,000,000 shares authorized, none issued
Additional paid-in capital		45,532
Retained deficit	(1,207,915)	(1,254,044)
Accumulated other comprehensive loss	(2,401)	(2,740)
Total stockholders' deficit	(1,209,739)	(1,210,651)
Total liabilities and stockholders' deficit	$ 6	$ 5