Selected Quarterly Financial Data (unaudited) (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Sep. 25, 2015

Quarterly Financial Data [Abstract]

Schedule Of Selected Quarterly Financial Data

	Fiscal Year 2015								Fiscal Year 2014
	Q1		Q2		Q3		Q4		Q1		Q2		Q3		Q4
	(in thousands, except per share amounts)
Revenue:
Licensing	$	216,598	$	243,333	$	204,855	$	203,325	$	205,660	$	258,616	$	205,625	$	208,943
Products	13,263		22,985		22,596		25,060		18,104		14,563		12,971		13,581
Services	4,377		5,632		4,251		4,363		7,513		5,413		4,754		4,433
Total revenue	234,238		271,950		231,702		232,748		231,277		278,592		223,350		226,957
Cost of revenue	19,410		25,149		24,880		25,377		21,382		17,505		18,869		12,420
Gross margin	214,828		246,801		206,822		207,371		209,895		261,087		204,481		214,537
Income before taxes and controlling interest	54,316		79,885		47,378		64,203		60,701		102,922		51,814		60,662
Net income attributable to Dolby Laboratories	$	41,357	$	57,974	$	35,506	$	46,553	$	44,515	$	75,868	$	39,779	$	45,941
Earnings per share:
Basic	$	0.40	$	0.57	$	0.35	$	0.46	$	0.44	$	0.74	$	0.39	$	0.45
Diluted	$	0.40	$	0.56	$	0.34	$	0.45	$	0.43	$	0.73	$	0.38	$	0.44
Weighted-average shares outstanding:
Basic	102,303		102,509		102,670		101,935		101,750		102,291		102,350		102,211
Diluted	104,275		103,904		104,105		103,059		103,192		103,934		103,942		104,116