CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Total	Ordinary Shares	Additional Paid-in Capital	Treasury Shares	Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss	Retained Earnings	Total Equity of MKHL	Non-controlling Interest
Beginning balance at Mar. 30, 2013	$ 1,047,200	$ 0	$ 424,400	$ 0	$ (3,500)	$ 626,300	$ 1,047,200	$ 0
Beginning balance (in shares) at Mar. 30, 2013		201,454,000
Beginning balance (in shares) at Mar. 30, 2013				0
Increase (Decrease) in Stockholders' Equity [Roll Forward]
Net income	661,500	$ 0	0	$ 0	0	661,500	661,500
Other comprehensive loss	(2,900)	0	0	0	(2,900)	0	(2,900)
Total comprehensive income (loss)	658,600	0	0	0	0	0	658,600
Issuance of restricted shares		$ 0	0	0	0	0	0
Issuance of restricted shares (in shares)		251,000
Exercise of employee share options	19,000	$ 0	19,000	0	0	0	19,000
Exercise of employee share options (in shares)		2,586,000
Equity compensation expense	29,100	$ 0	29,100	0	0	0	29,100
Tax benefits on exercise of share options	54,700	0	54,700	0	0	0	54,700
Purchase of treasury shares	(2,400)	$ 0	0	$ (2,400)	0	0	(2,400)
Purchase of treasury shares (in shares)				(30,000)
Ending balance (in shares) at Mar. 29, 2014				(30,000)
Ending balance (in shares) at Mar. 29, 2014		204,291,000
Ending balance at Mar. 29, 2014	1,806,200	$ 0	527,200	$ (2,400)	(6,400)	1,287,800	1,806,200	0
Increase (Decrease) in Stockholders' Equity [Roll Forward]
Net income	881,000	0	0	0	0	881,000	881,000
Other comprehensive loss	(60,400)	0	0	0	(60,400)	0	(60,400)
Total comprehensive income (loss)	820,600	0	0	0	0	0	820,600
Issuance of restricted shares		$ 0	0	0	0	0	0
Issuance of restricted shares (in shares)		413,000
Exercise of employee share options	15,300	$ 0	15,300	0	0	0	15,300
Exercise of employee share options (in shares)		1,783,000
Equity compensation expense	48,900	$ 0	48,900	0	0	0	48,900
Tax benefits on exercise of share options	45,300	0	45,300	0	0	0	45,300
Purchase of treasury shares	$ (495,300)	$ 0	0	$ (495,300)	0	0	(495,300)
Purchase of treasury shares (in shares)				(6,800,000)
Ending balance (in shares) at Mar. 28, 2015	(6,829,866)			(6,830,000)
Ending balance (in shares) at Mar. 28, 2015	206,486,699	206,487,000
Ending balance at Mar. 28, 2015	$ 2,241,000	$ 0	636,700	$ (497,700)	(66,800)	2,168,800	2,241,000	0
Increase (Decrease) in Stockholders' Equity [Roll Forward]
Net income	837,700	0	0	0	0	839,100	839,100	(1,400)
Other comprehensive loss	(14,000)	0	0	0	(14,100)	0	(14,100)	100
Total comprehensive income (loss)	823,700	0	0	0	0	0	825,000	(1,300)
Fair value of noncontrolling interest in MK Panama	5,100							5,100
Forfeitures of restricted awards, net		$ 0	0	0	0	0	0
Forfeitures of restricted awards, net (in shares)		(35,000)
Exercise of employee share options	12,700	$ 0	12,700	0	0	0	12,700
Exercise of employee share options (in shares)		1,632,000
Equity compensation expense	48,400	$ 0	48,400	0	0	0	48,400
Tax benefits on exercise of share options	21,100	0	21,100	0	0	0	21,100
Purchase of treasury shares	(1,152,400)	$ 0	0	$ (1,152,400)	0	0	(1,152,400)
Purchase of treasury shares (in shares)				(24,812,000)
Other	$ (100)					(100)	(100)
Ending balance (in shares) at Apr. 02, 2016	(31,642,284)			(31,642,000)
Ending balance (in shares) at Apr. 02, 2016	208,084,175	208,084,000
Ending balance at Apr. 02, 2016	$ 1,999,500	$ 0	$ 718,900	$ (1,650,100)	$ (80,900)	$ 3,007,800	$ 1,995,700	$ 3,800