Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income - USD ($) shares in Thousands, $ in Thousands		3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
		May 01, 2022	May 02, 2021	May 01, 2022	May 02, 2021
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income [Abstract]
Revenue	[1]	$ 204,509	$ 159,763	$ 394,336	$ 311,830
Cost of goods sold		134,289	120,514	264,253	242,052
Gross profit		70,220	39,249	130,083	69,778
Operating expenses:
Selling, general and administrative		16,613	14,067	32,340	28,120
Research and development		4,206	4,375	10,145	9,085
Total operating expenses		20,819	18,442	42,485	37,205
Operating income		49,401	20,807	87,598	32,573
Non-operating income (expense):
Foreign currency transactions impact, net		7,844	(2,055)	13,112	(674)
Interest expense, net of subsidies		15	1,246	(880)	423
Interest income and other income and expense, net		162	37	496	159
Income before income tax provision		57,422	20,035	100,326	32,481
Income tax provision		14,393	3,714	25,571	6,651
Net income		43,029	16,321	74,755	25,830
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests		15,597	5,795	24,259	7,268
Net income attributable to Photronics, Inc. shareholders		$ 27,432	$ 10,526	$ 50,496	$ 18,562
Earnings per share:
Basic (in dollars per share)		$ 0.45	$ 0.17	$ 0.84	$ 0.30
Diluted (in dollars per share)		$ 0.45	$ 0.17	$ 0.83	$ 0.30
Weighted-average number of common shares outstanding:
Basic (in shares)		60,606	62,054	60,382	62,265
Diluted (in shares)		61,145	62,568	61,041	62,786

[1] This table disaggregates revenue by the location in which it was earned.