Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income (Unaudited) (USD $) In Thousands, except Per Share data	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2011	Sep. 30, 2010	Sep. 30, 2011	Sep. 30, 2010
Revenues
Admissions	$ 417,088	$ 367,662	$ 1,134,697	$ 1,063,737
Concession	194,794	170,130	530,828	488,464
Other	28,131	22,443	78,217	64,034
Total revenues	640,013	560,235	1,743,742	1,616,235
Cost of operations
Film rentals and advertising	225,431	200,495	613,204	582,864
Concession supplies	32,166	26,565	85,076	73,465
Salaries and wages	60,114	56,823	168,222	165,615
Facility lease expense	72,318	66,587	208,111	191,292
Utilities and other	72,679	64,310	198,082	177,179
General and administrative expenses	32,652	28,113	92,825	78,589
Depreciation and amortization	40,394	34,805	119,124	103,395
Amortization of favorable/unfavorable leases	148	179	455	595
Impairment of long-lived assets	992	1,022	3,601	6,057
Loss on sale of assets and other	1,809	7,548	7,975	11,906
Total cost of operations	538,703	486,447	1,496,675	1,390,957
Operating income	101,310	73,788	247,067	225,278
Other income (expense)
Interest expense	(32,249)	(28,938)	(91,316)	(83,553)
Interest income	2,955	1,807	6,448	4,240
Foreign currency exchange gain (loss)	(1,858)	682	(512)	762
Loss on early retirement of debt			(4,945)
Distributions from NCM	5,108	4,263	16,530	15,541
Equity in income (loss) of affiliates	1,719	(1,842)	2,353	(4,997)
Total other expense	(24,325)	(24,028)	(71,442)	(68,007)
Income before income taxes	76,985	49,760	175,625	157,271
Income taxes	29,337	15,877	61,646	45,918
Net income	47,648	33,883	113,979	111,353
Less: Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests	728	551	1,685	3,246
Net income attributable to Cinemark Holdings, Inc.	$ 46,920	$ 33,332	$ 112,294	$ 108,107
Weighted average shares outstanding
Basic	112,817	112,179	112,709	111,317
Diluted	113,298	112,516	113,170	111,764
Earnings per share attributable to Cinemark Holdings, Inc.'s common stockholders
Basic	$ 0.41	$ 0.29	$ 0.98	$ 0.96
Diluted	$ 0.41	$ 0.29	$ 0.98	$ 0.96
Dividends declared per common share	$ 0.21	$ 0.18	$ 0.63	$ 0.54