Condensed Parent Company Statements of Comprehensive Income (Parenthetical) (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Condensed Statement of Income Captions [Line Items]
Unrealized gain due to fair value adjustments on interest rate swap agreements, tax	$ (741)	$ 3,532	$ 2,692
Cinemark Holdings, Inc.
Condensed Statement of Income Captions [Line Items]
Unrealized gain due to fair value adjustments on interest rate swap agreements, tax	$ 741	$ 3,532	$ 2,692

Amount, before reclassification, of tax expense (benefit) for gain (loss) from derivative instrument designated and qualifying as cash flow hedge included in assessment of hedge effectiveness.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 220
-SubTopic 10
-Section 45
-Paragraph 12
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=124509347&loc=d3e640-108580

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