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OTHER INVESTMENTS - Additional Information (Detail) $ in Thousands		12 Months Ended
	Apr. 30, 2018 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($) Studio	Dec. 31, 2020 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($)
Maximum
Schedule Of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Percentage of voting interest		50.00%
Minimum
Schedule Of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Percentage of voting interest		20.00%
Digital Cinema Implementation Partners
Schedule Of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Percentage of voting interest		33.00%
Economic interest in Digital Cinema Implementation Partners		24.30%
Description of digital cinema deployment agreements		The DCDAs end on the earlier to occur of (i) the tenth anniversary of the "mean deployment date" for all digital projection systems scheduled to be deployed over a period of up to five years, or (ii) the date DCIP achieves "cost recoupment", each as defined in the DCDAs.
Number of major motion picture studio, long-term digital cinema deployment agreements \| Studio		6
Operating lease right of use asset write off			$ 7,468
Operating lease right of use liabilities write off			14,102
Gain on sale of asset			6,634
Lease termination liability			4,169
Fair value of projectors			102,719
Reduction in investment in DCIP			89,804
Other			12,915
Digital Cinema Implementation Partners \| Maximum
Schedule Of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Deployment period of digital cinema deployment agreements		5 years
AC JV, LLC \| Film rentals and advertising
Schedule Of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Event fees		$ 6,161	3,740	$ 15,376
Digital Cinema Distribution Coalition
Schedule Of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Percentage of voting interest		14.60%
Payments for content delivery services		$ 574	428	896
F E Concepts L L C [Member]
Schedule Of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Percentage of voting interest		50.00%
Management fee revenues		$ 62	34	64
F E Concepts L L C [Member] \| AWSR Investments, LLC
Schedule Of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Percentage of voting interest	50.00%
Payments to Acquire Equity Method Investments	$ 20,000
Management fee revenues		$ 62	$ 34	$ 64