Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets (Unaudited) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Jun. 30, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011
Current assets
Cash and cash equivalents	$ 524,282	$ 521,408
Inventories	12,495	11,284
Accounts receivable	65,964	54,757
Income tax receivable	3,797	17,786
Deferred tax asset	10,213	10,583
Prepaid expenses and other	10,495	11,300
Total current assets	627,246	627,118
Theatre properties and equipment	2,157,971	2,103,927
Less accumulated depreciation and amortization	915,276	865,077
Theatre properties and equipment, net	1,242,695	1,238,850
Other assets
Goodwill	1,151,179	1,150,637
Intangible assets - net	333,773	336,907
Investment in NCM	78,193	72,040
Investment in DCIP	16,202	12,798
Investment in marketable securities - RealD	18,293	9,709
Investments in and advances to affiliates	1,793	1,543
Long-term deferred tax asset	9,147	8,826
Deferred charges and other assets - net	63,839	63,980
Total other assets	1,672,419	1,656,440
Total assets	3,542,360	3,522,408
Current liabilities
Current portion of long-term debt	12,006	12,145
Current portion of capital lease obligations	10,058	9,639
Income tax payable	5,467	6,506
Accounts payable and accrued expenses	262,733	276,737
Total current liabilities	290,264	305,027
Long-term liabilities
Long-term debt, less current portion	1,554,390	1,560,076
Capital lease obligations, less current portion	129,572	131,533
Deferred tax liability	161,602	162,449
Liability for uncertain tax positions	20,452	22,411
Deferred lease expenses	36,728	34,466
Deferred revenue - NCM	243,428	236,310
Other long-term liabilities	47,788	46,497
Total long-term liabilities	2,193,960	2,193,742
Commitments and contingencies (see Note 18)
Cinemark Holdings, Inc.'s stockholders' equity:
Common stock, $0.001 par value: 300,000,000 shares authorized,118,412,337 shares issued and 114,873,675 shares outstanding at June 30, 2012 and 117,593,329 shares issued and 114,201,737 shares outstanding at December 31, 2011	118	118
Additional paid-in-capital	1,055,013	1,047,237
Treasury stock, 3,538,662 and 3,391,592 shares, at cost, at June 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011, respectively	(48,482)	(45,219)
Retained earnings	79,749	34,423
Accumulated other comprehensive loss	(39,544)	(23,682)
Total Cinemark Holdings, Inc.'s stockholders' equity	1,046,854	1,012,877
Noncontrolling interests	11,282	10,762
Total equity	1,058,136	1,023,639
Total liabilities and equity	$ 3,542,360	$ 3,522,408