Supplemental Cash Flow Information (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2012

Supplemental Cash Flow Information [Abstract]

Supplemental information to condensed consolidated statements of cash flows

	Six Months Ended
	June 30,
	2012			2011
Cash paid for interest	$	59,651		$	53,402
Cash paid for income taxes, net of refunds received	$	48,612		$	4,223
Noncash investing and financing activities:
Change in accounts payable and accrued expenses for the acquisition of theatre properties and equipment (1)	$	(9,938	)	$	(1,245	)
Theatre properties acquired under capital lease	$	3,569		$	535
Change in fair market values of interest rate swap agreements, net of taxes	$	611		$	(1,030	)
Investment in NCM—receipt of common units (see Note 6)	$	9,137		$	9,302
Dividends accrued on unvested restricted stock unit awards	$	(310	)	$	(334	)
Investment in RealD (see Note 8)	$	—		$	3,402
Change in fair market value of available-for-sale securities, net of taxes (see Note 8)	$	5,365		$	(1,720	)

⁽¹⁾ Additions to theatre properties and equipment included in accounts payable as of December 31, 2011 and June 30, 2012 were $18,512 and $8,574, respectively.