Reconciliation of Net Income to Adjusted EBITDA (Detail) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2013		Mar. 31, 2012
Segment Reporting, Reconciliation of Net Income (Loss) Segment to Consolidated [Line Items]
Net income	$ 33,062		$ 42,876
Add (deduct):
Income taxes	10,618		27,932
Interest expense	32,606	[1]	32,133	[1]
Other income	(4,554)	[2]	(5,422)	[2]
Depreciation and amortization	39,032	[3]	36,816	[3]
Impairment of long-lived assets	844		185
(Gain) loss on sale of assets and other	(342)		836
Deferred lease expenses	890		1,123
Amortization of long-term prepaid rents	650		534
Share based awards compensation expense	3,450		3,315
Adjusted EBITDA	$ 116,256		$ 140,328

[1] Includes amortization of debt issue costs.

[2] Includes interest income, foreign currency exchange gain and equity in income of affiliates and excludes distributions from NCM. Distributions from NCM are reported entirely within the U.S. operating segment.

[3] Includes amortization of favorable/unfavorable leases.