Notes Payable (Narrative) (Details)			9 Months Ended	12 Months Ended	9 Months Ended		12 Months Ended	9 Months Ended	12 Months Ended	0 Months Ended	9 Months Ended					12 Months Ended	0 Months Ended	9 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2012 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2011 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2012 NAB Australian Corporate Term Loan [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2011 NAB Australian Corporate Term Loan [Member] USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2012 NAB Australian Corporate Credit Facility [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 US GE Capital Term Loan [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2011 US GE Capital Term Loan [Member] USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2012 Previous US Cinemas 1, 2, 3 Term Loan [Member]	Dec. 31, 2011 Previous US Cinemas 1, 2, 3 Term Loan [Member] USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2012 US Cinema 1, 2, 3 Term Loan [Member] USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2012 US Cinema 1, 2, 3 Term Loan [Member] USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2012 Previous New Zealand Corporate Credit Facility [Member] USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2012 Previous New Zealand Corporate Credit Facility [Member] NZD	Sep. 30, 2012 New Zealand Corporate Credit Facility [Member] USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2012 New Zealand Corporate Credit Facility [Member] NZD	Dec. 31, 2011 New Zealand Corporate Credit Facility [Member] USD ($)	May 01, 2012 Trust Preferred Securities [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Trust Preferred Securities [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2011 Trust Preferred Securities [Member] USD ($)	Oct. 31, 2012 Bank Of America [Member] USD ($)
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Pay Fixed Rate					5.50%	5.84%
Fixed interest rate					8.15%	1.34%											9.22%
Interest rate margin					2.65%	4.50%
Note payable	$ 202,312,000	$ 209,614,000	$ 83,883,000	$ 88,671,000		$ 27,734,000	$ 32,188,000		$ 15,000,000	$ 15,000,000	$ 15,000,000			$ 23,220,000		$ 21,854,000		$ 27,913,000	$ 27,913,000
Spread on variable interest rate																	4.00%
LIBOR period																	3 months
Maturity date			June 30, 2014			December 1, 2015		July 1, 2012		June 27, 2013	June 27, 2013			March 31, 2015	March 31, 2015			April 30, 2027
Extension period option available on loan										1 year
Line of credit facility, maximum borrowing capacity												36,900,000	45,000,000	32,800,000	40,000,000					30,000,000
Line of credit term										1 year		3 years	3 years
Line of credit facility, decrease in maximum borrowing capacity												$ 4,100,000	5,000,000
Facility margin										5.00%		0.55%	0.55%	2.00%	2.00%
Debt Instrument			6.20%	7.20%	6.20%	5.50%	5.50%		6.73%		5.24%			4.70%	4.70%	4.15%		4.44%	9.22%
Extension fee, percentage										1.00%
Sovereign Bank Loan covenants										Covenants include maintaining a loan to value ratio of at least 50% of fair market value and an 11% debt yield (with a numerator of the cash available for debt service and a denominator of the outstanding principal balance of the loan).
Loan to value ratio										50.00%
Debt yield percentage										11.00%
Number of years that interest rate has been in effect																	5 years