Document And Entity Information - shares	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2016	Nov. 08, 2016
Document Type	10-Q
Amendment Flag	false
Document Period End Date	Sep. 30, 2016
Document Fiscal Year Focus	2016
Document Fiscal Period Focus	Q3
Entity Registrant Name	READING INTERNATIONAL INC
Trading Symbol	rdi
Entity Central Index Key	0000716634
Current Fiscal Year End Date	--12-31
Entity Filer Category	Accelerated Filer
Class A [Member]
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding		21,654,302
Class B [Member]
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding		1,680,590