Debt (Summary Of Notes Payable) (Details) $ in Thousands, NZD in Millions								12 Months Ended
		Aug. 31, 2016 USD ($)	Jun. 27, 2016 USD ($)	Jun. 26, 2016	Mar. 03, 2016 USD ($)	Jun. 02, 2015 USD ($)	May 21, 2015 NZD	Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($)		Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($)
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Contractual facility								$ 266,233		$ 207,075
Balance Gross								148,535		130,941
Balance Net								143,614	[1]	129,113	[2]
Deferred financing costs, net								$ 4,900		$ 1,800
Trust Preferred Securities [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Maturity date								Apr. 30, 2027		Apr. 30, 2027
Contractual facility								$ 27,913		$ 27,913
Balance Gross								27,913		27,913
Balance Net								$ 27,340	[1]	$ 27,125	[2]
Stated interest rate								4.89%		4.32%
Effective interest rate								5.20%	[3]	5.20%	[4]
US Bank Of America Credit Facility [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Maturity date								Nov. 28, 2019		Nov. 28, 2019
Contractual facility					$ 55,000			$ 55,000		$ 55,000
Balance Gross								39,950		29,750
Balance Net								$ 39,759	[1]	$ 29,321	[2]
Stated interest rate								3.27%		2.92%
Effective interest rate								3.90%	[3]	3.65%	[4]
US Bank Of America Line Of Credit [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Maturity date								Oct. 31, 2019		Oct. 31, 2017
Contractual facility								$ 5,000		$ 5,000
Balance Gross										2,500
Balance Net	[2]									$ 2,500
Stated interest rate								3.77%		3.42%
Effective interest rate								3.77%	[3]	3.42%	[4]
US Cinema 1, 2, 3 Term Loan [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Maturity date			Oct. 01, 2016	Jul. 01, 2016				Sep. 01, 2019	[5]	Jul. 01, 2016	[6]
Contractual facility		$ 15,000	$ 15,000					$ 20,000	[5]	$ 15,000	[6]
Balance Gross								19,901	[5]	15,000	[6]
Balance Net								$ 19,356	[1],[5]	$ 14,887	[2],[6]
Stated interest rate								3.25%	[5]	3.75%	[6]
Effective interest rate								3.25%	[3],[5]	3.75%	[4],[6]
US Cinemas 1, ,2, 3 Line Of Credit [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Maturity date	[6]									Jul. 01, 2016
Contractual facility	[6]									$ 6,000
Stated interest rate	[6]									3.75%
Effective interest rate	[4],[6]									3.75%
Minetta and Orpheum Theatres Loan [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Maturity date								Jun. 01, 2018	[5]	Jun. 01, 2018	[6]
Contractual facility								$ 7,500	[5]	$ 7,500	[6]
Balance Gross								7,500	[5]	7,500	[6]
Balance Net								$ 7,398	[1],[5]	$ 7,326	[2],[6]
Stated interest rate								3.38%	[5]	3.00%	[6]
Effective interest rate								3.38%	[3],[5]	3.00%	[4],[6]
U.S. Corporate Office Term Loan [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Maturity date	[5]							Jan. 01, 2027
Contractual facility	[5]							$ 8,363
Balance Gross	[5]							8,363
Balance Net	[1],[5]							$ 8,239
Stated interest rate	[5]							4.64%
Effective interest rate	[3],[5]							4.64%
US Union Square Line Of Credit [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Maturity date	[7]							Dec. 29, 2019
Contractual facility						$ 8,000		$ 57,500	[7]
Balance Gross	[7]							8,000
Balance Net	[1],[7]							$ 4,751
Stated interest rate	[7]							4.52%
Effective interest rate	[3],[7]							4.52%
US Union Square Theatre Term Loan [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Maturity date	[6]									Jul. 02, 2017
Contractual facility	[6]									$ 8,000
Balance Gross	[6]									8,000
Balance Net	[2],[6]									$ 7,858
Stated interest rate	[6]									3.65%
Effective interest rate	[4],[6]									3.65%
National Australia Bank ("NAB") Corporate Term Loan [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Maturity date								Jun. 30, 2019	[8]	Jun. 30, 2019	[9]
Contractual facility								$ 48,080	[8]	$ 48,452	[9]
Balance Gross								28,558	[8]	26,594	[9]
Balance Net								$ 28,421	[1],[8]	$ 26,412	[2],[9]
Stated interest rate								2.64%	[8]	3.06%	[9]
Effective interest rate								2.64%	[3],[8]	3.06%	[4],[9]
Westpac Bank Corporate Credit Facility [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Maturity date								Mar. 31, 2018	[8]	Mar. 31, 2018	[9]
Contractual facility							NZD 50.0	$ 36,877	[8]	$ 34,210	[9]
Balance Gross								8,350	[8]	13,684	[9]
Balance Net								$ 8,350	[1],[8]	$ 13,684	[2],[9]
Stated interest rate								3.80%	[8]	4.45%	[9]
Effective interest rate								3.80%	[3],[8]	4.45%	[4],[9]

[1] Net of deferred financing costs amounting to $4.9 million.

[2] The balance as of December 31, 2015 included the reclassification adjustment relating to netting of deferred financing costs amounting to $1.8 million, as discussed in Note 2 - Summary of Significant Accounting Policies - Recently Adopted and Issued Accounting Pronouncements.

[3] Effective interest rate includes the impact of interest rate derivatives hedging the interest rate risk associated with Trust Preferred Securities and Bank of America Credit Facility that were outstanding as of December 31, 2016.

[4] Effective interest rate includes the impact of interest rate derivatives hedging the interest rate risk associated with Trust Preferred Securities and Bank of America Credit Facility that were outstanding as of December 31, 2015.

[5] The loan for our Minetta & Orpheum Theatres was obtained from Santander Bank. The term loan for our Cinema 1,2,3 Theatre, which was previously provided by Santander Bank, was refinanced during the third quarter of 2016 with Valley National Bank. The new term loan, which is collateralized by our new U.S Corporate Headquarters office building purchased in April 2016, was obtained with Citizens Asset Finance, Inc. during the fourth quarter of 2016. Refer below for further discussions on these new loan arrangements.

[6] In 2015, the loans for our Cinema 1,2,3 and Minetta & Orpheum Theatres were obtained from Bank of Santander, while the Union Square line of credit was obtained through East West Bank.

[7] In December 2016, we successfully negotiated the construction financing for our Union Square redevelopment project, $8.0 million of which was advanced from the total construction loan limit of $57.5 million to repay the existing line of credit with East West Bank, which was originally scheduled to mature on July 2, 2017. Refer below for further discussions on this construction financing.

[8] The contractual facilities and outstanding balances of the FC-denominated borrowings were translated into U.S. dollars based on the applicable exchange rates as of December 31, 2016.

[9] The contractual facilities and outstanding balances of the FC-denominated borrowings were translated into U.S. dollar based on the applicable exchange rates as of December 31, 2015.