Debt Instrument Contractual Facility Borrowing Capacity

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- Definition

Line Of Credit Extension Period

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- Definition

Line Of Credit, Number Of Extension Options

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- Definition

Contractual interest rate for funds borrowed, under the debt agreement.

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- Definition

Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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- Definition

Date when the debt instrument is scheduled to be fully repaid, in CCYY-MM-DD format.

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- Definition

Maximum borrowing capacity under the credit facility without consideration of any current restrictions on the amount that could be borrowed or the amounts currently outstanding under the facility.

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- Definition

The parent entity's interest in net assets of the subsidiary, expressed as a percentage.

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Debt (Cinema 1, 2, 3 Term Loan) (Narrative) (Details) $ in Thousands			9 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Aug. 08, 2019 item	Aug. 31, 2016 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2019 USD ($) item	Dec. 31, 2018 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($)
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Contractual facility			$ 279,215	$ 252,929
Cinemas 1, 2, 3 Term Loan [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Contractual facility		$ 15,000	$ 18,767	$ 19,086
Maturity date			Dec. 01, 2019	Sep. 01, 2019
Interest rate					3.25%
Line of credit facility, maximum borrowing capacity					$ 20,000
Number of extension options \| item	1		1
Extension period	1 year
Cinemas 1, 2, 3 Term Loan [Member] \| Sutton Hill Properties, LLC [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Ownership percentage by parent					75.00%
US Cinemas 1, 2, 3 Term Loan, Matured [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Maturity date			Sep. 01, 2019