Leases (Narrative) (Details) $ in Millions	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2022 USD ($)
Operating Leased Assets [Line Items]
Operating leases not yet commenced	$ 6.8
Minimum [Member]
Operating Leased Assets [Line Items]
Remaining lease term	1 year
Maximum [Member]
Operating Leased Assets [Line Items]
Remaining lease term	25 years
Renewal term	20 years
Real Estate [Member] \| Minimum [Member]
Operating Leased Assets [Line Items]
Lease term of contract	1 year
Real Estate [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Operating Leased Assets [Line Items]
Lease term of contract	20 years
Cinema [Member] \| Minimum [Member]
Operating Leased Assets [Line Items]
Lease term	15 years
Cinema [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Operating Leased Assets [Line Items]
Lease term	20 years

Lessor, Operating Lease, Lease Not yet Commenced, Amount

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Remaining lease term of operating lease, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

+ References

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 842
-SubTopic 20
-Section 50
-Paragraph 3
-Subparagraph (a)(1)
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Term of lessee's operating lease renewal, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

+ References

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 842
-SubTopic 20
-Section 50
-Paragraph 3
-Subparagraph (a)(3)
-URI https://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=128292326&loc=SL77918673-209980

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Term of lessee's operating lease, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

+ References

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 842
-SubTopic 20
-Section 50
-Paragraph 3
-Subparagraph (a)(3)
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Term of lessor's operating lease, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

+ References

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 842
-SubTopic 30
-Section 50
-Paragraph 3
-Subparagraph (a)(3)
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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.

+ References

No definition available.

+ Details

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