CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS (USD $)	4 Months Ended	5 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2012	Aug. 30, 2012 Predecessor	Mar. 29, 2012 Predecessor	Mar. 31, 2011 Predecessor
Revenues
Admissions	$ 548,632,000	$ 816,031,000	$ 1,721,295,000	$ 1,644,837,000
Concessions	229,739,000	342,130,000	689,680,000	644,997,000
Other theatre	33,121,000	47,911,000	111,002,000	72,704,000
Total revenues	811,492,000	1,206,072,000	2,521,977,000	2,362,538,000
Operating costs and expenses
Film exhibition costs	291,561,000	436,539,000	916,054,000	860,470,000
Concession costs	30,545,000	47,326,000	93,581,000	79,763,000
Operating expense	230,434,000	297,328,000	696,783,000	691,264,000
Rent	143,374,000	189,086,000	445,326,000	451,874,000
General and administrative:
Merger, acquisition and transaction costs	3,366,000	172,000	2,622,000	14,085,000
Management fee		2,500,000	5,000,000	5,000,000
Other	29,110,000	27,025,000	51,776,000	58,136,000
Depreciation and amortization	71,633,000	80,971,000	212,817,000	211,444,000
Impairment of long-lived assets			285,000	12,779,000
Operating costs and expenses	800,023,000	1,080,947,000	2,424,244,000	2,384,815,000
Operating income (loss)	11,469,000	125,125,000	97,733,000	(22,277,000)
Other expense (income)
Other expense	49,000	960,000	1,402,000	27,847,000
Interest expense:
Corporate borrowings	45,259,000	67,614,000	161,645,000	143,522,000
Capital and financing lease obligations	1,873,000	2,390,000	5,968,000	6,198,000
Equity in (earnings) losses of non-consolidated entities	2,480,000	(7,545,000)	(12,559,000)	(17,178,000)
Gain on NCM transactions				(64,441,000)
Investment expense (income)	290,000	(41,000)	17,641,000	(384,000)
Total other expense	49,951,000	63,378,000	174,097,000	95,564,000
Earnings (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes	(38,482,000)	61,747,000	(76,364,000)	(117,841,000)
Income tax provision (benefit)	3,500,000	2,500,000	2,015,000	1,950,000
Earnings (loss) from continuing operations	(41,982,000)	59,247,000	(78,379,000)	(119,791,000)
Earnings (loss) from discontinued operations, net of income taxes	(688,000)	35,153,000	(3,609,000)	(3,062,000)
Net earnings (loss)	$ (42,670,000)	$ 94,400,000	$ (81,988,000)	$ (122,853,000)