THE COMPANY AND SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Details) (USD $)	4 Months Ended	9 Months Ended	4 Months Ended	1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended	5 Months Ended	9 Months Ended	12 Months Ended			0 Months Ended	5 Months Ended	12 Months Ended		0 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2012 NCM	Apr. 30, 2011 Predecessor	Mar. 29, 2012 Predecessor	Aug. 30, 2012 Predecessor	Dec. 29, 2011 Predecessor	Mar. 29, 2012 Predecessor	Mar. 31, 2011 Predecessor	Mar. 31, 2011 Predecessor Favorable leases	Feb. 13, 2007 Predecessor NCM	Aug. 30, 2012 Predecessor NCM	Mar. 29, 2012 Predecessor NCM	Mar. 31, 2011 Predecessor NCM	Jul. 15, 2005 Predecessor NCM Cinemark item	Dec. 31, 2012 Minimum Predecessor	Dec. 31, 2012 Maximum Predecessor
THE COMPANY AND SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
Total merger consideration						$ 701,811,000
Estimated transaction value						2,748,018,000
Cash invested by Wanda						700,000,000
Cash invested by members of management						1,811,000
Length of fiscal year																364 days	371 days
Fiscal Year
Percentage of revenue related to sales of gift cards and packaged tickets deferred		100.00%
Period after issuance of gift cards to recognize breakage income on the unredeemed gift cards		18 months
Gift card breakage income recognized	3,483,000					7,776,000		32,633,000	14,131,000
Gift card breakage income recorded due to change from the Remote Method to the Proportional Method					14,969,000
Revenues
Admissions	548,632,000					816,031,000	1,295,469,000	1,721,295,000	1,644,837,000
Concessions	229,739,000					342,130,000	518,081,000	689,680,000	644,997,000
Other theatre	33,121,000					47,911,000	71,984,000	111,002,000	72,704,000
Total revenues	811,492,000					1,206,072,000	1,885,534,000	2,521,977,000	2,362,538,000
Operating Costs and Expenses
Film exhibition costs	291,561,000					436,539,000	694,863,000	916,054,000	860,470,000
Concession costs	30,545,000					47,326,000	70,961,000	93,581,000	79,763,000
Operating expense	230,434,000					297,328,000	525,431,000	696,783,000	691,264,000
Rent	143,374,000					189,086,000	334,607,000	445,326,000	451,874,000
General and administrative:
Merger, acquisition and transaction costs	3,366,000					172,000	1,179,000	2,622,000	14,085,000
Management fee						2,500,000	3,750,000	5,000,000	5,000,000
Other	29,110,000					27,025,000	36,065,000	51,776,000	58,136,000
Depreciation and amortization	71,633,000					80,971,000	155,970,000	212,817,000	211,444,000
Operating costs and expenses	800,023,000					1,080,947,000	1,822,826,000	2,424,244,000	2,384,815,000
Operating income (loss)	11,469,000					125,125,000	62,708,000	97,733,000	(22,277,000)
Other expense (income)
Other expense	49,000					960,000	377,000	1,402,000	27,847,000
Interest expense:
Corporate borrowings	45,259,000					67,614,000	120,265,000	161,645,000	143,522,000
Capital and financing lease obligations	1,873,000					2,390,000	4,480,000	5,968,000	6,198,000
Equity in (earnings) losses of non-consolidated entities	2,480,000		4,271,000			(7,545,000)	(1,864,000)	(12,559,000)	(17,178,000)		(132,622,000)	(7,473,000)	(28,489,000)	(32,851,000)
Investment expense (income)	290,000					(41,000)	17,666,000	17,641,000	(384,000)
Total other expense	49,951,000					63,378,000	140,924,000	174,097,000	95,564,000
Earnings (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes	(38,482,000)					61,747,000	(78,216,000)	(76,364,000)	(117,841,000)
Income tax provision (benefit)	3,500,000					2,500,000	1,510,000	2,015,000	1,950,000
Earnings (loss) from continuing operations	(41,982,000)					59,247,000	(79,726,000)	(78,379,000)	(119,791,000)
Loss from discontinued operations, net of income taxes	(688,000)					35,153,000	(2,989,000)	(3,609,000)	(3,062,000)
Net earnings (loss)	(42,670,000)					94,400,000	(82,715,000)	(81,988,000)	(122,853,000)
Film Exhibition Costs
Film exhibition cost payable	120,650,000	120,650,000			76,997,000			76,997,000
Screen Advertising
Number of founding members															1
Guest Frequency Program
Rewards earned				10
Amount spent				100
Redemption period of rewards, maximum (in days)				90 days
Period for recognition of annual membership fee (in years)				1 year
Advertising Costs
Advertising costs	4,137,000					3,603,000		10,118,000	6,561,000
Impairment of intangible assets										$ 1,334,000