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THE COMPANY AND SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Details 2) (USD $)		9 Months Ended		12 Months Ended				1 Months Ended											9 Months Ended				9 Months Ended	12 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2012 Minimum	Dec. 31, 2012 Maximum	Mar. 29, 2012 Predecessor	Mar. 31, 2011 Predecessor	Aug. 30, 2012 Predecessor	Dec. 31, 2012 NCM	Aug. 30, 2012 NCM Predecessor item	Mar. 31, 2011 NCM Predecessor	Sep. 30, 2010 NCM Predecessor	Jun. 28, 2010 NCM Predecessor	Jun. 14, 2010 NCM Predecessor	Apr. 01, 2010 NCM Predecessor	Mar. 31, 2009 NCM Predecessor	May 29, 2008 NCM Predecessor	Mar. 27, 2008 NCM Predecessor	Aug. 30, 2012 NCM Tranche 2 Investments Predecessor	Dec. 31, 2012 Digital Cinema Implementation Partners LLC	Dec. 31, 2012 U.S. theatres and IMAX screen Screen theatre	Dec. 29, 2011 U.S. theatres and IMAX screen	Mar. 31, 2011 Open Road Films Predecessor	Dec. 31, 2012 Investments in non-consolidated affiliates and certain other investments accounted for following the equity method Maximum	Dec. 31, 2012 Investments in non-consolidated affiliates and certain other investments accounted for following the equity method Predecessor	Mar. 29, 2012 Investments in non-consolidated affiliates and certain other investments accounted for following the equity method Predecessor	Dec. 31, 2012 Midland Empire Partners, LLC	Mar. 31, 2011 Midland Empire Partners, LLC Predecessor
Investments
Number of investments								1
Number of membership units recorded at fair value (Level 1)																	17,323,782
Equity method investments holding percentage							15.47%		15.66%	17.02%	23.05%	17.13%	18.23%	18.53%	18.52%	19.10%		29.00%		50.00%	50.00%	50.00%			50.00%
Number of U.S. theatres																			2
Number of IMAX screens																			1
Reduced amount of recorded investments upon proportional ownership of the underlying equity, excluding NCM	$ 18,966,000
Impairment charge related to joint venture investment				2,742,000	8,825,000																		8,825,000	2,742,000		8,825,000
Goodwill	2,251,296,000			1,923,667,000		1,923,667,000
Accounts payable related to checks issued but not yet presented to bank	64,573,000			49,338,000
Lease terms		15 years	20 years
Additional term for which leases can be extended			20 years
Financing lease obligations for failed sale leaseback transactions	$ 90,772,000			$ 40,655,000