MERGER (Details 2) (USD $)	4 Months Ended	5 Months Ended	9 Months Ended	12 Months Ended		4 Months Ended	0 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2012	Aug. 30, 2012 Predecessor	Dec. 29, 2011 Predecessor	Mar. 29, 2012 Predecessor	Mar. 31, 2011 Predecessor	Dec. 31, 2012 AMC Entertainment, Inc. Merger Subsidiary	Aug. 30, 2012 AMC Entertainment, Inc. Merger Subsidiary Predecessor	Dec. 31, 2012 AMC Entertainment, Inc. Merger Subsidiary Predecessor	Dec. 29, 2011 AMC Entertainment, Inc. Merger Subsidiary Predecessor
Revenues
Admissions	$ 548,632,000	$ 816,031,000	$ 1,295,469,000	$ 1,721,295,000	$ 1,644,837,000			$ 1,364,663,000	$ 1,295,469,000
Concessions	229,739,000	342,130,000	518,081,000	689,680,000	644,997,000			571,869,000	518,081,000
Other theatre	33,121,000	47,911,000	71,984,000	111,002,000	72,704,000			72,574,000	54,436,000
Total revenues	811,492,000	1,206,072,000	1,885,534,000	2,521,977,000	2,362,538,000			2,009,106,000	1,867,986,000
Operating Costs and Expenses
Film exhibition costs	291,561,000	436,539,000	694,863,000	916,054,000	860,470,000			728,100,000	694,863,000
Concession costs	30,545,000	47,326,000	70,961,000	93,581,000	79,763,000			77,871,000	70,961,000
Operating expense	230,434,000	297,328,000	525,431,000	696,783,000	691,264,000			529,235,000	528,404,000
Rent	143,374,000	189,086,000	334,607,000	445,326,000	451,874,000			331,397,000	332,210,000
General and administrative:
Merger, acquisition and transaction costs	3,366,000	172,000	1,179,000	2,622,000	14,085,000	2,500,000		3,538,000	1,179,000
Other	29,110,000	27,025,000	36,065,000	51,776,000	58,136,000			55,596,000	36,710,000
Depreciation and amortization	71,633,000	80,971,000	155,970,000	212,817,000	211,444,000			150,234,000	150,976,000
Operating costs and expenses	800,023,000	1,080,947,000	1,822,826,000	2,424,244,000	2,384,815,000			1,875,971,000	1,815,303,000
Operating income (loss)	11,469,000	125,125,000	62,708,000	97,733,000	(22,277,000)			133,135,000	52,683,000
Other expense (income)
Other expense	49,000	960,000	377,000	1,402,000	27,847,000			1,009,000	377,000
Interest expense
Corporate borrowings	45,259,000	67,614,000	120,265,000	161,645,000	143,522,000			103,429,000	106,351,000
Capital and financing lease obligations	1,873,000	2,390,000	4,480,000	5,968,000	6,198,000			4,263,000	4,480,000
Equity in (earnings) losses of non-consolidated entities	2,480,000	(7,545,000)	(1,864,000)	(12,559,000)	(17,178,000)			(7,499,000)	(56,000)
Investment expense (income)	290,000	(41,000)	17,666,000	17,641,000	(384,000)			578,000	17,799,000
Total other expense	49,951,000	63,378,000	140,924,000	174,097,000	95,564,000			101,780,000	128,951,000
Earnings (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes	(38,482,000)	61,747,000	(78,216,000)	(76,364,000)	(117,841,000)			31,355,000	(76,268,000)
Income tax provision (benefit)	3,500,000	2,500,000	1,510,000	2,015,000	1,950,000			9,000,000	2,210,000
Earnings (loss) from continuing operations	(41,982,000)	59,247,000	(79,726,000)	(78,379,000)	(119,791,000)			22,355,000	(78,478,000)
Earnings (loss) from discontinued operations, net of income taxes	(688,000)	35,153,000	(2,989,000)	(3,609,000)	(3,062,000)			34,465,000	(2,989,000)
Net earnings (loss)	(42,670,000)	94,400,000	(82,715,000)	(81,988,000)	(122,853,000)			56,820,000	(81,467,000)
Financial advisor fees							18,129,000
Management transaction bonuses							6,000,000
Bond amendment fees							3,946,000
Unrecognized stock compensation expense							3,177,000
Other contingent transaction costs							210,000
Financial advisor fees, bond amendment consent fees, and professional and consulting fees related to merger							$ 31,462,000