DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS (Details) (USD $)	4 Months Ended	9 Months Ended	5 Months Ended	9 Months Ended	12 Months Ended		5 Months Ended		12 Months Ended	4 Months Ended	5 Months Ended	12 Months Ended		4 Months Ended	5 Months Ended	12 Months Ended		1 Months Ended	5 Months Ended	1 Months Ended			1 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2012 theatre Screen	Aug. 30, 2012 Predecessor	Dec. 29, 2011 Predecessor	Mar. 29, 2012 Predecessor	Mar. 31, 2011 Predecessor	Aug. 30, 2012 One closed theatre Predecessor theatre Screen	Aug. 30, 2012 One theatre Odeon Cinemas Limited Predecessor	Mar. 29, 2012 Seven Canada theatres and one United Kingdom theatre	Dec. 31, 2012 All discontinued operation	Aug. 30, 2012 All discontinued operation Predecessor	Mar. 29, 2012 All discontinued operation Predecessor	Mar. 31, 2011 All discontinued operation Predecessor	Dec. 31, 2012 Canada	Aug. 30, 2012 Canada Predecessor	Mar. 29, 2012 Canada Predecessor	Mar. 31, 2011 Canada Predecessor	Aug. 30, 2012 Canada One closed theatre Predecessor theatre Screen	Aug. 30, 2012 Canada One closed theatre Predecessor Screen theatre	Jul. 31, 2012 Canada 6 theatres Predecessor Screen theatre	Aug. 30, 2012 United Kingdom One theatre Predecessor theatre Screen	Mar. 29, 2012 Mexico City Metropolitan Area One closed theatre	Dec. 31, 2008 Mexico City Metropolitan Area Cinemex Predecessor theatre Screen
Discontinued operations
Number of theatres closed							1											1	1
Number of screens in theatres		33					20											20	20	134	12
Payment made to the landlord to terminate the lease agreement																		$ 7,562,000	$ 7,562,000
Number of theatres sold																				6	1		44
Number of theatres		3
Number of screens sold																							493
Gross proceeds from sales subject to working capital and other purchase price adjustments								395,000												1,472,000
Estimated additional purchase price that the entity is entitled to received																						6,275,000
Revenues
Admissions	548,632,000		816,031,000	1,295,469,000	1,721,295,000	1,644,837,000					16,389,000	56,172,000	53,021,000
Concessions	229,739,000		342,130,000	518,081,000	689,680,000	644,997,000					6,099,000	20,192,000	19,111,000
Other theatre	33,121,000		47,911,000	71,984,000	111,002,000	72,704,000					548,000	2,253,000	2,429,000
Total revenues	811,492,000		1,206,072,000	1,885,534,000	2,521,977,000	2,362,538,000					23,036,000	78,617,000	74,561,000	809,000	885,000	2,814,000	4,324,000
Operating costs and expenses
Film exhibition costs	291,561,000		436,539,000	694,863,000	916,054,000	860,470,000					8,706,000	28,958,000	27,288,000
Concession costs	30,545,000		47,326,000	70,961,000	93,581,000	79,763,000				66,000	1,252,000	3,655,000	3,424,000
Operating expense	230,434,000		297,328,000	525,431,000	696,783,000	691,264,000				439,000	15,592,000	24,643,000	22,582,000
Rent	143,374,000		189,086,000	334,607,000	445,326,000	451,874,000					7,322,000	23,497,000	23,936,000
General and administrative costs										221,000	511,000	248,000
Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization	71,633,000		80,971,000	155,970,000	212,817,000	211,444,000					263,000	1,212,000	969,000
(Gain) loss on disposition									39,000,000	(37,000)	(46,951,000)	25,000	(569,000)
Operating costs and expenses	800,023,000		1,080,947,000	1,822,826,000	2,424,244,000	2,384,815,000				689,000	(13,305,000)	82,238,000	77,630,000
Operating income (loss)										(689,000)	36,341,000	(3,621,000)	(3,069,000)
Investment expense (income)	290,000		(41,000)	17,666,000	17,641,000	(384,000)				(1,000)	(12,000)	(12,000)	(7,000)
Total other expense	49,951,000		63,378,000	140,924,000	174,097,000	95,564,000				(1,000)	(12,000)	(12,000)	(7,000)
Earnings (loss) before income taxes										(688,000)	36,353,000	(3,609,000)	(3,062,000)
Income tax provision											1,200,000
Net earnings (loss)	$ (688,000)		$ 35,153,000	$ (2,989,000)	$ (3,609,000)	$ (3,062,000)				$ (688,000)	$ 35,153,000	$ (3,609,000)	$ (3,062,000)