MERGER (Details) (USD $)	1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended		2 Months Ended	8 Months Ended	0 Months Ended				0 Months Ended		3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended								0 Months Ended
	Sep. 27, 2012	Sep. 30, 2013	Sep. 30, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Aug. 30, 2012 Predecessor	Aug. 30, 2012 Predecessor	Feb. 13, 2007 NCM NCM Inc. Predecessor	Sep. 30, 2013 8.75% Senior Notes due 2019	Sep. 30, 2013 9.75% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2020	Dec. 31, 2012 9.75% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2020	Apr. 03, 2013 AMC Entertainment, Inc. Merger Subsidiary	Aug. 30, 2012 AMC Entertainment, Inc. Merger Subsidiary	Sep. 27, 2012 AMC Entertainment, Inc. Merger Subsidiary	Sep. 30, 2013 AMC Entertainment, Inc. Merger Subsidiary item	Sep. 27, 2012 AMC Entertainment, Inc. Merger Subsidiary	Apr. 15, 2013 AMC Entertainment, Inc. Merger Subsidiary	Sep. 30, 2013 AMC Entertainment, Inc. Merger Subsidiary Adjustment to initial allocation	Mar. 31, 2013 AMC Entertainment, Inc. Merger Subsidiary Adjustment to initial allocation	Sep. 30, 2013 AMC Entertainment, Inc. Merger Subsidiary Lease intangible asset	Sep. 30, 2013 AMC Entertainment, Inc. Merger Subsidiary Customer relationship asset	Sep. 30, 2013 AMC Entertainment, Inc. Merger Subsidiary Non-compete agreements	Aug. 30, 2012 AMC Entertainment, Inc. Merger Subsidiary Class A common stock	Aug. 30, 2012 AMC Entertainment, Inc. Merger Subsidiary Class N common stock
Merger
Cash invested by Wanda												$ 700,000,000
Cash invested by members of management												1,811,000
Shares issued for acquisition																						1,338,048	3,497
Percentage of management investment												50.00%
Amount of consideration deposited into indemnity escrow fund												35,000,000
Amount of consideration deposited into an account designated by the stockholder representative												2,000,000
Release of amount deposited in indemnity escrow fund											35,000,000
Indemnity claims											0
Release of amount deposited into an account designated by the stockholder representative											2,000,000
Amount released back to the selling stockholders, including members of management																1,600,000
Other current assets		73,467,000	73,467,000	70,627,000
Other long term liabilities		455,258,000	455,258,000	433,151,000
Goodwill		2,296,374,000	2,296,374,000	2,251,296,000								2,204,223,000						32,000,000
Allocation adjustments
Cash												101,641,000
Receivables, net												29,775,000
Other current assets												34,840,000
Property, net												1,034,597,000						(28,000,000)
Intangible assets, net												246,507,000							0	0	0
Goodwill		2,296,374,000	2,296,374,000	2,251,296,000								2,204,223,000						32,000,000
Other long-term assets												339,013,000						(4,000,000)
Accounts payable												(134,186,000)
Accrued expenses and other liabilities												(138,535,000)
Gift card, packaged tickets, and loyalty program liability												(117,841,000)
Corporate borrowings												(2,086,926,000)
Capital and financing lease obligations												(60,922,000)
Exhibitor services agreement												(322,620,000)
Other long-term liabilities												(427,755,000)
Total Merger consideration												701,811,000
Transaction value
Corporate borrowings												2,086,926,000
Capital and financing lease obligations												60,922,000
Less: cash												(101,641,000)
Total transaction value												2,748,018,000
Intangible assets, net												246,507,000							0	0	0
Owned real estate														0
Number of scenarios to determine value of intangible asset														2
Reduction in deferred revenues for packaged tickets																	(24,859,000)
Reduction in deferred revenues for gift cards																	(7,441,000)
Expiration period of AMC Stubs vested rewards, if unused														90 days
Interest rate of debt instrument (as a percent)								8.75%	9.75%	9.75%
Consideration received for modifying the ESA							231,308,000
Adjustments to reset deferred rent related to escalations of minimum rentals														0
Merger, acquisition and transaction costs	$ 504,000	$ 299,000	$ 1,952,000		$ 169,000	$ 1,615,000							$ 673,000	$ 951,000	$ 2,119,000