MERGER (Details 2) (USD $)	1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended	3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 27, 2012	Sep. 30, 2013	Sep. 30, 2013	Sep. 27, 2012 AMC Entertainment, Inc. Pro forma	Sep. 30, 2013 AMC Entertainment, Inc. Pro forma	Sep. 27, 2012 AMC Entertainment, Inc. Pro forma
Revenues
Admissions	$ 76,356,000	$ 466,988,000	$ 1,365,178,000	$ 440,805,000		$ 1,318,213,000
Food and beverage	32,365,000	201,612,000	589,026,000	185,945,000		546,094,000
Other theatre	5,785,000	27,384,000	82,247,000	22,818,000		69,139,000
Total revenues	114,506,000	695,984,000	2,036,451,000	649,568,000		1,933,446,000
Operating costs and expenses
Film exhibition costs	34,659,000	242,006,000	718,725,000	228,471,000		692,389,000
Food and beverage costs	4,778,000	26,284,000	80,032,000	25,505,000		74,724,000
Operating expense	46,059,000	182,630,000	534,059,000	173,411,000		516,810,000
Rent	33,493,000	111,865,000	339,213,000	110,138,000		332,112,000
General and administrative:
Merger, acquisition and transaction costs	504,000	299,000	1,952,000	673,000	951,000	2,119,000
Other	7,269,000	26,450,000	59,797,000	18,747,000		49,781,000
Depreciation and amortization	16,602,000	48,603,000	147,435,000	48,373,000		150,537,000
Impairment of long-lived assets						285,000
Operating costs and expenses	143,364,000	638,137,000	1,881,213,000	605,318,000		1,818,757,000
Operating income (loss)	(28,858,000)	57,847,000	155,238,000	44,250,000		114,689,000
Other expense (income)
Other expense	49,000	110,000	(184,000)	888,000		2,034,000
Interest expense
Corporate borrowings	10,241,000	32,221,000	97,704,000	34,505,000		106,254,000
Capital and financing lease obligations	442,000	2,606,000	7,914,000	1,414,000		4,320,000
Equity in (earnings) losses of non-consolidated entities	3,378,000	(14,323,000)	(38,143,000)	2,456,000		(7,161,000)
Investment (income) expense	(1,000)	(69,000)	(3,406,000)	193,000		(3,389,000)
Total other expense	14,109,000	20,545,000	63,885,000	39,456,000		102,058,000
Earnings (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes	(42,967,000)	37,302,000	91,353,000	4,794,000		12,631,000
Income tax provision	100,000	3,430,000	10,860,000	5,300,000		8,500,000
Earnings (loss) from continuing operations	(43,067,000)	33,872,000	80,493,000	(506,000)		4,131,000
Earnings from discontinued operations, net of income taxes	24,000	(407,000)	4,290,000	37,431,000		34,557,000
Net earnings (loss)	$ (43,043,000)	$ 33,465,000	$ 84,783,000	$ 36,925,000		$ 38,688,000