For capital leases the amount equal to the present value (the principal) at the beginning of the lease term of minimum lease payments during the lease term (excluding that portion of the payments representing executory costs such as insurance, maintenance, and taxes to be paid by the lessor, together with any profit thereon) net of payments or other amounts applied to the principal, and for financing leases the sales proceeds at the beginning of the lease term net of payments or other amounts applied to the principal, through the balance sheet date and due to be paid more than one year (or one operating cycle, if longer) after the balance sheet date.

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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING FINANCIAL INFORMATION (Details4) (USD $)	Mar. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Mar. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Aug. 31, 2012	Aug. 30, 2012
Current assets:
Cash and equivalents	$ 142,753,000	$ 216,155,000	$ 351,134,000	$ 544,311,000	$ 130,928,000	$ 98,531,000	$ 98,531,000
Receivables, net	48,320,000us-gaap_ReceivablesNetCurrent	99,252,000us-gaap_ReceivablesNetCurrent		106,148,000us-gaap_ReceivablesNetCurrent
Deferred tax asset	107,938,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsNetCurrent	107,938,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsNetCurrent		110,097,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsNetCurrent
Other current assets	86,767,000us-gaap_OtherAssetsCurrent	84,343,000us-gaap_OtherAssetsCurrent		80,824,000us-gaap_OtherAssetsCurrent
Total current assets	385,778,000us-gaap_AssetsCurrent	507,688,000us-gaap_AssetsCurrent		841,380,000us-gaap_AssetsCurrent
Property, net	1,266,860,000us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentNet	1,247,230,000us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentNet		1,179,754,000us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentNet
Intangible assets, net	223,314,000	225,515,000		234,319,000
Goodwill	2,291,943,000us-gaap_Goodwill	2,291,943,000us-gaap_Goodwill		2,291,943,000us-gaap_Goodwill	2,251,296,000us-gaap_Goodwill
Deferred tax asset	75,799,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsNetNoncurrent	73,817,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsNetNoncurrent		96,824,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsNetNoncurrent
Other long-term assets	419,100,000us-gaap_OtherAssetsNoncurrent	417,604,000us-gaap_OtherAssetsNoncurrent		402,504,000us-gaap_OtherAssetsNoncurrent
Total assets	4,662,794,000us-gaap_Assets	4,763,797,000us-gaap_Assets		5,046,724,000us-gaap_Assets
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable	210,326,000us-gaap_AccountsPayableCurrent	262,635,000us-gaap_AccountsPayableCurrent		268,163,000us-gaap_AccountsPayableCurrent
Accrued expenses and other liabilities	136,459,000us-gaap_OtherAccruedLiabilitiesCurrent	136,262,000us-gaap_OtherAccruedLiabilitiesCurrent		170,920,000us-gaap_OtherAccruedLiabilitiesCurrent
Deferred revenues and income	183,374,000us-gaap_DeferredRevenueCurrent	213,882,000us-gaap_DeferredRevenueCurrent		202,833,000us-gaap_DeferredRevenueCurrent
Current maturities of corporate borrowings and capital and financing lease obligations	23,901,000	23,598,000		16,080,000
Total current liabilities	554,060,000us-gaap_LiabilitiesCurrent	636,377,000us-gaap_LiabilitiesCurrent		657,996,000us-gaap_LiabilitiesCurrent
Corporate borrowings	1,771,628,000us-gaap_LongTermDebtNoncurrent	1,775,132,000us-gaap_LongTermDebtNoncurrent		2,069,672,000us-gaap_LongTermDebtNoncurrent
Capital and financing lease obligations	99,790,000	101,533,000		109,258,000
Exhibitor services agreement	319,859,000	316,815,000		329,913,000
Other long-term liabilities	419,610,000us-gaap_OtherLiabilitiesNoncurrent	419,717,000us-gaap_OtherLiabilitiesNoncurrent		370,946,000us-gaap_OtherLiabilitiesNoncurrent
Total liabilities	3,164,947,000us-gaap_Liabilities	3,249,574,000us-gaap_Liabilities		3,537,785,000us-gaap_Liabilities
Stockholder's equity:
Total stockholder's equity	1,497,847,000us-gaap_StockholdersEquity	1,514,223,000us-gaap_StockholdersEquity		1,508,939,000us-gaap_StockholdersEquity	768,585,000us-gaap_StockholdersEquity
Total liabilities and stockholder's equity	4,662,794,000	4,763,797,000		5,046,724,000
Consolidating Adjustments
Current assets:
Investment in equity of subsidiaries	(1,629,818,000)	(1,643,031,000)		(1,636,532,000)
Total assets	(1,629,818,000)	(1,643,031,000)		(1,636,532,000)
Stockholder's equity:
Total stockholder's equity	(1,629,818,000)	(1,643,031,000)		(1,636,532,000)
Total liabilities and stockholder's equity	(1,629,818,000)	(1,643,031,000)		(1,636,532,000)
AMCE
Current assets:
Cash and equivalents	334,000	403,000	565,000	485,000
Receivables, net	(21,000)	(21,000)
Total current assets	313,000	382,000
Investment in equity of subsidiaries	1,600,969,000	1,617,873,000
Intercompany advances	1,679,967,000	1,673,001,000
Other long-term assets	12,435,000	13,129,000
Total assets	3,293,684,000	3,304,385,000
Current liabilities:
Accrued expenses and other liabilities	15,281,000	6,102,000
Current maturities of corporate borrowings and capital and financing lease obligations	14,484,000	14,484,000
Total current liabilities	29,765,000	20,586,000
Corporate borrowings	1,766,072,000	1,769,576,000
Total liabilities	1,795,837,000	1,790,162,000
Stockholder's equity:
Total stockholder's equity	1,497,847,000	1,514,223,000
Total liabilities and stockholder's equity	3,293,684,000	3,304,385,000
Subsidiary Guarantors
Current assets:
Cash and equivalents	101,030,000	174,117,000	308,818,000	501,989,000
Receivables, net	48,316,000	99,224,000
Deferred tax asset	107,938,000	107,938,000
Other current assets	85,328,000	82,981,000
Total current assets	342,612,000	464,260,000
Investment in equity of subsidiaries	28,849,000	25,158,000
Property, net	1,266,602,000	1,246,945,000
Intangible assets, net	223,314,000	225,515,000
Intercompany advances	(1,684,908,000)	(1,675,584,000)
Goodwill	2,291,943,000	2,291,943,000
Deferred tax asset	75,799,000	73,817,000
Other long-term assets	406,643,000	404,454,000
Total assets	2,950,854,000	3,056,508,000
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable	210,021,000	262,288,000
Accrued expenses and other liabilities	121,268,000	130,213,000
Deferred revenues and income	183,371,000	213,881,000
Current maturities of corporate borrowings and capital and financing lease obligations	9,417,000	9,114,000
Total current liabilities	524,077,000	615,496,000
Corporate borrowings	5,556,000	5,556,000
Capital and financing lease obligations	99,790,000	101,533,000
Exhibitor services agreement	319,859,000	316,815,000
Other long-term liabilities	400,603,000	399,235,000
Total liabilities	1,349,885,000	1,438,635,000
Stockholder's equity:
Total stockholder's equity	1,600,969,000	1,617,873,000
Total liabilities and stockholder's equity	2,950,854,000	3,056,508,000
Subsidiary Non-Guarantors
Current assets:
Cash and equivalents	41,389,000	41,635,000	41,751,000	41,837,000
Receivables, net	25,000	49,000
Other current assets	1,439,000	1,362,000
Total current assets	42,853,000	43,046,000
Property, net	258,000	285,000
Intercompany advances	4,941,000	2,583,000
Other long-term assets	22,000	21,000
Total assets	48,074,000	45,935,000
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable	305,000	347,000
Accrued expenses and other liabilities	(90,000)	(53,000)
Deferred revenues and income	3,000	1,000
Total current liabilities	218,000	295,000
Other long-term liabilities	19,007,000	20,482,000
Total liabilities	19,225,000	20,777,000
Stockholder's equity:
Total stockholder's equity	28,849,000	25,158,000
Total liabilities and stockholder's equity	$ 48,074,000	$ 45,935,000