Formation of Regal Entertainment Group (Details) (USD $) In Millions, except Share data, unless otherwise specified	0 Months Ended										0 Months Ended	1 Months Ended	0 Months Ended	1 Months Ended		0 Months Ended
	Aug. 16, 2002	Dec. 26, 2013	Dec. 27, 2012	Apr. 12, 2002	Mar. 08, 2002 theatre_company	Dec. 26, 2013 Anschutz	Mar. 08, 2002 Anschutz theatre_company	Apr. 12, 2002 Oaktree	Apr. 12, 2002 United Artists Theatre Company	Aug. 16, 2002 Regal Cinemas Corporation	Apr. 12, 2002 Common Class A	May 31, 2002 Common Class A	Apr. 12, 2002 Common Class A United Artists Theatre Company	May 31, 2002 Common Class B	Apr. 12, 2002 Common Class B	Apr. 12, 2002 Common Class B Anschutz	Apr. 12, 2002 Common Class B Oaktree	Apr. 12, 2002 Minimum	Apr. 12, 2002 Maximum
Entity Information [Line Items]
Number of theatre companies excluding Regal (in number of theatre companies)					3		2
Shares issued during the period (in shares)											27,493,575			697,620		70,538,017	14,052,320
Replacement options to purchase Regal Class A common stock (in shares)													2,287,552
Class A common stock share price (in dollars per share)																		$ 4.44	$ 12.87
Number of warrants outstanding (in shares)									3,750,000
Number of warrants issued (in shares)											296,129				3,928,185
Warrant exercise price (in dollars per unit)				8.88
Anschutz beneficial ownership (in shares)								1,455,183
Voting power controlled by Anschutz (as a percent)						77.80%				90.10%
Common stock, shares issued (in shares)		100	100									18,000,000
IPO share price (in dollars per share)												$ 19.00
Proceeds from issuance, Initial Public Offering												$ 314.8
Purchase price of United Artists	$ 34.0
Minority stocholders' holding (in percent)	9.90%