THE COMPANY AND SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Details)
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12 Months Ended |
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Dec. 23, 2013
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Dec. 31, 2016
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Dec. 31, 2015
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Dec. 31, 2014
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Mar. 31, 2016 |
Jun. 05, 2015 |
Feb. 07, 2014 |
Dec. 26, 2013 |
| BASIS OF PRESENTATION |
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| Noncontrolling interests in consolidated subsidiaries (as a percent) |
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0.00%
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| Number of reportable segments | segment |
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2
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2
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2
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| Revenues |
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| Percentage of revenue related to sales of gift cards and packaged tickets deferred |
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100.00%
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| Number of gift card sales channels for which breakage rate is applied | item |
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4
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| Period over which total amount of breakage for that current month's sales in proportion to the pattern of actual redemptions is recognized |
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24 months
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| Period during which breakage for packaged tickets continues to be recognized as redemption if not used after being purchased |
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18 months
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| Customer Frequency Program |
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| Insider tier, points earned per dollar spent | item |
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20
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| Insider tier, annual membership fee |
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$ 15
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| Premiere tier, points earned per dollar spent | item |
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100
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| Premiere tier, number of points for virtual reward | item |
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5,000
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| Premiere tier, virtual award |
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$ 5
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| Cash Equivalents |
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| Cash equivalents, maximum maturity |
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3 months
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| Impairment of Intangible Assets |
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| Impairment of intangible assets |
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$ 0
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$ 839,000,000
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$ 0
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| Intangible asset impairment, number of theatres | item |
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1
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| Intangible asset impairment, number of screens | item |
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6
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| Revenues |
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| Breakage rate for gift cards (as a percent) |
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20.00%
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| Minimum |
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| Revenues |
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| Breakage rate for gift cards (as a percent) |
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13.00%
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| Accounts Payable Caption [Member] |
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| Film Exhibition Costs |
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| Film exhibition cost payable |
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$ 203,588,000
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$ 131,690,000
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| Other Theatre Revenues Caption [Member] |
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| Revenues |
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| Gift card breakage income recognized |
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22,994,000
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22,879,000
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21,347,000
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| Income from derecognition of package ticket liabilities |
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13,647,000
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12,079,000
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11,710,000
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| Operating Expense Caption [Member] |
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| Advertising Costs |
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| Advertising Expense |
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$ 10,083,000
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$ 10,316,000
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$ 10,317,000
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| Wanda |
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| BASIS OF PRESENTATION |
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| Ownership percentage |
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68.83%
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| Combined voting power held in Holdings (as a percent) |
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86.88%
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| AC JV, LLC |
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| BASIS OF PRESENTATION |
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| Ownership percentage |
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32.00%
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| AC JV, LLC | Founding Members |
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| BASIS OF PRESENTATION |
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| Ownership percentage |
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32.00%
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| AC JV, LLC | 5% Promissory Note payable to NCM due 2019 | Founding Members |
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| BASIS OF PRESENTATION |
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| Interest rate of debt (as a percent) |
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5.00%
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| Class A Common Stock |
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| BASIS OF PRESENTATION |
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| Number of shares issued | shares |
21,052,632
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| Net proceeds from offering |
$ 355,299,000
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| Class A Common Stock | IPO |
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| BASIS OF PRESENTATION |
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| Number of shares issued | shares |
18,421,053
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| Class A Common Stock | Over-Allotment Option [Member] |
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| BASIS OF PRESENTATION |
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| Number of shares issued | shares |
2,631,579
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| 5.875% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2022 |
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| BASIS OF PRESENTATION |
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| Interest rate of debt (as a percent) |
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5.875%
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5.875%
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5.875%
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5.875%
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| 5.75 % Senior Subordinated Notes due 2025 |
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| BASIS OF PRESENTATION |
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| Interest rate of debt (as a percent) |
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5.75%
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5.75%
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5.75%
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5.75%
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